August 7, 2010
Toonie Cards from my art and photographs
It seems like only yesterday that I was in Colorado at Windstar. Time is just flying by. But the days have been full. I have now created a whole new line of products in greeting cards from my art of the last twenty years. I hope to get them available through the web site here, soon. In addition, Muse has been standing over my shoulder as I create new drawings in chalk, at least one a week. This has all come as a surprise to me - something I really did not expect. Funny how as a medium I can see for others but not for myself. So colour is exploding brilliantly. Next I hope to complete "Colour You Healthy - a pocket guide to colour" in the next few weeks. It's just about ready.
June 14, 2010
John Denver’s Windstar Foundation - That was an incredible weekend!
I just wanted to share with you my amazing adventure at John Denver’s Windstar Foundation
in Snowmass, Colorado from May 28-31. I hope you don’t mind – it’s a bit long – and there are a few photos (there will be more photos coming in the articles about Windstar that I will post in the very near future).
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"The 2010 Windstar Volunteer Work Crew"
Photo by Dreux DeMack at the John Denver Sanctuary in Aspen, Colorado
Note the great T-shirts! (Missing from photo: Tom) |
It was for the 2010 Volunteer Work Weekend – and boy did we work! Volunteers came from as far away as the UK, across the US, and myself from British Columbia in Canada. There were several projects lined up - the first, digging a new seed bed (the guys took on this one) and the second, cleaning, preparing and planting in the greenhouse (the ladies took on this one). I helped out with turning the soil and planting and also unclogging drains and general clean-up. It was great fun as Karin and I got right into the mud and water. I then helped with planting the herb section which included four rosemary bushes – mm! There was also the Windstar adopted highway clean-up, then weeding, particularly the Biodome (originally a passive solar greenhouse with integrated growing system) which now houses a wooden carving of a humpbacked whale and its offspring and is dedicated to Buckminster Fuller. Then there was weeding, cleaning and care of the John Denver Inspirational Monument and the surrounding area – also sand was needed to fill in the spaces between the memorial bricks in the paving around the statue.
How I got to Windstar is just plain magic – from the vision in a meditation on Mother’s Day to “Go to Windstar” to a reminder two days later to “Go to Windstar” and within 24 hours everything was in place to attend the Volunteer Work Weekend. I haven’t travelled in the US since before 9-11 so I was quite unsure of everything, what with all the new security rules. But it all went so smoothly, even when arriving at the Spokane airport at 4:45 a.m. only to find out the flight was cancelled. Thankfully United Airlines took me on as a standby. I was evidently meant to be in Aspen by 1 p.m. – my name was called out – YES! – I had a seat. Then when arriving in Aspen, YES!, my bag with tent and sleeping bag was the first down the luggage ramp. All was in order!
I went with no expectations but did take along a few copies of "One Seed" and my CDs. What transpired was far more than I could have imagined. Not only was I “Rocky Mountain High” with the land, the scenery, the plants and birds, and the great people I met up with, there was much more for me personally with regards to my connections with John Denver since my profound dream and “visitation” of 1993 (yes, even before he died) and the many more visitations since through my own dreams, automatic writing, and through messages from other mediums. What I have learned is that I’m not “whacko”, that I am not alone when it comes to those visitations. There are evidently more people who have had similar experiences, and it was a joy to share stories with two of them.
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| Sunrise photo number 1. |
The ultimate event over a weekend of incredible “co-incidences” and “uhuh moments” was a visit I made to the meditation platform above Windstar and the Meadows before sunrise on Sunday morning. A red-headed pileated woodpecker was pecking away at a nearby tree. It must have been just after 5 a.m., during the dawn chorus provided by our feather friends. The temperature was about minus four degrees Celsius, and I was freezing in my tent. I figured the woodpecker was telling me I should get up, put on more clothes and go for a walk to get my body warmed up. As quietly as possible (there were two other tenters) I put on my protective rain gear and headed out along the road. The sun was just starting to shine on the mountain tops – pink they were. I took a series of photos and watched the lighting up of the nearby hills and valleys. It was a fair climb to the meditation platform. When I arrived I stood in awe of the magnificence around me – spectacular views – a definite Rocky Mountain High. I then felt a brushing/rushing across my right shoulder. No, it wasn’t a bird!
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| Sunrise photo number 2. |
I took more pictures of the changes with the rising sun then I was inspired to try taking one of the actual sun rising above the hill behind me. I set the camera to “night shooting”, and aimed. I took two shots. They are shown here. The first shows a strange glowing light lower down, and a beginning of something. The second shows two strange glowing lights and a vague image.
Mm! I’ve seen enough psychic photography to know that something or rather someone is showing themselves here. Any guesses?
