Pamela Leavey

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A Little Night Music: Melody Gardot

I love the brilliance of Melody Gardot’s smooth jazz arrangements and her sultry voice…

Love Me Like A River Does… Live at Bergen:

Enjoy…

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Reflections: A Branch to Hold Me

I am a typically upbeat person who believes that happiness is a choice. However, sometimes the weight of life drags me down, just as it does everyone. In those times I have a tendency to long for something more in my life–a shoulder to lean on, a branch to hold me.

Dogwood ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2014
Dogwood ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2014

Like the dogwood, getting its strength from the limbs of the tree, we all subsist and draw strength from the branches and stems that hold us up in life. I’ve been a flower without benefit of that which holds me up for a very long time. Still I blossom and grow. Yet, there is that knowledge deep inside of my soul that recognizes that this flower is still like every other flower that flourishes best when there is sustenance not only within but without as well.

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Reflections: Blown Off Course

There are times in life when a storm rolls in and it blows you off course. I’ve been working through one of these times in the past 2 – 3 weeks and now I am seeking to regain my center. Always in life, we do the best we can, but sometimes it seems like that isn’t good enough, as pressures and stresses mount, we sometimes look to ease the situation as quickly as possible. That is not always the way to proceed however, because when you are blown off course, you don’t always make good choices in the heat of the moment.

Storm Rolling in on the River ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey
Storm Rolling in on the River ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey

Today, in effort to regain my center, I am focusing on the things I have to be grateful for and letting the rest blow out with the storm. I know and trust that the Universe has my back… Time heals all problems.

Namaste…

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A Little Night Music: KT Tunstall – Feel It All

Resonating with these words tonight from KT Tunstall’s Feel It All, on her recent release, Invisible Empire/Crescent Moon:

Sitting pretty like a bird
But the hunter is hunting
And the eagle is us

And we can feel
Feel it all
Yes, we can feel
Feel it all

Enjoy…

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Food For Thought: Great Events in Life

Beach at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey
Beach at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey

“Great and soulful events–falling in love, opening to the Beyond-Within, the birth of ideas and babies–march to no tick-tock but appear in their own good time, when the heart is prepared and the moment is ripe.” – Sam Keen: Hymns to an Unknown God: Awakening The Spirit In Everyday Life

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Reflections: On The River

I grew up on the Merrimack River, living in two homes that were situated less than a quarter-mile from the banks. The Merrimack has always been a great source of power and inspiration to me. I have fond memories of walking the dirt road from my childhood home to the banks of the river as a small child. When my dad got his first boat, we would motor along the river and I would fill up with delight and wonder, to be out on the river feeling the cool breeze and river mist on my face.

On The River ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey
On The River ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey

Decades later, when I lived a stones throw from the banks of the river, I could see the wooden dories and skiffs at Lowell’s Boat Shop in Amesbury, from my desk window. They would beckon me at times to grab my camera and capture the afternoon sun on the river and boats.

The river is a constant in my life. Barely a day goes by, since I moved a mile or two inland from it, that I don’t drive along the river and marvel at its powerful tidal currents caused by my close proximity to the ocean. I feel the tug and the lure of the river course through my veins and I am released to flow like the river. It is a stalwart reminder that my life is rich.

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