Monthly Archives: July 2012

Political Blues and Creative Antidote

Posted on July 28, 2012 by jenny

I’ve been very unhappy and discouraged with the whole political scene, very angry with the fact that wealthy corporations have bought our government and can use it to further their selfish greed, instead of the government advancing the people’s welfare.  … Continue reading →

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She’s Alive and Beautiful and Hurting… and Angry

Posted on July 25, 2012 by jenny

This video came around on Facebook.  I cried all the way through it.  Such incredible pictures, and the tides breathe, the falls sing, and people’s greed ruins so much beauty.  Be careful, this could change your life. She’s alive Something … Continue reading →

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September 1993: Dialogue with Journal

Posted on July 24, 2012 by jenny

(Written in September 1993) I talked about the feeling I got from Verna, I once described it in a journal entry calling her a cannibal, that there was something I had that she wanted, that she would just suck it … Continue reading →

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Guidance

Posted on July 23, 2012 by jenny

Dear Guides and Guardian Spirits, I’ve been feeling a little down and lost, not quite sure what I want to do next.  Can you help me? Dear Jenny, “down and lost” is a very natural reaction to being so busy … Continue reading →

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February 1993: Ability to Respond

Posted on July 22, 2012 by jenny

(Written in February 1993) I have more thoughts about what I was writing about yesterday.  I was reading in ’86 about the visit from Beverly’s friend Victoria, how she thought she “always wanted to be right” and was putting herself … Continue reading →

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February 1993: Good Motives

Posted on July 21, 2012 by jenny

After reading what Charlotte said in her letter, I found myself being able to see good motives behind actions that I had thought were selfishly motivated.  Here’s an entry from February 93: Yesterday I discovered that good and positive and … Continue reading →

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Positive Self-image

Posted on July 20, 2012 by jenny

In doing my project of converting old journals into a newer word processor, I have discovered many things.   One is a letter from Charlotte (the mother of my ex-husband) in response to the collection of excerpts from my journal that … Continue reading →

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Trusting the Process

Posted on July 14, 2012 by jenny

I was reading two books by Matthew Fox in June.  Creativity and Original Blessing.  I wrote down some quotes that were meaningful to me, and I’m pretty sure they are from Creativity, but I’ve already taken the book back to … Continue reading →

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More from 1992

Posted on July 10, 2012 by jenny

From my journal for May 1992 I start to feel scared and totally blasted —  it’s the old familiar panic — can’t breathe, can’t make my mind focus, can’t make decisions.  Feel totally overwhelmed.  Also feeling that unpleasant combination of … Continue reading →

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April 1992: Ondine

Posted on July 9, 2012 by jenny

This was written in April of 1992.  “Ondine” was the name of a journal volume that I kept from January to May 1970.  In those days I named each of my notebooks in imitation of Anaïs Nin.  On the first … Continue reading →

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