my trip

[Guest guest]

Linda ))) How was your trip???? I was gone when you came back, and I was wondering?

Hi Lynette :::waving::: thanks for asking... The trip was wonderful.

Doug and I took off in our rv with our two dogs, and we didn't come

back for seven glorious weeks. We had several purposes. One was to

vacation, relax, release, have fun traveling through (mostly) the

southwest. I had not been there in over twelve years, and my spirit

was saying, "return, return..." The other was to look for a new place

to call home. Two years ago I left the mayhem of Washington, DC, and

came to eastern Oregon at the behest of my spiritual guides. I came

to heal, to create a closer connection to the "land" and nature, to

do my creative work, and to continue my visionary work. This was a

wonderful place to do that. On the other hand, once being well into

the process, and longing to share my work again, there is not much

happening culturally here.

So we were looking for a sense of spirit in the land, a community of

artists, hopefully a university or college, some hint of a spiritual

community, a temporate climate, and a small town atmosphere (no more

big cities for me). Not too big a wish list. : ) Also, I wanted to

see and spend time with Shree Maa and Swami Saraswati, but we only

were able to attend their fire yagya in Colorado. (So after we got

back, we turned around and left again, to go to Issaqua, WA, for a

retreat with them. That was also very very wonderful.) I had many

unplanned for treats, one of which was finding out about a petroglyph

site I had never heard of. It was my first encounter with this ancient

art, and I was awestruck as we clambored around on the rocks, looking

at simple elegant spirals, animals, shamanic figures, and "family

portraits" (not sure what else to call these as they were usually

four or more people, two large and the rest small). I also had the

great fortune to see a show, which featured Judy Chicago's latest

(massive, years long) project. What a delight!

We found our place, in Silver City, NM, which is equi-distant between

Tucson and Los Cruces. It doesn't have the typical NM appearance

because it is a high elevation (southern NM), in the high pines and

pinon. It is beautiful, bordering on both the Black Range (national

forest) and the Gila National Forest. Silver City is a moderate sized

town, definitely not a city, and there are more than 50 galleries! The

artists we met were all wonderful, there is a sense of community and

cooperation, even though there is tremendous diversity of medium,

style, and range of experience. Anyway, now we are packing. My

daughter, Amy, is coming to stay with us for 3 weeks. I can't wait!.

Then we will head to the southwest in mid September. Spirit calls!

Shanti ~ Linda Rae

[Guest guest]

My daughter, Amy, is coming to stay with us for 3 weeks. I can't

wait!. Then we will head to the southwest in mid September. Spirit

calls! Shanti ~ Linda Rae

sounds like a wonderful trip. Thank you for sharing.

~~~~~With Delight~~~~~

~~Upon the Waves of Life ~~

~~~~~Yours Truly~~~~~~

~~~~~~Lynette~~~~~~~