Jenny Mendes

Ending the year on an up note from 1944....get a cup of coffee sit back and enjoy!  Watch it until the end, it will surprise and maybe inspire a little ab workout!  Byeeeeeeeeee.  See you next year!

 Everywhere I looked there were Temples & Shrines encountered on short walks nearby my friend's home in Kathmandu....   drying clothes.. just down a hill by a stream a surprise discovery!

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This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they're a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honorably. He may be cleaning you out For some new delight. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from the beyond.

I was especially inspired by the Buddha cave paintings I got to visit. More photos to come in the next few days...... :)

This is what you shall do...dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body.”  ― Walt Whitman

My friend Paulus.  This is a real treat..... Please watch!!

Thank you!

Really worth watching!!

My 4th annual online sale begins Friday December 13 through Sunday December 15. Everything in my shop will be discounted, the discounted prices will be in effect from 1 a.m. Fri. through 11 p.m. Sunday.  This is my only sale of the year.  A little bit later than normal since I was away, but I wanted to keep the tradition alive, so better late than never. My online shop  www.jennymendes.etsy.com

I had a great time at the pottery show in Demarest last weekend.  Sometimes I make something, and it takes a while for it to make its way to the place it was meant to be.  And I'm talking about some place I didn't know about! I felt so happy when this  little plate found it's doppelganger!!!  & here is the proof!!  Who knew?  

“The Way It Is There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change. People wonder about what you are pursuing. You have to explain about the thread. But it is hard for others to see. While you hold it you can’t get lost. Tragedies happen; people get hurt or die; and you suffer and get old. Nothing you do can stop time’s unfolding. You don’t ever let go of the thread. ~ William Stafford ~”