Lliving Backstreet

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

SYMPHONY WITH BLACK

night fushion

blue water

THE EYE

FLOATING RED

Daisies, just because.

I am so upset that prop34 did not pass by such a slim margin; I pledge to wear black until California catches up to a more humane law. too many innocents have been caught in an archaic system that is neither fair nor just!

CONGRATULATIONS PRESIDENT OBAMA!!looking forward to another 4 years.

BOOK REVIEWS ON KINDLE

I am currently reading books on my kindle and have found you can get books for free and as low as $.99. These books are primarily by unknown authors but worth checking out! I have read historical romance novels that I could not put down, to mystery and suspense.

PLEASE VOTE!!!

BULLYING!!!

I've been harassed and bullied for most of my teen life and even some of my adult life for being skinny, I have terrible memories of being called names like stick, minnie mouse, skeleton, and lots worse. one time I was told that I was so thin it was obscene!that boys would never like me. that I should wear pants so no one would have to see my boney legs. it truly scarred me for life, but I rose above the taunts and cruel words and I have spent a great deal of my life in the defense of the under dog and little guy who can't defend themselves. I pray that no one, be it someone struggling with weight gain or the inability to gain weight does not have to bear the taunts of ignorant people! There is a newscaster back East who has been bullyied about her weight, I applaud her courage to stand up and say to a bully,YOU DON'T KNOW ME. We must teach our children how much words hurt , to be kinder and caringTO.STOP BULLYING!!

AUTISM

Autism Prevalence Now 1 in 88 children, 1 in 54 boys - National Autism Association nationalautismassociation.org Boston, MA– A study out today from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) indicates autism now affects an alarming one in 88 children, (one in 54 b oys) a sharp jump from the previous numbers released in late 2009,

FREEDOM TO EXPRESS

“For me the act of creative expression is a very spiritual thing no matter what I try to do whether it's paint or draw or some bit of whimsy like my fantasy figures you will find on one of the following pages, even when drafting my stories. I have to be busy creating or I am not breathing. life is too short,; even cooking some strange new dish there is so much I want to say. colors and music and words.I am obsessed with wanting to create something, anything that will say how I feel! Sometimes I think I will burst with the need to free myself...ruie

new wall framed wall hanging 9/25/ 2012

it's a little difficut to do with one hand ; my left hand is still numb.

new abstract 9/22/2012

another persective

http://en.avaaz.org/783/muslim-rage-protests-newsweek-salafists What the media isn’t telling you about #MuslimRage | Avaaz en.avaaz.org The one thing everyone should read about "Muslim Rage copy the link and check this out, you will be glad you did

78 years today!

new fiber art wall hanging 9/17/2012

black shadow box frame

one day you'll meet someone who doesn't care about your past because they want to be with you in your future. Gr8 ppl, Gr8 thoughts.

TIP OF THE DAY

THE TALENT FOR BEING HAPPY IS APPRECIATING AND LIKING WHAT YOU HAVE, INSTEAD OF WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE!

TIP OF THE DAY

"For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness."

"STYLE IS KNOWING WHO YOU ARE,WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY AND NOT GIVING A DAMN."

tip of the day

someone will always be prettier, someone will always be smarter, someone will always be younger,but they will never be YOU!

if opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.....Milton Berle

TIP OF THE DAY

Success is not the key to happiness. if you love what you are doing , you will be successful.

77% of anti-abortion leaders are men . 100% of them will never be pregnant. around the world, one woman dies every 90 seconds from complications of pregnancy or childbirth -- that's more than 350,000 women every year! "women are not dying of diseases we can't treat...they are dying because societies have yet to make the decision that their lives are worth saving."

I stay up late every night and realize it's a bad idea every morning

TIP OF THE DAY from women's rights news.

BE STRONG ENOUGH TO STAND ALONE SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW WHEN YOU NEED HELP, AND BRAVE ENOUGH TO ASK FOR IT!

REMEMBER SHULAMITH Firestone, A shining voice of feminism (born January 7, 1945 - found dead August 28, 2012)

FIBER ART WITH ACRYLIC PAINT; ON BLACK SILK BACKGROUND OR TAN BURLAP AND COTTON, WITH OTHER MISC FIBERS

ALL OF THE ABOVE WILL BE IN A 16X20 FLEXIGLASS FRAME

PLEASE PRESIDENT OBAMA GET US OUT OF AFGHANISTAN!!!

