I Don't Live There Anymore

Night falls like rain on the city

And lights come on in rooms

I used to live in so long ago

Night falls like rain on the city

That used to be home

I don't live there…

Last weekend I was taking it pretty easy, my family set up the hammock in the backyard so I could hang out with them while they were gardening.

Just because you're 'bed' bound doesn't mean you're stuck laying around in a bed... I cruise between beds, couches, hammocks, hot tubs, and have been known to lounge on the ground... though getting back up from that is not…

I was listening to "When the Levee Breaks" when I turned the picture of my TV on and saw a big commotion which turned out to be the death of Osama Bin Laden. I have no real emotion for this event. A friend of mine from Vietnam called and he wasn't even aware of it. When I told him it was like "So what?" and as flip and cold as that sounds those are my feelings exactly ? Or better yet, "Now what?" Will Afghanistan be a better p-lace to be now ?…

A day out... I don't put on clothes much these days, so when I do, it's an event. lol. In this case, I needed to go to the Dr.'s to get my CPAP machine for the sleep apnea and go to the mall drugstore... So, an occasion, to put on clothes.

The trip wore me out, and thankfully I won't have to go back for a while, someone else can drop off the machine chip with my info…

When non-technical folks like myself attempt to use technology in the creative process about the best they can hope for is an interesting accident. That is the premise that my films begin with. Though technically slide shows, I have attempted to suggest movement of a more fluid type. It's not Fellini, but it's fun.

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The rainbow over my street today

came bright and brilliant

in the asphalt scented air

as the rain brought the perfume

of the sun

from spring warm…

Your relationship with yourself is not all that different from your relationship with other people. In fact, what kind of relationship you have with yourself will influence your existing relationships with others.

One of the most important things you can do in life is have a loving relationship with yourself, like any relationship, relationships take work on an ongoing…

A suspended member has sent you a message on Temple Illuminatus.  Bunny of a honey (rockneasterbunny@yahoo.com) writes:



Lelia, your funny.. Do you really think im not on there right now lol ? Please.. and fyi.. I dont care if any of your members join anywhere.. that is not the point, I have contempt, not hate, annoyance not rage, at your ethics, the way you try to work your charm and spam silently using links, adding the same ass…

Beautiful day today... Last year when the roses started blooming, I awoke one morning to the cooing of a dove, sitting amongst the blood red buds of my roses. The dove came and went a few times, and soon was spotted with a mate. Over the winter I didn't see them.

This Easter Monday, the doves have returned, together, cooing and pecking in the seed under the birdfeeders.

So beautiful, pretty little pale ring necked doves...

I didn't get a great shot of them, hard to do…

Happy Easter!

Initiation In Immortality...

Prologue

In the summer of 1978 the brakes in our van failed on highway 101 north of San Francisco.

We were heading out to Stinson Beach when the brakes began to feel a bit mushy.

We debated with our friends about proceeding or returning home, finally convincing everyone we should return to San Francisco while the brakes were still…

A 1953 Buick Driving Through Texas

I remember prairie days

And endless Texas summer haze

Watching…

Healing, The National Rainbow Gathering, USA, 2008, and Beyond...

We have been blessed by many sacred experiences in life, however,

events that transpired within and subsequent to attending our first

National Rainbow Gathering were so extra-ordinary, that we have

urgently wanted to tell this tale for all of our friends and family.

Our tale may be far from over now, but we…

On another site a curious person writes and asks me about the Temple. "Hi there, I'm interested in learning more about your site Temple Illuminatus, I've been thinking of joining another site, and maybe leaving this one, as I don't have a lot of time to spend online."

I reply "Why are you thinking of leaving here?"

The curious person, "well, all the sites I've been on, this one included, people are so judgemental, opinionated, there's a lot of people that are just crazy or…

But First, a fart joke

But seriously folks...…

Maybe it IS a good thing that show business slowly yet surely eats away at the concept of Fine Art. Put it back in the hands of the folks who really need it I say. And now relatively inexpensive electronic gizmos and internet connections give us equal access and opportunity to run away and join the circus as Fortuna's Wheel grinds yet slower in the most dismal of dispensations.

ENJOY YOURSELF IT'S LATER THAN YOU THINK…

Warrior boys

I have always sought them

or them me.

They are not for everyone to see

they hide, in men.

Warrior for some, evokes thoughts

of violence, action, cruelty, and hate

but warriors are nothing of that

it’s balance and peace…

First time in many months I've bothered to take pictures of myself. However, it's been the first time in a long time that I've been out of the house.

Had to go to the Dr.'s, sleep specialist, about my breathing/sleeping issues. It seems even my sleep disorders are disordered, as it's not typical apnea, but some kind of other thing... anyways, treatment approach is the…