My Favorite Blogs

Three Sixty Five Days Of Messy Sketches
http://ayearofsandyskeches.blogspot.com/
Cristina's Daily Paintings
http://cristinasdailypaintings.blogspot.com/
Desert Colors
http://desertcolors.blogspot.com/
Downstairs Creation
http://downstairscreations.blogspot.com/

Coming To A Decision

The Well Of Being

Its Simple

Discipline

Never Finished

Sustaining Maintaining

Mirror Of Soul

Can You Fathom Life?

Floating

Take A Slow Walk

Moving Forward

Letting Go

Betsy Grant Radio!

Here is the link to an internet radio station that plays classical music - including music by Betsy Grant! http://www.jango.com/music/Betsy+Grant 

The Incomprehensible

Clean Up

Liberation - A Poem by Lorely *sliverglimmerdust.blogspot.com With Music By Betsy Grant

A Message For All

Saw this great message/post on a pininterest board:

"I love you...I love you...I love you..."
-God

We're Not In Control

"Do you think I know what I'm doing?
That for one breath or half breath I belong to myself?
As much as a pen knows what it's writing.
Or the ball can guess where it's going next."

RUMI

Answer To Prayer - Movie Clip from It's A Wonderful Life at WingClips.com

Answer To Prayer - Movie Clip from It's A Wonderful Life at WingClips.com

Living Life Backwards

The trouble with using experience as a guide is that the final exam often comes first and then the lesson. ~Author Unknown

When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity. 
Albert Einstein 

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If You Haven't Read This Poem It's Worth A Read, If You Have It's Worth A Second Or Third Reading

     IF

     If you can dream---and not make dreams your master;
     If you can think---and not make thoughts your aim,
     If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
     And treat those two impostors just the same:.
     If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
    Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
     Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
     And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools;

     If you can make one heap of all your winnings
     And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
     And lose, and start again at your beginnings,
     And never breathe a word about your loss:
     If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
     To serve your turn long after they are gone,
     And so hold on when there is nothing in you
     Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

     If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
     Or walk with Kings---nor lose the common touch,
     If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
     If all men count with you, but none too much:
     If you can fill the unforgiving minute
     With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
     Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
     And---which is more---you'll be a Man, my son!

     Rudyard Kipling

New Beginning - Movie Clip from Up In The Air at WingClips.com

A Great Reminder To Us All!  :  New Beginning - Movie Clip from Up In The Air at WingClips.com

The Paintings Of Justine Wardle With Music By Betsy Grant

Pass On The Gift

Attitude is Key

Service with a smile is a rare and precious thing. So often those who are in positions to be of service to others forget how their attitude affects those around them. Anyone...teachers, ministers, artists, the guy at the local burger place, grocery store, library, you name it, the list goes on...they all pass on their attitude to those that they serve. If one is full of gratitude for the gift of life and all its blessings, then that can be passed on to those they serve, otherwise they pass on whatever thoughts & attitudes remain unexamined. Something for us all to think about...

Influence Of The Mind

This is a repost of an entry I posted awhile back.  Not sure who said this, but I can see the truth in it: "Whatever you hold in your mind will tend to occur in your life. If you continue to believe as you have always believed, you will continue to act as you have always acted. If you continue to act as you have always acted, you will continue to get what you have always gotten. If you want different results in your life or your work, all you have to do is change your mind."

The Photographs Of Deborah at moonlightphotography With Music By Betsy Grant

The Photographs Of Fiona Graham With Music By Betsy Grant

Tracks from Betsy's CD Mirror Of Soul ON KTOO 104.3 Radio in Juneau, Alaska

KTOO 104.3 in Juneau, AK will be playing tracks of Betsy's CD "Mirror Of Soul" in between programs on the news show "A Juneau Afternoon" with Jeff Brown host - through the month of August.  Here's the link, just click on "Listen Live" when you get on the site:  http://www.ktoonews.org/category/news/juneau-afternoon/

The Paintings Of Candy Prather With Music By Betsy Grant

What I'm Up To

Hi All,
Aside from calling radio stations to see who wants to play my new CD, I will be looking for artists who want to collaborate by sharing their art so I can continue to make my art/music videos.  Please contact me if you are interested in sharing your art work in this way!  betsygrant14@gmail.com

Seeing The Wonders In Life

There's a great children's book called "The Seven Wonders Of Sassafras Springs" (by Betty Birney) about a boy who is challenged by his father to see if he can find seven "wonders" in the "ordinary"  town he lives in.  The boy believes that wonders are only to be seen in far away, "glamorous" places like Egypt and Greece.  He accepts the challenge of finding seven wonders in the time span of a week, with his father's promise that he will send him on a trip to Colorado as a reward.  Without spoiling the story (it's worth reading it yourself), the boy shows the reader that the secret to discovering the wonders of life is to adopt the attitude of a child.   It reminds us of how much we miss by taking everyone and everything for granted.

A Creative Way To Get A Message Across

Cristina's Daily Paintings-- Original Daily Art Paintings in Mixed Media--: "CAN YOU FORGIVE?"- Whimsical Raven Oil Painting- Oil on a 7 x 5 x 3/4 inch Cradle Artist's Wooden Panel

A Contemplation Seed

"As a gift of love is given, it must be returned"
-from The Book Of ECK Parables Volume 2 by Harold Klemp

Radio broadcast of Betsy Grant's New CD

For those of you in Madison, WI - WORT 89.9 FM radio will be playing several tracks from Betsy's new CD Mirror Of Soul on the show "Her Infinite" Variety (hosted by Steph Stringer) this month.  You can also listen live online at www.wort-fm.org

Be Your Self

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

Love Yourself And Love Others

"I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love."
-Mother Teresa
                                               

Betsy Grant's New CD Release Announcement!

Live Radio Interview With Betsy Grant

If you are in the South Bay, Monterey Bay, or Santa Cruz areas in CA on May 11 at 1:30pm, tune into KKUP 91.5 FM radio to hear a live interview with Betsy Grant on the show "Jewels and Binoculars".   She will talk about her new CD "Mirror Of Soul".

THE NEW CD "MIRROR OF SOUL" IS AVAILABLE!

Listen to tracks from Betsy Grant's new CD "Mirror Of Soul", it's now available for purchase!   http://www.betsygrantmusic.com

The Paintings Of Deirdre Shanny With Music By Betsy Grant

The Artwork Of Sandy Swan With Music By Betsy Grant

The Photographs Of Ed King With Music By Betsy Grant

The Photographs Of northadventure.de With Music By Betsy Grant

Tracks From Betsy's Upcoming CD - Soon To Be Released!

The Paintings Of Richard Robinson With Music by Betsy Grant

Never Before Released Material from Betsy Grant