“So raise the candles high
'Cause if you don't we could stay black against the night
Oh, raise them higher again
And if you do we could stay dry against the rain”
Oh yes indeed! Raise them high!
Love candles!So much.(way too much)
So beautiful, magical, and meaningful bringer of light into all states of being and emotions!
But do I have another story! (I am a Grandmother Story Teller who gathers her children into her circle who comes from a long line of village women crones sharing her wisdom and her warnings ? ????
For even my own best precautions and safeguards mystically have gone dramatically "awry!' Especially with my candles! (But they are more often miraculous!)
Ok so--I once almost set a dear friends house on fire! Literally. We laughed then without fear and I laugh now as it was quickly dealt with trust me! But it happened and I still have a scorched basket to prove it. ??? oh the experiences of 7 decades of a fabulously strange life!!
My dear new friend (one of my energy healing "clients" sent to me by a psychic psychologist who knew me ) had asked me to do a house blessing for her after an unfortunate vistor/experience in her home. It was a meaningful and lovely lovely experience for both of us and her home which truly energetically cleared and opened to heart energies
Unfortunately when I turned to pack up my special collection of items in my House Blessing Basket, I discovered the barely smoldering sage bundle laying in my abalone shell had ignited my sacred feather and it was literally on fire!
I was able to put it out very quickly but it was definitely a really 4 elements of earth, sea, air, and fire catalytic and dramatic finale!
?My personal "Revolving Roof Top Lounge" blessing for all! ?
(Without my personal grand finale!)
But right back to spinning wheels and Earth, Wind and Fire. Need a song @unk-p !
Hahahahaha Hahahahaha Hahahahaha ?
and I didn't even give you the punchline: Chuck still wanted me to finish cutting his hair, nicked nose and all! So I did.
This was the guy who would lecture me about buying nutritionally-deficient white bread, and then stop by at midnight to invite me on a Dunkin Donuts' run.
Enough said.
Ahemm ?... What's in that stuff anyway???
What dear? The food, the drink, the grooves of the music,the roof top air quality? Or the attendees?
Or did you mean the very good high spirited fun and a little magical sprinking of rainbows and unicorns and stardust!
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This thread reminds me of a piece written by Martin Shaw a few years ago: A Mid-Winter's Night Dream. Skip down to the section titled "Let's Go Dancing" to see what I mean. @unk-p, I think you'd get along especially well with Martin Shaw.
.... pleaded with me to give him a good trim.
"But I've never cut hair before," I protested.
"Geez, don't make such a big deal out of it. There's nothing to it -- just cut straight across and take off a couple of inches," Chuck replied.
The scissors slipped and one of the blades went up his nose.
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dang, D2, that is some punk rock $h!+.
*Here is Dengue Fever. song is Tiger Phone Card :
Looked up and loved Melanie, her powerful song and the wonderful the Edwin Hawkins Singers with her.
Melanie "Lay Down"/ "Candles in the Rain"
1970 written after Woodstock Festival in the U.S. Melanie wrote and then recorded her song with zthe Edwin Hawkins Singers presented in the Netherlands when Melanie was 23 years old.
Loved all the diversity even among the audience! Oh I miss the 70s now!
Spinning wheel and Revolving Roof Top Lounge time machine of memories, emotions and energies!
This whole thread is bringing me such joy! @Michele-b ... my mom, bio dad, and daddy were all hippie-adjacent back in the day, and your post about the haircuts, the Age of Aquarius, etc, took me right back to my childhood! I felt such a warm jolt of nostalgia, and may have to pull out the cast recording of "Hair" and stick in on the record player! My mom saw it on stage in Chicago when it was the hit of the day, and she had no idea they all got naked on stage. She still blushes and laughs when she tells the story. She sang those songs all through my childhood ... they were my lullabies. Thank you for giving me that little "moment" today :)