blank slates

there is a really good read on  An Apple a Day  blog about inspiring adventures of a woman traveling in Mexico with nothing but her dresses... and as tempting as that sounds: lets hit the road with the clothes on our back and start fresh, long or short term..."heads Carolina, tails California, somewhere greener (maybe not), somewhere warmer"!...yes, as tempting as that sounds, i have recently enjoyed playing in the snow (up on the mountains, of course, and at surprisingly low elevations!)...

maybe it is the Texas girl in me (that quotes cheesy country songs), but I am always amazed at how the snow can balance up on such thin little spaces...

and how snow can transform any place into a blank, beautiful new space...

a tempting time to start over, tabula rasa...

but as tempting as it is to erase all the crap: the time you didn't stand up for your kid brother when someone picked on him, the time you thought your dog would just run along your bike instead of pulling you off and fracturing your elbow, or the time you did something seriously hurtful without even meaning to...

but all the crap is still underneath the pretty, clean white snow, waiting to resurface as some really soggy and grosser stuff to deal with later.

erte/the-coming-of-spring

maybe if you get it all cleaned up this year, by next Spring...!

Words of wisdom from my Free Will Astrology Horoscope (again): Whether it's your time to ferment in the shadows or sing in the sun, fresh power to transform yourself is on the way. Life always delivers the creative energy you need to change into the new thing you must become.