Hello my friends,

Just an FYI that I have a beautiful show coming up THIS FRIDAY November 20 at 10pm at Taste in College Park. The cover is $5. There will be art, Frankine Messina will be on the tunes and I will be doing my thang with Special K himself, Mr Sean Kantrowitz. I will be performing a music set with a brief DJ filled intermission followed by a poetry set. I don't do this too terribly often so it would be great to see all of you there WITH FRIENDS. Lets broaden the community base by including new people in our circle....that's how community really happens. This is an Apartment E event---so you know it is going to be a very fancy todo. Wear your Sunday best and do your Friday worst.....we will be ready with the fire hose.


Taste
717 W Smith St in College Park (right off of Edgewater Dr)
10pm show
$5 cover
(bring $10 for a Saturn Returns CD if you don't have one already)

Hiya!
Saturn Returns CDs are now available!!!! In Orlando, you can go to Park Ave CDs, CD Warehouse, or Culture Mart. Out of town you can contact me for details. Efforts to make the CD available on the internet using a credit card are in progress!!
I will be at The Audobon Community Market outside Stardust every Wednesday from 5-10pm starting this Wed. giving my healing palm readings. I will have CDs with me then too.
I will be at The Seven Sisiters coffee house from 6-10pm this Saturday (tomorrow) giving healing palm readings and I will have CDs then too.
Message me or e-mail me at starbananas2@yahoo.com to get your CD asap. They are going fast. YAY!!
Love and Hugs,
Holly
 

Here's the year end survey. I jacked it from Jeremy just like last year, I think.

For better or worse....I am grateful to be alive in these interesting times.

1. Where​ did you begin​ 2008?​​
on the front steps of some chick's house with a small group of friends.

2. Did you fall in love?
Well....I didn't "fall"

2. Did you make any new friends?
yes! Some of the best I have made in a while.

4. Did you lose any friends?
nope.

5. Did your heart get broken?
yeah, but i sure am getting over it

6. Are you happy with how things turned out?
Yeah, actually, I am.

7. Did you get any tattoos? Where and what of?
No.

8. Did you get anything pierced? Where?
No.

9. Did you get into any accidents?
haha. spilled coffee on my mom's white carpet comin down the stairs the other day. does that count?

10. Did you do any thing life changing?
i stepped one foot into the infinite abyss, made an album with someone i greatly respect, met someone who effectively changed the way i look at my life---and well, yeah, a few things.

11. Favorite piece of clothing?
my green pajama pants. comfy and timeless

12. Did you go to any parties?
new year's, and halloween. ethos was rockin that night. 

13. What's your new favorite t.v. show?
Don't watch.

14. What were some of your favorite movies?
The Dark Night, The Bucket List, Pinapple Express, Role Models, and Dan in Real Life

15. Who's your new favorite band?
Matt Butcher and MUMPSY!!!!

16. What concerts/shows did you go to?
Cyndi Lauper, Mumpsy, Legendary JC's, ELLA fest, Veg Fest,

17. What plays/musicals did you see?
The importance of being Earnest and Spamalot....wait, is that all....dang I gotta do better this year.

18. Did you have a bf/gf?
Nope, pretty happy about that one too. Taking my time this time.

19. What's your favorite thing you got for Christmas last year?
spending time with my nephews.

20. What's the thing you want the most this year for Christmas?
time with family....and i am already getting that. so blessed.

21. Did you learn anything about yourself? What?
yes! i can take my time and stand my ground and the world doesn't pass me by--in fact i can smell the flowers more this way.

22. Were you in school at all?
the school of life!

23. Did you move anywhere?
into my apt. i love it!

24. Did you have any new additions to your family?
one.

25. Did you travel anywhere?
Villa Rica, Tallahassee, Pensacola, and Jacksonville. I saw my whole family this year. It was time.

