Service Book of Days 10/31/11

Outside my window… (weather, what do you hear, what do you see?) is a beautiful fall day.  I am loving this milder weather.  In NJ there has already been a nor’easter…early for this time of year.

my thoughts… are thoughtful thoughts on the ebbs and flows of relationships.

Today’s Quote:   Nothing endures but personal qualities.

Walt Whitman
US poet (1819 – 1892)

i am thankful for…bananas and greek yogurt

From my service training…(any skills, training etc; notes you want to share this week) meal planning with picky eaters.

i am wearing…a blue denim shirt

my adventures this week…(where are you going this week?)  Hopefully I will be driving to NJ to close on my home.

Becoming well read…(What are you reading this week?) Nothing at the moment.  My mind if focussed on finding work and adjustments.

i manifest and co-create…(what are your hopes, dreams, and prayers this week) reality with patience.

Today’s Melody…(what music are you listening to? even if it’s just the sound of a bird…)  “If I could change the world, I would be the sunlight in your universe”…Eric Clapton

 

Still….life(share a picture you’ve taken OR a picture you found online that speaks to you)  Photo used with permission from:

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Phillis Wheatley, 1753-1784, poet, was the first African-American to publish poetry. Born into slavery, she was taken from her parents at an early age. She was raised Christian and offered an exceptional education by the family that owned her. ...

This is a statue of Phyllis Wheatley – America’s first black poet

http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/winter96/wheatley.html

 

 

I know I used this picture before but it is where I have been these past few weeks.  Just thinking and adjusting.

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ions:

Once a week on Monday you will respond to the above prompts.. more is better. Post your response on your blog or website.

Mention the blog (service savoir faire) and offer a link back to the main page of the blog. This way others can participate in the project as well!  www.servicesavoirfaire.blogspot.com

So now that you know how, please feel free to join me. :)

Reflections on the Leather History Conference

I thought I would make it a trifecta of articles on the Conference I attended this weekend. I must say  that over all, I really enjoyed the conference. It was good to see my friends again, some of whom I haven’t seen in years. The vendors had an excellent selection of products. I missed out on buying a vest for esclave, but I am sure that who ever won it will get good use from it.

And I enjoyed visiting the library and sitting at Vi’s feet. I learned things about our history. Asked questions. Found a very odd book (on mamology of all things) in the library. I heard my elders and contemporaries (even some fresher faces too) tell stories of days past.

The only negative thing I would say is that there wasn’t enough tracks. The stories were all in sequence.  I wish that there were other “tracks” as it were, choices in who to hear.  But I guess they wanted to film it all and that make it difficult.

It is somewhat strange to see our history being recorded. We tend to be paranoid about cameras in our culture. With good reason too. Too many of us have been hurt by others that do not understand us.

But times are changing. And that does make me glad.

Too much of our history is lost.

MV

Service Book of Days 10/24/11

Outside my window… (weather, what do you hear, what do you see?) Is a quiet morning. is a dark and beautiful night. I am enjoying the much milder weather here in my new home.

my thoughts… on how much this past weekend was important for me. Master and i attended the Leather History Conference and it was very much worth it..

Today’s Quote: Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.

Aldous Huxley, Vedanta for the Western World, 1945
English critic & novelist (1894 – 1963)

From my service training…(any skills, training etc; notes you want to share this week) finding new recipes for weekly meals.

i am wearing…black pants and grey sweatshirt.

my adventures this week…(where are you going this week?) Master has said that we might go to the Ren Faire this weekend. Something closer to home.

Becoming well read…(What are you reading this week?) I am not reading or listening to anything at the moment.

Today’s Melody…(what music are you listening to? even if it’s just the sound of a bird…) You’re My Latest, My Greatest, Inspiration, Teddy Pendergras

Still….life(share a picture you’ve taken OR a picture you found online that speaks to you) Photo published separately.

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Want to start something different.  Here are the direct

ions:

Once a week on Monday you will respond to the above prompts.. more is better. Post your response on your blog or website.

Mention the blog (service savoir faire) and offer a link back to the main page of the blog. This way others can participate in the project as well!  www.servicesavoirfaire.blogspot.com

So now that you know how, please feel free to join me. :)

At the Leather History Conference

20111022-000345.jpg It has been a long day. I started it in Charlotte, working while my slave spent her time getting us ready for the conference. I had initially planned on being here tomorrow morning, but there is nowhere to stop between Charlotte and Wilmington that makes any sense. So we are here. Now. Tonight.

I’ve already seen some old friends and I hope to see some more tomorrow. If you are here and you see me do say hello.

MV

North Carolina Leather History Conference

A long time ago I taught history (a long time is about 2 decades btw). So, I am always interested in what we can learn from our past. See where we came from. Where we are headed.

That is why I am spending this weekend at the first ever North Carolina Leather History Conference. I am looking forward to it. I can’t begin to do it justice, but aside from spending time with old friends, making new friends, and enjoying my slave at our first conference since she moved here (really our first BDSM “Event” since the move too), I plan on spending a great deal of time in the Carter/Johnson Library. It is a tremendous lifestyle reference. A collection second to none.

Go. Just go to it if you can.

MV