Dear Ophelia Blooming

I miss you.

I've abandoned you far too many times, but I always come back. You're like a favorite old book that gets tossed to the side. The one with all the beautiful pictures and concert stubs and life lessons.

I forget about you and the small things, the poetry, the bits and pieces of stories left untold.

I forget because I'm too busy thinking about business and tribes and what I'm supposed to be blogging about elsewhere.

I love that place, I do, but you are my first love. We go back like best friends. You came into my life before the sh*t hit the fan and life went all topsy turvy. It wasn't bad though.

So now I'm all grown up, but still walking in circles, it seems, trying to find that sweet spot in life. There are younger people than I doing some pretty cool stuff and I have to wonder where the eff I went wrong, but we're not supposed to compare, right?

I'm sorry if I abandon you again, but just know that you're on my mind from time to time. And I'll always come back.

xo,
Cassandra

Fairy Tea

Recommended for taking tea with fairies:

pretty teacups - they don't have to match

a delicious tea blend - this one's called Fairytale Tea by Mountain Rose Herbs

wings of course

poetry by Francesca Lia Block or music by Emilie Autumn (she has poetry too)

yummy desserts

xoxo

Dream Catcher

Now that I'm self-employed, I spend a lot of time in my art/zen room creating, writing, looking up at these flags. 

I watch the sun shift its light through the window; my dog sleeps on my lap while I look for freelance work; I take tea breaks and read Pink Smog by Francesca Lia Block and remember how utterly beautiful her writing is. 

These days are good, quiet, busy. These days are the ones I dreamed of many months ago, so it's only natural that I would start worrying about losing them. 

I try not to think about it though, and I do the best work I can do and relish each dreamy moment. 

Today I finished my second ebook, Keep Walking - A Journey Through the Deserts of Life. Throughout the whole writing process the words just flowed, so I know this book was meant to be. There are people out there who need this information. I needed it! I wrote it to help me figure out how to get through the transitional periods in life. I wrote it because I needed to be my own cheerleader, my own guide through what felt like a massive desert that I was never getting out of. 

If this sounds like something that might help you, pop on over to The Sacred Middle and get your free copy. 

Right now I'm listening to a beautiful song of chimes and flute called Dreamcatcher by Angels of Venice. There's something about the sound of chimes that brings peace. I think of light breezes and daydreaming by tiny waterfalls. 

Calling All Creative Goddesses

Hello creative goddesses!


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To-Do List

I've had these wings since I was 19.

Why don't you...


* write love letters to friends and stuff the envelopes with glitter.


* wear striped stockings and fairy wings while sipping tea and reciting poetry.


* dance in the grocery store aisles.


* paint your nails every color of the rainbow.


* write for an hour about whatever you want.


* look at old pictures of yourself and laugh.


* imagine crawling into a seashell and listening to your voice echo.

Counting Down the Days

By Me!

I absolutely cannot wait for next Friday – my first official day as writer, artist, and solopreneur extraordinaire. What will I do on my first day of self-employment? Wake up when my body says it’s time to wake up, workout early in the day, work on my e-book, write my heart out, network, paint, and generally be all kinds of giddy that I have so much time to do what I want. I might even take a nap. It’s the rhythm of nature, you know, to take naps?

I’ll be doing a lot of writing over at The Sacred Middle, if you care to take a gander, but I won’t forget Ophelia Blooming. This blog has been my fairy child for so, so long and I’m sorry to have ever abandoned it. I want to share with you my attempts at painting fairies and mermaids, videos about poetry and tea, creative quests, and whatever else my little brain thinks of when I’m trying to go to sleep at night.

I smile just thinking about it! I can’t wait, I can’t wait, I can’t wait!!!

Believe in Fairies