The rain in Spain......

is falling mainly on this mountain, but the air smells soooooo good, the birds are having a ball and the farmers are happy
Since Thursday night I haven't been able to shift ELO singing in my mind "Sometimes you're too/so high, sometimes you're too/so low - It's a state of mind" This has been brought home to me so obviously this week, my own experiences and reading emails from friends etc......Tuesday was an angry day for sure.....listening to bully brown demanding more oil, how stupid is this man? Go back to the original fuel that Henry Ford used in his original motor HEMP OIL - so easy to grow everywhere in the world and grows on poor soil, improving it is an added bonus, when are these dumb dudes that get voted in gonna stop playing mind games with the people? When are the people gonna stop playing victim? Take a leaf out of the Aussies book and listen to some upbeat common sense at A Sunparched Land - instead of being like the "whinging poms"" they are dealing with what is rather than bemoaning what is not, realising that adaptability and flexibility is what is now needed
Didn't help that D who had gone down to Alora to the vet clinic for Stinkers food came back with the wrong stuff arggggggg
So Thursday we both went down to Alora on the little 7 seater that is laid on to take folks to Alora every morning, mind you we only get an hour before it heads back to the village, €3 round trip - it's very useful even had time to get some more "glittery" cottons........I spent ages cruising the internet again for hemp yarns - how crazy that I can buy yarn from Canada where the hemp is sourced from Europe as well as USA and Canada, because of all the stupid hype regarding hemp in Europe there is no place that I can find that turns the hemp into yarn or cloth - hardly environmentally friendly......I shall persevere as I have found from experience if I dell on something long enough it WILL appear
As the ecological theme gathers momentum - I am soooo grateful for finding myself in this village where everything is within a short, albeit uphill, walk, not only do we stay helthy from the daily exercise there is local produce, yesterday we got a couple of flat fish, couple of medium sized sardines and a bag (5kg) of oranges which came from the owner's land, all for €5.90 - yes everything has gone up if it has to travel but we do have the choice here - there is a plethora of bakers, several bake on site others get deliveries from local villages as well as Malaga - I feel for friends back in Escocia who now pay £50 rather than £35 to fill up their vehicles and HAVE to make a 30 mile round trip for shops where everything has been delivered by truck - fuel prices here have also risen by 37% so we are told, but as folks who rarely use the car it doesn't affect us too much and we have decided now to use the bus for Alora and Malaga unless the car is an absolute necessity.......yes certainly plenty to be thankful for
Had to giggle just finished reading New Curse of Facebook and then read an email from Val I was gonna to send it along to you but see there was no need -- another case of stupidity and trying to pass the buck, how can Facebook be to blame? it is but a tool to be used as the individual sees fit, the responsibility seems to lie with and very spoilt over wealthy 16 year old girl....... same ole same ole.......when folks drive stupidly the car or the road is blamed - this is such a telling revelation of how words are used without proper thought -- I am quite disappointed with the Olive Press with the sensationalistic {is that a word?} heading......and why hasn't anyone questioned the fact that all these kids "believed" it was OK to trash a place - what up bringing did they have?? I don't care how off your face you are, what drugs, drink included, inbuilt morals do not vanish!! Society seems to have bred a generation that really does believe it is OK to put the blame on some inanimate object and get away with it........
The woman who can remember everything......I can see how she sees it as a curse......I think I am the antipathy as I can recall very little of my past....gone.......and I am surprised when D can recall moments of his past with incredible clarity, but are they.......mmmmm.... we all know how our minds can rearrange things, I can listen to my daughter telling a story of her childhood and remember it completely differently........yes we all live in our own reality
Can you become a creature of new habits? Great article simply and logically put......This is where developing new habits comes in. If you’re an analytical or procedural thinker, you learn in different ways than someone who is inherently innovative or collaborative. Figure out what has worked for you when you’ve learned in the past, and you can draw your own map for developing additional skills and behaviors for the future.
Lazy Day In May - As we go about our daily routines, we find ourselves faced with each tiny decision about this or that and we make valuable choices in that instance. These tiny choices are the most important ones you can make.
My mind seems to busy to write in sense at the moment, one thought brings another with such rapidity and makes connections, brings realisations, at times it feels rather overwhelming......oh another share that came through Val - an amazing project that took place in 2005 - and shows how art can heal and inspire - The Mozambique Tree of Life