I looked at the photos just before breakfast. I saw the strange lights and showed them to a fellow worker. She got goose-bumps then talked about her own experiences. I then felt a door had opened to share with everyone the journey to Windstar, the connections with John Denver through dreams, visions, messages and music, to let them know that he was with us, that he is still very much alive and still working. Then, on the last afternoon as those of us who were still there were packing up, an old friend of John’s came by and when seeing the picture, got goose-bumps. She told me of her own experiences and visitations. She even took time to stop by my hotel room that evening to talk some more.
So the weekend was very special in reassuring me that, while my interpretations may not be all that clear, I was definitely and do still link with that essence of John Denver. Since returning I have received an e-mail about another woman, Jan Honeybell, who has received messages, and actually written a book Things That I Believe In about John Denver’s message to reassure people that life does indeed continue after “going Home.”
In my first dream visitation of 1993, John Denver said, “They are not ready to hear yet.” What I realized as I flew out of the Denver Airport on my return journey, 17 years later, is that “They (we) are now ready”.
Thank you for your ear. I just had to share. And there’s so much more that I am still processing. So watch for a more detailed article that I will be publishing soon. To find out more about the organization visit Windstar Foundation. For information about concerts and tributes to John Denver visit the Expect a Miracle... Now Foundation.
In gratitude
Rosemary
May 18, 2010
A visit to the Windstar Foundation - it's funny how things can happen when you are open to them. Due to a wonderful series of unexpected events I am going to be winging my way to Aspen, Colorado next week to attend a volunteer work weekend at Windstar Land Conservancy for the Windstar Foundation. I never dreamed or imagined this happening and I'm still pinching myself to remind myself that this is real. I will be taking photos, meeting new friends, joining folks around a campfire, and learning all about the Foundation that John Denver and Tom Crum established in 1976 and the work that the organization does for the conservancy of Mother Earth. I will also be helping out where needed, even it it means prepping food for meals. I'm going to be Rocky Mountain High! I can't wait. Organizers Linda and Shari have been so welcoming in their correspondence, like a big warm hug. In my next entry I'll share my findings and learnings and joys...
April 10, 2010
A new addition - the "Kids Art Gallery". Finally I have found a way to get up some of the many drawings that children have sent or given me over the last few years. Now that I have figured it out, I can start putting up more. So if you have a drawing (children that is) of One Seed, send it along in a .jpg format, or if you send me the drawing I'll photograph it and put it up.
I hope you enjoy these children's creations!"
April 7, 2010
Here it is! The new "One Seed". Also available in Frensh as "Une Petite Graine" and in Persian and English-Persian. The response so far has been fantastic. It must be the size. It is now available in bookshops in BC, Canada, in Nelson, Rossland, Winlaw and Grand Forks. Soon to be in Kamloops, Kelowna, and other communities that I pass through in the next few weeks.
Help Wanted - Agent/Manager Things are getting very busy and I have two more books waiting to be put into publication plus countless stories that are reminding me they need completing. I need help and I'm putting out the call. I look forward to sharing this adventure with someone of like-mind and understanding, someone with a good business head to take care of that end of things while I continue with the creativity involved in the writing, art work, production and performances. Please contact me if you are interested.
Happy Spring - Things are finally budding here, shoots coming up. I'm learning a lot about pruning rose bushes, and found this crocus underneath one. My great news this spring is that "One Seed" has made it to Australia with a school teacher there. This is very exciting. So while Australia is experiencing Fall, for you all in the Northern Hemisphere, wishing you - a Happy Spring!
March 2010
The New "One Seed". It's been eight long years in the germination stages but One Seed is now showing its shoots above the ground and has been re-issued in full colour - pocket-book size, and has a wonderful laminated cover. With a lot of help from Fariborz Asghari Alashti in Iran the book is in Persian. And with many thanks to Francine Jarry in Montreal, Jeanne Webb and Nadine Armand we also have "Une Petite Graine" for the French speaking world.
More work on the web site. It just seemed right to go into the green again so over the next few weeks all the pages on the site will be experiencing a make-over - one page at a time. With not being a trained computer person this is all learning on the job. Many hours have passed as I try to figure out why a simple image just doesn't want to appear, or a colour has gone strange. And time just seems to whiz by. Here it is already past supper time. I was wondering why my stomach was growling.
Earth Day activities. It's going to be an exciting day as "One Seed" visits Osoyoos Elementary school and all the children. Then it's a trip up to Penticton to meet with my friend Carol and bring "One Seed" to the Boys and Girls Club there. Not only will there be adventure in meeting all these wonderful children and grown-ups, but I get to go on a beautiful journey through the mountains and into the high country, and in the case of Osoyoos, the desert of Canada.
So have an awesome month. Maybe I will meet you at the Spring Festival of Awareness that weekend in Naramata, or somewhere along the road in this journey of life? Blessings. Rosemary.
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