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16 entries this month
20:41 Sep 29 2024
Times Read: 71
Prayers the dam holds. But we expecting more rain, and all the water coming down from the mountains is still coming in. there is still no water to be found. Still waiting to hear our loved ones are safe. We are still above water here. tn into NC closed all ways to asheville closed. Just hoping on real quick to update.
02:46 Sep 29 2024
Times Read: 85
In the aftermath of all of this still no cell reception as of 2 pm no water. water is sold out every where. hundreds of people missing.
00:07 Sep 28 2024
Times Read: 115
There really are no words to say that describe, the destruction here in East Tn and Western NC. Asheville and Biltmore are water worlds all the small mountain towns between Tn and NC flooded, the dams burst. We are ok, for now, no idea what tonight is going to bring, but its not looking that great. Cell service has been spotty.
In the wake of Helene, some AI art
14:31 Sep 26 2024
Times Read: 147
PRIVATE ENTRY
14:28 Sep 26 2024
Times Read: 148
• • • • PRIVATE JOURNAL ENTRY • • • •
14:04 Sep 26 2024
Times Read: 149
“Sometimes you make choices in life and sometimes choices make you.”
— Gayle Forman
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”
— Robert Frost
One wouldn't think we would be getting all of this craziness here in Tn from Helene, but here we sitting under flood warning we had almost a foot of rain with in an hour of it starting yesterday. And it is still pouring with no indication of it stopping anytime soon. I am happy we are at a much higher elevation, being we have two rivers that go through town. We are under tornado watch for the next two days. To our friends and family that are in the direct path, stay safe, be safe. You know it's bad when long-timers that never leave are evacuating.
02:08 Sep 25 2024
Times Read: 185
I know the day will come, as you will look for me in old haunts and familiar places. You will try and play the game and I just don't care to participate in it any further. I did my time, and you will forever live with your crimes.
"Old faces come knocking at my door searching for the girl that lived there before . I tell them she has been gone for a while. She's been sent off to exile. Her crime was she gave a little too much. She bled until she was empty. Giving to those who wished her misery. Foolish of her to think it was love. Don't bother waiting for her return. She is no longer your concern, she doesn't live here anymore." - The Last Flower Standing
22:13 Sep 24 2024
Times Read: 206
“The magic of each day lives in the unknown. It’s waking up as one person, and accepting that when night falls, we may be someone else entirely. So, when you ask what my story is, forgive me – -I’m not quite sure yet.”
— J. Raymond
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
“You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
— Winston Churchill
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
— Oscar Wilde
PRIVATE ENTRY
06:50 Sep 23 2024
Times Read: 228
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06:33 Sep 23 2024
Times Read: 229
“It's an amazing thing when you finally settle in to knowing you'll never fit in. The difference between the rest of the world and you; you feel to much about too many things. And most others feel not enough, about too few. Keep standing out. Keep showing the crowd what beautifully flying free is all about.”
― J. Raymond
“The magic of each day lives in the unknown. It's waking up as one person, and accepting that when night falls, we may be someone else entirely. So, when you ask what my story is, forgive me----I'm not quite sure yet.”
― J. Raymond
“The truth about most people: they will never accept you as you are. You'll need to change. And I'm begging you, change. But only for yourself, and even if that means by yourself. Never bend for them. Don't calm your heart, don't scale back these dreams. Stay strange, lose your mind, fuck the rules, burn bridges if you must, and follow your insanity. Feel everything, it's telling you something. People will love you in bits and pieces, and hate you just the same. You'll always be too much for some, and not enough for others. They will never believe in you, as much as you do. And understand that you will never be a success in the eyes of a failure. There's a magic in you that most others can't believe in, simply because they haven't made sense of themselves. But you're magic, still. You've been that way all along. And even if the world changed everything in you, that much would always be true.”
― J. Raymond
17:24 Sep 22 2024
Times Read: 248
Things that resonate with me.
Somewhere between what she'd survived and who she was becoming was exactly where she was meant to be. She was beginning to love the journey, finding comfort in the quiet corners of her wildest dreams. They say people don't change ...
Well... she wasn't always this way. Even if she didn't change the entire world, she would change her part in it. And she would affect those she shared it with. A butterfly, whose wings have been touched can indeed still fly. whether something was meant to be or meant to leave no longer mattered as much. She would soak up the sun, kiss the breeze, and she would fly regardless.
