OUR SOUL JOURNEY

This image was created by Ludo and includes some of my decorated platters.

I've never been in Vogue but my picture was in Life Magazine in the summer of 1970.  Poetry is in my blood and like Vijay, I have been singing for life.

I'm a poet and a write who's been on an exciting journey, traveling the twists and turns in life just like everyone else. Life is fascinating. I love inhaling it. I love the ups and the downs. The ups feel so wonderful, and the downs teach us so much. Both are necessary to be able to view the entire picture of it all. I have two blogs: http://feedingyourspirit.wordpress.com and www.wisdomsdoor.blogspot.com

Many doors are opening, the energy is shifting and it is all so very exciting.

Love and Light, Judi

I grew up on the east coast of the US in New York & VT.  I met my second husband 31 years ago.  We have been married for 26 years.  I have one daughter from my former marriage and two beautiful grandaughters of the ages of 13 and 7.

I have done many things within the field of healthcare.  My greatest pleasure was in serving the AIDS/ HIV community.  I have also rehabbed two spaces and owned my own clothing & accessories boutique.  Today I am retired and just received my Masters in Gerontology this past December at 62 years of age.  I currently work as a volunteer with combat veterans at a VAMC teaching a creative writing group.  I also serve and work on boards.  I have been a shamanic practicioner for many years and have an ongoing interest in all things spiritual.  I write poetry, am engaged in photography and I am an artist about to come out of her cocoon.  My husband is an insolvency attorney who is truly the dearest man on earth.  We both have a passion for birds.

Just about everything we look at in life is never the same from one moment to the next.  It can never be isolated of framed by the same objects or events in quite the same way although we can see great similarities enough to sometimes trigger deja vu or long forgotten memories.  One thing recently crossed my mind that frequently occupies my thoughts and that is how the Night Sky may have subtle movements from location to location throughout the year, but regardless is still the same patterns waiting for us to look up and be carried away to another place and time in our memories. 

Some say too much looking back gets you no where but I've come to know that without looking back you know nothing of where you come from so you're handicapped to know where you're going.  To know your destination it always helps to review your past to know your values, abilities, accomplishments, hopes, dreams, as well as difficulties and obstacles.  Past obstacles are seldom forgotten after immediate escape.  They might just color who we are and where we go or who we meet. 

This is a Journey of a Soul and I am a Journeyman on this Path.  Though I frequently recognize unfriendly people I am a Friend to all Souls lest they might remove themselves from me.  I am a Soul Friend.

Born in India, in its southern State of Kerala, loves traveling, reading and writing. Holds a Master's degree in Agricultural Science. Writes in English and native language, Malayalam. Poems have appeared in journals and is working presently on a collection of poems. Is of Hindu heritage, has been married for 20 years and has two children. Besides poetry, has written short stories too. Has published a book of poems in native language. Favorite authors include: Neruda, Nikos Kazantsakis, Rilke, Lorca, Paulo Coelho, Tagore, Dan Pagis.

I'm waiting for better moments...