26. Did you start any new routines/traditions?
yep. sunday brunch at ethos.


28. How did you earn your money​?​​
Salon Director of Salon Salon Aveda

29. Were you arrested?
Nope.

30. Did you get into trouble?
Not in the conventional sense.

31. Did you think about suicide/murder?
Nope.

32. Did you know anybo​dy who got marri​ed?​​
no.

33. Did you know anybo​dy who passe​d away?​​
Aunt Dot and Uncle Don. Rest in Peace.

34. Did you know anyon​e who had a baby?​​
no.

35. What was your biggest surprise this year?
how much a few days changed me.

36. What was the best month(s)?
June and November

37. What was your favorite memory?
So many: meeting Cyndi with Jeremy, spending a small segment of time with my Mom and my Aunts, Countless brunches laughing my ass off with Vinch and Bond, ELLA, Working with Justin on "Love Affair", Talking with Alex on her living room floor, Swam hugs, Sitting opposite Shawn at Infusion and feeling so much goodness, By myself, in the apartment feeling SO overwhelmed with gratitude, Swimming with Vance and Jack, Laughing with my sister. SO MUCH LOVE this year.

38. What do you regret the most from this year?
Not drawing the line earlier this year--I let somethin go too far and may have hurt someone worse than i had to because of it.

39. Did you keep last year's resolution?
yes! I grew and I grew and I laughed at myself a lot more!!!

40. What's your New Year's resolution?
To love fully and deeply and receive that love in turn.

Okeedokee....

Ready to get serious? Saturday February 28th. That's the date of my big big bad(in the good sense) CD release blowout bash. Later than I had hoped....but it will be the best possible product in the end without a doubt.  "Saturn Returns" has lived up to its name every step of the way.  But I have worked with and am working with some truely amazing people for this project---namely JUSTIN freakin BECKLER. He's a genius. And he will be playing with me at the release party. So you can witness the magic as it happens ;0) More details coming sooooon. And since I am making you wait for the final product a lil longer than I said I would, I put another song up.

Black Bird.

Enjoy. And let me know what you think!!

xoxo

Holly

 

Dear Future,

Couldn't stop thinking about you until I had this revelation: you do not exsist yet.

The trees have never been more beautiful.

With Love,

The Present

 

The Gong healing concert at Shine On Yoga last night was more than inspiring...it was.....healing. Wanted to share a little of my experience with all of you. But first a little about the event:

Richard Hite, a modern master of the gongs,  is a visionary educator and health care integrationist, who has helped pioneer alternative health care into mainstream medicine. Biofeedback research with heart monitors and electroencephalographic (EEG) measurement have shown that the music of these gongs effect a powerful, beneficial influence on the brain and heart.In 2002 Tibetan Lamas from the Gaiden Jangste monastery in Daramsala, India performed a special blessing ceremony to acknowledge and enhance the healing energies of these gongs.

During a concert, participants are encouraged to lie down on a comfortable mat to allow maximum absorption of the healing vibrations.

So there I am on my little mat...not knowing what to expect. And the gongs start and I get chills right away. But I close my eyes,breathe deeply and focus on my healing intent which was associated with addiction and release of control. And as I am laying there and I have no idea how much time passed...my head and hands go numb and I feel a complete calm setting over my entire body. Now this wasn't your run of the mill post yoga calm....this was likened to a drug induced calm.(morphine to be specific) I had my eyes closed and was focused on the point of light "my third eye" and it began to bounce and it turned into shapes that reminded me of a spider. So I opened my eyes--everything looked normal..noone was injecting me with anything(haha)....something spoke to me and said: "now look with your other eyes" So I relaxed my eyes the way I do when I look at auras and I began to see the sound waves. I saw the sound waves. They were so beautiful...like water mixed with smoke. And when the tone of the gong changed...the shape and size of the wave changed as well. It was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen....and they were falling over me, surrounding me and resonating into my energy field. I closed my eyes again for a while and watched the dancing spider...and when I opened my eyes again I saw a tunnel of light energy (also pulsing with the sound waves) that seemed to end on my forehead. I kept trying to shift my head to look inside it.....I wanted to see inside. But then I realized that I couldn't so I just layed there and took in the experience of seeing ALL THAT I WAS SEEING and I heard the voice again "Now you see that we are AlWays connected" 

What I believe to be sooooo beautiful about this occurance is well....everything---but also, I was not emotionally attached to anything I was experiencing. It was like a dream where you walk in the clouds and its as everyday as brushing your teeth. But I was fully conscious the entire time.

