Little red tricycle

That's me... 5 years old... this photo inspired the poem below...

Little Red Tricycle

by Jeffrey Fillion


Gripping the handlebars tightly
Feet pedaling furiously
Up and down Grandpa's drive
That was joy for me

No cares in the world
Save how fast I could pedal
No clear destination
I'd let the wheels decide

Life was only as hard
As a skinned knee in summer
Gotten from turning too fast
Or going over a bump

Yet I always got back on
Cuz I loved that free feeling
Of zipping around aimlessly
As little boys are meant to be

(October 22, 2001)

Organizing tips, hints, and ideas

Well, I did it... just for the heck of it... I created a blog called "Organizing Tidbits"...

Here's the link... http://organizingtidbits.blogspot.com/

And I added it to my list of links on the side......

Walk way

I took this photo in 1987 for an Intro to Photography class. It is a walk way on the back of a building that sits next to a river in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Not exactly the safest of walk ways as the railing was busted up. But it caught my eye, particularly the way the shadow of the bent railing landed in the middle of the walk way.

Smoke signals

I started letting people know about this blog.
So... i'm out there... No turning back...
well, okay... I can turn back if I want.
But I don't want to.

Far from the ordinary

And here's a piece of art I did last fall of 2005.
It's a small collage on a business card.

Musings...

I've been considering starting a blog for a couple weeks. One idea was to do an art blog to just get some of my art out there. Another idea was to write about my spiritual journeys, experiences, and energy sensitivity. A third idea was to do one that provided organizing tips. I'm quite skilled at organizing... events, living spaces, work areas...

And as I pondered and pondered and procrastinated about which idea-trail to follow...

It occurred to me... why not one blog with all 3 and more...

Muse - a mythical being who inspires - often in relation to the arts (One of my earliest encounters with these characters was the Olivia Newton-John movie... Xanadu).

Musings... a contemplation, meditation... pondering, reflecting... (I loved the musical Cats... and there is reference to contemplating, deep in thought in some of the lyrics).

Fairy Cat's Musings... it fits.

(Okay, it's about a half hour later...
and now that I see how easy blogging is...
maybe I will do more than 1 blog...
And I forgot to mention... comic books.
I considered a blog about comic books, also)