Full Circle

I realized today that I have come full circle.
I have worked my way back to where I started.... I've traveled all the way around the circle of this experience

Its time to leave the Woodland Street house and into another season of my life.


this revelation puts so much in perspective. i see the horizon before me and i am excited about whats next!

twirling in the middle of all the details

the chair in my office is on wheels and rollers...spins around in circles and rolls around the studio to each little station i have set up.
reminds me of the way i mentally navigate between all the details of focus in my life.

i continue to turn round and around in an expanding circle of life. moving out to greet each new experience of focus.

i have been thinking lately about how life feels to me like a magical mountain journey. with a path that circles round and round and higher and higher.... the path leads me in circles of *cycle* the seasons change in cycles, my path travels in cycles, my days move in cycles....
and yet my cycles lift higher and higher.
my understanding changes as the perspective changes.
i come around the mountain and see the same scene as i did back farther on the path... but the view is different from here.



this is the evolution of me.
this is the expansion of my being.
feels good.

i come back around to some of the same life issues, same challenges... but practice brings mastery. and i find that my ability to navigate the extremes of life is fine tuned over time.

i like how i can see the natural progression.
it all feels easier as time goes by
i practice the empowerment of directing my life
this is the creation of not only a dream... but of a person
i am creating life
my life.

and no matter where i am. no matter what i am doing.
in the center of the circle of twirling details... me.

i'm on my way to a new space.
but the center of that space is me again. everywhere i go ...there i am.
so i'm excited that i am taking a constantly expanding version of self with me



and i am grateful for the time of conscious evolving that has been allowed in my life while i have lived, worked, and played here at the woodland street house

Summer Stillness

If I look at my calendar the year looks a little empty...
but within my ~experience of life~ there has been fullness overflowing.

what a year it has been!
there is a smooth stream of energy pouring into my life... and i am letting it move through me... and wash me in freshness.

life keeps changing in subtle ways that add up to big shifts within the very core of me.
i am grateful.
this is a season of stillness and reflection. and i am right where i am supposed to be.

i am enjoying another summer in this beautiful house on woodland street.
savoring the moments.
there is nothing to DO on the house anymore. its done. and with a .For Sale. sign in the front yard there are no big home improvement projects going on. hahaha isn't that fun. i'm just enjoying the place. watering the flowers on my front porch. changing the messages on the chalkboard. sipping coffee on the daybed in the morning. watching neighbors wave to me in the evening while they slip into maddonnas next door. surely my spirit planned this! ahahha
a summer to just enjoy and be still here.
this has been MY retreat house ya know.
more than anything it has been a place for me to retreat and grow. evolve. muse. enjoy. create.
and to share it with anyone that walked in the door.

I have also been out of the house a lot. the part of me that has moved on...
when i am here i am enjoying the space... but i am often itchy to get out and go elsewhere. expereince the next thing. and i find myself heading out and moving in new directions.

i drive down streets and see the new visions in my windowshield.
it all feels ok. it feels really ok.

and i know that life runs in cycles. this season will transition into another... and i will travel along the wheel of life.
i like it.

Big Burn Releasing Ceremony

So ..... I have been hauling around these boxes of life mementos for about 14 years.
Little keepsakes and memory items. I have drug them from one basement, attic, or storage room to the next.

Well.... its a digital age and 1000s of pictures fit on a tiny zip drive.

So, why am I hauling these every boxes everywhere I go.
Today I am spreading it all out across the floor... sipping tea an sifting through it all for one last time.
I am taking pictures of everything, and will keep a small suitcase of items that are really special to me.
things I can feel, touch, smell, and hold in the future when I look back....
but the rest is going to be released lovingly in a big bonfire tonight.
a beautiful release ceremony.
It feels so good to lighten the load.

*Big Thanks to Ashley for letting me use her zen house for the day!  what a magical, special place!  

Evolution of Life.....

I'm not done living...
I'm going to keep creating new experiences of living...

and then again.
I'm going to create again.

This blog has been a journal of my journey.
... and the journey keeps on going.

there is a common thread running thru the whole story. but the details change.
the story moves along.
new experiences.
new people.
new ways of understanding life.
and that is all ok

this is an evolution of life.

Life has been busy lately

Life has been very busy lately. good busy. bringing things together busy.

I am excited to have the house up for sale. There is unlimited possibility in front of me right now... and though I do not know many details for how everything is going to unfold..... I do know that I can feel the essence and it feels nearly tangible.

So. I focus on the "what" and "why" and leave the "when, where, who, and how" up to the powers that are greater than me. All will unfold for my highest good, and those around me.

I know that I can create anything I can imagine... with divine time and lots of imagination.

I have been taking care of details, and that feels good. getting some things done and wrapped up that have been sitting around waiting for my attention.

And I am also more fully diving in to create some new things. Its all written down. All organized and prepped to unfold... and now I am just playing with the details. have fun.

Its a time of focus.... but I am learning how to keep that fun rolling along beside me. I'm learning more and more about balance. Starting to really figure some things out that I have been grappling with for years.

so i am grateful.
and i love this moment, but feel so excited about whats next.

1311 Woodland Street is for Sale!

The last few days I have been getting emails and phone calls from friends who are a bit concerned that they have seen a for sale sign in the front yard.

All is well friends!!

Nearly four amazing years have been lived in this beautiful house and I’m only shaking things up a bit and taking some of my dreams to the next level. I’ll still be here in east nashville. and will be taking all the celebrating, parties, retreats and activities to a new space. In fact i’m looking for a space for The Divine Playhouse to expand. good good stuff is unfolding! i’m merely rearranging everything so I can more fully flow into this next phase.
so please…. wish me well, and imagine this smooth and easy transition with me. i know everything is coming together with divine timing. its fun watching all the details fall in place to pave the way.

