laurel ley
Me and Inspiration
Less stuff = more life
Many many years ago [Yeah, a whole bunch of ’em] I wondered if I could rent my house and live on the rental income. At the time, that income would have grossed about $7000/year, before taxes, expenses and all the other stuff. I thought the math worked, but then life intervened and I did a […]
Read MoreWhy do we laugh at newspaper hoarders and admire money hoarders?
We’ve seen the cartoons, laughed at the television programs, sympathized with people dealing with those dotty old newspaper hoarding, cat-loving, catsup-packet-snatching relatives. Yet we praise, admire and try to emulate these same characteristics when we see billionaires with more money than god chasing after more of it. So they can get even more. Just how […]
Read MoreSee The Future From The Eyes Of The Past
Know, going into this, that there have been movies, television programs, books and other materials already put out there regarding the topic I am about to lay out. I am in no way trying to infringe upon those who ‘did it first’. I see myself as carrying on a time honored tradition. Some call this, […]
Read MoreEntitled
DISCLAIMER: Throughout this post I am speaking in generalities. I do not hold to the notion that the actions and/or words of a few are indicative of those of the whole group of the people. Recently, there was an incident which took place in Nice, France. This one select incident was taken and blown completely out of […]
Read MoreEnjoy the Simple Pleasures in Life
ENJOY THE SIMPLE PLEASURES IN LIFE …. I had a day in which I was mostly as happy as I was here, when I was four or so, playing with a lizard. Even than I was interating with animals … I spent hours today in my small yard, cleaning up a few plants which had […]
Read MoreFavorite upbeat music: created 8/23/12 for my soul family participating in the LIFE program by Robert Gonzales
[as originally posted on Facebook Spanning two years, 2012 and 2013, I participated in a program which was life-changing for me as it supported me in learning how to sit in whatever space I was in at the time: http://www.living-compassion.org/life. I truly love and appreciate everyone and everything about the program. Yet music ALWAYS speaks […]
Read More2 January 2014: Sometimes only music can soothe my soul; well, that and snuggling with Dachshunds
[As originally posted on Facebook] Started this playlist for Prince soon after his “gastric signet ring carcinoma” (stomach cancer in layman’s terms) which has spread to his lymph nodes. Tonight, after a rough day with the kids here, between Prince and Blaze, I spent the night listening to the playlist, thus far. I alternated between sobbing and deep napping. […]
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