When we were finished I felt a lightness that wasn't there before. I rode my bike home in the chilly night air, singing silly songs to myself and feeling incredibly alive. alive.

Who knows where this is all heading but one thing is for sure : I am seeing a great inner transformation.

Here's to jumpropes--bicycles--new sheets--gongs--mountain goddesses--and being connected.

 All my heart,

Holly

sad addmission 143:

the lady at the coffee shop gave me decaf by accident yesterday. how do i know this? because the caffiene withdrawel headache kicked in around 1am....then threw in a sucker punch at 3:30am....so somewhere around 4am i rode my happy little bike to 7-11 for some black tea. I will be weening myself off caffeine throughout the next few weeks. Addiction, she's a dirty bitch.

i did have some weird ass dreams to go with my painful delerium....and some nice metaphors in tow....came up with this line from one of them:

Feeding brandy to babies to pacify their pain.

Enabling the unstable, well that's just insane.

 

fun stuff kids....send me strength cause ima gonna need it.

love,

Holly

Oh Sweet I am learning

Yes this busy brain can be taught

My love I must stop fighting

Should've already won for all I've fought

As the pages turn I recognize the rise and fall of chapters

And the longer I am here and now --my heart's no longer wanting ever afters

Quiet mind can trace the lines--let years pass

And that inevitable first will someday be my last

I am wild now--not for sex or money or escape

I am wild for living, breathing, knowing that this beauty is regardless of the landscape

And I must let it go or it will crush me

No urgency of the flesh will I let rush me

In an instant I knew--and I will know again

I will be living the most amazing truth till then

And this merry-go-round be merry-go-round my friend.

Thoughts for the moment:

We united--90% voted--and the people have spoken!!!  And now its kinda like we had a courtship and now a definite engagement  with a date set for Jan 20,2009. The marraige is gonna be a little work.....but we are up for it if it means we get to live in a true democracy.

Similarly, we seem to be...one by one....two by two....pulling ourselves together, flirting with the idea of self-love, and reaching in to find that in the deepest parts of self exploration....there is found the undeniable connection to everyone,everything and all that exsists. And not only are we connected to life.....it is all our own creation. And it is big and it is over-whelming and sometimes when the signs show up we are so consumed with distractions that we pretend not to see them.

But some things cannot be denied.

As an experiment (oh, I love them so) I am going to consciously create my day, my month, my year, my art, my country and my love everyday as I begin it. I'll let you know how it works out friends.

Raise up your voices angels....now is the time you will be heard.

Peace.

The Holly music will happen 1pm THIS SATURDAY at the Veg Fest acoustic stage!!!! More info on this incredibly cool event below

 

Central Florida Veg Fest is back--bigger and better than ever! It will be held on Saturday, October 25, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at beautiful Loch Haven Park in Orlando. The first Veg Fest took place at Lake Lily in Maitland in October 2005 and the second at Loch Haven Park in 2007. The return of those extremely successful events has been eagerly anticipated!

Join us for an exciting day of colorful and educational exhibits and events. There will be so many fun and interesting things going on that you will want to stay the whole day. Admission is FREE! Veg Fest is a family-friendly and smoke-free event.

Veg Fest gives you an unparalleled opportunity to enjoy a diverse cross-section of vegetarian cuisine and lifestyle. Discover new products and ideas from 200 vendors and enjoy a wide variety of presentations and food preparation demos.

Not a vegetarian? Whether you're looking for new ideas to add color and variety to your meals or you're a "seasoned" vegetarian interested in expanding your knowledge of nutritious and ethical foods, this is the place for you.