J. Raymond
With every step, I unraveled. A little more of me revealed, the further I went. My heart, it turns out, is both the strongest and the weakest thing about me. The way it bends and breaks and mends again. I'm so wildly hopeful, and I should know better but, I've yet to witness a sunset that wasn't worth chasing. I've learned that my greatest failings held the seeds of my biggest blessings. I've learned that starting over is sometimes a step forward. I've learned when to let silence speak for me, and that I'll roar for good reason. I've got a long way to go, though I'm always exactly where I'm supposed to be, finding peace in uncertainty. The storms are part of my story. Necessary to my journey. I feel my old life wilting like weeds inside of me, while everything meant to survive thrives. I'm not afraid of decay. Like wildflowers, I open. I grow. There is beauty in my becoming.
J. Raymod
13:46 Sep 22 2024
Times Read: 251
As just as summer came to it's final day, the leaves have gone from their greens to the rich and vibrant yellows with some already turning red. while I love the warm days of summer, I treasure the few short months of Autumn. That earthy smell as everything begins to go back to the Earth with the coming of winter.
My favorite season for making soups and stews, and the smell of fresh baked apple pies. I think I am going to make a batch of pumpkin cookies with mini chocolate chips. recipe to follow. It really is the simple things. As I sit her sipping my coffee. ( I still want a VR Mug )
It was really good to jump in the Vamp box with some of my very favorite peeps the other night. VW, Moonies, CursedToDarkness, and a few others I wasn't familiar with. It certainly brought me back to to days passed. But in return it also reminded me of several people who I very much miss, that I will never be able to have conversations with again. Cara (Cajome), Marie(Liviingdeadgrl) Greg (SatansChild).
Pumpkin Cookies :
Ingredients
1/2cup butter, softened
3/4cup granulated sugar
3/4cup packed brown sugar
2eggs (Room temp )
1can (15 ounces) pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
2 1/2cups all-purpose flour
2 1/2teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 cup Mini Chocolate Chips
Heat oven to 375°. Grease cookie sheet with shortening. Mix butter and sugars in large bowl with spoon. Beat in eggs. Stir in pumpkin. Stir in remaining ingredients except chocolate chips, fold them in last.
Drop dough by tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto cookie sheet.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set and golden. Cool 1 to 2 minutes.
Shimmer Candles -03:29 Sep 21 2024
Times Read: 283
Im sure there is a way to make this smaller but I can't seem to recall how atm.
06:34 Sep 20 2024
Times Read: 322
Recently, I learned about a term that is called a " glimmer."
Which is the opposite of a trigger. Glimmers are those moments in your day that make you feel joy, happiness, peace, or gratitude. Once you train your brain to be on the lookout for glimmers, these tiny moments will appear more and more.
I really feel that this applies to people and animals as well. Maybe you were having a bad day and while out doing your thing you pass a stranger and they flash you a smile. Or maybe its the street kitty that rubs against your leg when they see your familiar face, because you showed them kindness.
For me sometimes, well most days. It is that first sip of coffee as the sun rises over the Iron Mountains to my East. That first light as Night kisses the Day goodbye.
06:33 Sep 18 2024
Times Read: 382
Maybe it is just that I missed the old haunts, maybe there are a few people that I have missed talking to, I am really not sure.
I sit here in my studio surrounded by all kinds of hours of creations. In the still of the night with the Harvest moon shining into my window. Teddy Swims - streaming out into the night -
Something's got a hold of me lately
No, I don't know myself anymore
Feels like the walls are all closin' in
And the devil's knockin' at my door, whoa
Out of my mind, how many times
Did I tell you I'm no good at bein' alone?
Yeah, it's takin' a toll on me, tryin' my best to keep
From tearin' the skin off my bones, don't you know
These past few years, have taken there toll on me, and there were moments that that rattled me to my core. I am not the same person I was, I am not sure where I am going but I sure know that I don't want to go back to where I was. When you survive what was meant to kill you, it changes your perspective.
Hello Darkness my old friend....and then the sound of Silence.
03:19 Sep 17 2024
Times Read: 450
It has been many many moons since I have been here. In such, there has been so many things that once were that will never be again. I don't know if I will stay for a spell or not, but while I am here it would be nice to catch up with some of the originals :)
COMMENTS
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Cadrewolf2
22:53 Sep 29 2024
I hope it holds for everyones safety
CuRsEdToDaRkNeSs
01:12 Oct 03 2024
I am glad you are at least safe. I-40 likely closed until sometime in 2025.... Do you have power and water yet? We were without for 36 hours but that's nothing in comparison to what so many are experiencing still.