"Keep It Moving"

Fancy dancer, choreographer and author, Twyla Tharp writes about toughing out the Fall and Winter of our lives with gusto rather than give in to the uncomfortable wear and tear of the years. We should simply adapt and modify according to the changes. 

In her book, "Keep It Moving" she sings the praises and lives by her words of encouraging if not prodding people who are slowing down to get up and move. Her point is not to give in to the whole dang, inconvenient, sometimes obnoxious reminder of the aging process. Change does not need to stop us from making things happen in positive, life enhancing simple ways.

Tharp is a sassy, saucy sort, confident as a mighty lion. Her 83 years are full of exuberance and energy, art and a passion for everything beautiful, bold, brazen and beastly. I am inspired constantly by people who refuse to rust away, give in to the body and mind's lackluster prospective on the matter of how we move through the years. Not to give up on ourselves, our creativity our sense of wonder and curiosity about life, people and everything that makes us glisten at any age.

You Give Me Fever

*Summer, there you are!

We've been wondering if you were going to show-up. Looks and feels like you have arrived even tho' you are not here officially, until the Summer Solstice occurs which is around June 21st., then your hot ways officially end, during the Fall Equinox on September 23rd.

  

*It is all so perfectly plotted out,  the balance between the light of day and night. Planet Earth shimmy's and shakes, vibrates, miraculously as her massive ball of humanity, life, death, disappointment and delight... orbits around the Sun. To what degree her axis tilts determines how long the dance of the cosmos lasts. The seasonal changes are phenomenal, a cosmic wonder, predictable yet super natural in nature.

*The change of seasons effects all of life, the climate, the environment so precious, powerful, fragile and unforgiving. All in due time the cycles shift, the earth moans and groans about it aches and pains as it takes a beating from it's inhabitants.  The wealth of resources, natural wonders and beauty of the world grows thin and weary as it struggles to keep the balance between nature, beauty, humankind, the negative and positive possibilities surrounding the heart and soul of a planet dying, struggling to survive, to maintain life, to be a good provider and place called home sweet home.