Tonight… Feb 21st I am having an *Open House Porch Party* from 5-8

I will be lighting fires in the fireplaces and popping open a few bottles of wine. since i have heard news of snowflakes tonight, i’ll also have hot chocolate and marshmallows to roast in the fire.

I am intending to connect with someone who is ready to move in and enjoy this fabulous property. If you are that person, or know someone who would like to live here… I invite you pass this info along.

Tonight the whole house will be open for CELEBRATING! I will be celebrating the wonderful times I have had in this house. Celebrating the bright future unfolding… and I will be blessing the house with happiness for those who will be here in the years ahead. I will also set up a *Community Collaboration Art Project* in the main room.

I'll have the upstairs open also… so if you have ever wanted to come walk around in this house…. now is the time!
And here are pictures if you would like to take a peek now….

http://www.kastlekey.com/woodlandstreet

singing in the morning

I know that my heart is wide open and free.... flowin love, when i find myself singing in the morning sunshine.

ahhh its a beautiful morning and every bit of life seems to be swirling around me in this one sacred moment.

i am eternally grateful.

there has been so much exploration and experiencing of death in my life the last few weeks with the death of my grandmother and of my sweet kitty mojo. and several people i know have also been experiencing the death of loved ones... mothers, sisters, friends, cats... and my heart is bursting with love and compassion for the experiences. i have walked through the valley of death. i have cried tears and felt the illusion of despair. i have felt the fear. and i have walked up the other side of the hill into the morning sunlight.
i have stepped back into the healing power of the morning.

today i am so fully alive.
walking through the contrast... walking through the pain has made the life so much sweeter to live.

this morning i am singing. i am writing. drawing. drinking my morning coffee and enjoying the sweet rubs and purrs from the cat that has stayed. i am dreaming. and i am feeling the connection to the whole great cosmos. i feel the web of life.
i feel the woven threads, interconnecting us all with the energy of life. and i am so grateful.

this is life.
and i am singing.

Ceremoniously Putting the Sign in the Yard!

Tonight we put the sign in the yard!!
we kinda made a big deal about it.

Ready for new adventures.

Time to divide this property into several new places.
Taylor is ready for a simpler place. I am ready to get a commercial building where my business can unfold.
I am also ready to have my very own Artist Retreat House to hide away when I want alone time, and time to work on creative projects.

So many visions for what's next.

Exciting times ahead. Change and Transformation in the air!

A New Phase of Life - Life Upgrade!

Lots going on these days. The house is ready to go on the market....I'm dreaming and making plans for the next phase of life.

I have these reminders on my desk. Allow it to be Effortless.

and.... Break the rules!
do things differently than you have been told they have to be done.live your authentic life. live it from your heart and soul

do you see what is in the bowl. broken crayons. i know.... a little crazy... but one day I felt like breaking the crayons in half. i heard this voice in my head saying, "but you are not supposed to do that!!" and i thought "why not!?"
I had so much fun cracking those crayons in half! I literally laughed out loud.Breaking the crayons was absolutely liberating. And now I can use them in a whole new way... gripped in my palm, pressing down hard on the paper so that the colors are intense and vibrant. it breaks crayons to color with intensity. have you ever noticed that?if you press hard they break. so its no big deal that they are already broken and ready to color outside the lines!

finding pieces of the past...

Today I am going through every snip it of paper in my office. for years i have been hauling these folders, boxes, and drawers of papers with me.... and today i decided to sit down and read them, sort them, leave some of them behind, and find new truths today based on messages i left myself in the past.

wow. there are so many messages from the past.... speaking to me today.

every vision i ever had. if it pulsed with any degree of power... has been manifest.
every dream i reached for with passion and longing, even if was seemingly so far from reach.... has come to me on the path. or is still coming to me.

its amazing. and reminds me to keep believing. keep dreaming. keep KNOWING that it is all on the way.

stretching boundaries.
expanding
living within my greatest dreams. this is my life.
this will continue to be my life. no beginning and no end. it just keeps going on and on.

everything is on the way....

everything i desire for next, is on the way.

i can just feel it.
i know its there for me.
just waiting for me to step in and experience it all.


Its time to put the Woodland Street House on the market and move on to new projects. 

cleaning house

i have been wiping out every corner of the house. clearing out all remaining clutter from my life. fully aligning with the present moment ....

its so much easier to live life from the present moment.
less to carry around. less to keep up with.
much more satisfaction. now.

i like it *now*

i can go anywhere from this moment.
i can create anything with what i have right now.
and i will.

self love

Its been a wild ride lately. many things are shifting around in my physical life to catch up with where i am in my heart and soul. its a re-alignment of my whole being.

i am getting many opportunities to practice applying my higher ideals to the nitty gritty of living out daily life. i am learning. i am growing. i am stretching beyond my previous limits. and i am resting.... yes, sometimes i am just resting. letting everything sink in.

i am grateful that i am starting to understand the process of raising myself higher within a much shorter period of time. allowing emotions. allowing experiences. moving through my life with more ease. more acceptance of each present moment.... but still, still a great capacity for reaching higher and often that has meant reaching for the future... but now its starting to mean reaching higher in the present moment.
this is all new to me.
but i am finding that i get "better" now.

wow. thats an intense possibility for living. instant gratification. and thats what i am getting. with love guiding. love based gratification. harm to none. better now. now.


i woke a little heavy this morning. i was tackling a few inner demons last night. but it was easy and effortless for me to release the pain. release the fears. release all that was holding me back from living.

i have nothing to prove. only love to live. only pure pleasure to take out to the world. pure and beautiful love and joy for living. and where does it all start. with me. with my own love for my own self.

i am always starting right here in my own little world of self-existence.
i am glad for this learning. grateful for the practice. self love.