Dizzie abstract drawing by ruie

ENTITLEMENTS?

I PAID CASH for my Social Security insurance. Our benefits are NOT some kind of charity or handout! Congressional benefits... Premium Federal health care, outrageous retirement packages, 67 paid holidays, three weeks paid vacation, unlimited paid sick days!NOW THAT'S's welfare! And they have the nerve to call my retirement an entitlement ??? I am sick and tired of their crap!

I will Vote for Obama in 2012. Stop calling my Social Security insurance an ENTITLEMENT!

Bahiyyih Khanum, the only daughter of Bahaullah, the founder of the Bahai' Faith drawing by ruie

In this Day nothing is so important as service. Did not `Abdu'l-Bahá voluntarily call Himself the 'Servant' of Baha, manifesting also in His life the perfections of servitude to God and man? We, wishing to follow the commands left by Bahá'u'lláh, spread and lived by `Abdu'l-Bahá, we can take no greater step toward the Heavenly Kingdom -- can give no greater joy to the present beloved Guardian of the Cause, Shoghi Effendi -- than that of loving service to all mankind

sorry but Todd Akin is a freakin moron!!!

I promised myself I would not do anything political on my blog, but I can't keep quiet any longer. If I was his mother I would be so very ashamed of him; he is either retarded or totally lacking of intelligence to say that there is such a thing as a legitimate rape. rape is rape!!. it is clearly violence against a woman and to say something so incredibly stupid is beyond me. !! a woman's body cannot at will get rid of a pregnancy, if we could then why would we have to choose abortion?

beware, world poetry movement is a scam!

EXISTENCE

soon, you shall be gone far away As will I, what then? Will we find what we have been searching for? Or will we find the mystery Was solved long ago Fearful, always fearful, could it ever be? Oh God, what kind of fools are we Born to know this love, yet to struggle against the mysterious that keeps us apart If so, then I do not know why But an existence like this, is a martyrs Path And it does not fit us well We cannot! By ruie mullins

new fiber art piece in 16 x 20" lucite frame

materals used are silk, and cotton on tan burlap. one of a kind contact rumu1844@gmail.com for pricing.

series of 5 abstract painted blank note cards w/envelopes

I'm still here by Wendy Covill A Stroke Survivor from Bloomfield, Vermont

I'm still here, in this body, that this stroke has left behind. I'm still me where it matters, I am still me in my mind. Although I know I have a future,, I can't help longing for the past, I'm tired of the constant struggles, wondering how long they'll last I want to walk among the flowers with my children at my side, I want to step into the ocean and watch my stroke go with the tide. I want the physical body of my past, with the knowledge of today. Most of all, I want the sadness in my heart to melt away. Unlike the feelings of my loved ones, who are just glad I made it through, I am angry and frustrated at all the things I cannot do I don't know why I lose my temper, and hurt those close to me, There's just so much they have to witness that I don't want them to see So I'll try to move ahead, take it slow, one day at a time, Try to keep a healthy attitude, try to keep an open mind. But if sometimes you see me crying angry tears that sting my eyes, I'm longing for all the stroke took away-it hurts more than you realize

pierced earrings with African beads

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handmade earrings

keeping busy with some more of my earrings

FINAL VISION Chapter Three

In November of 1970, Harrison was a student at Harvard Law school where he met Kirk while attending a conference in Brazil hosting the fourth annual Harvard-Stanford Law school international junior faculty for bringing 11 of the world's most innovative junior legal scholars from around the world to present their work. Kirk had been one of Harrison's mentors. Harrison had been a brilliant student and Kirk was grooming him for his law firm when he graduated. An opportunity arose for Harrison to work in Afghanistan on issues of human rights, and he jumped at the chance and was soon crisscrossing the country in Black Hawk helicopters interviewing victims of torture.While in a local village he was confronted by a group of child soldiers. He Made a deal with one of the leaders of the group to let him go and hid in the bush until he was later rescued. Apparently the young leader had his eye on a girl in the village Harrison returned to the states a hero and there was a lot of press about his trip to Afghanistan which only made the firm want him to join their ranks all the more. Only Kirk knew the truth that Harrison had given up the girl for his own safety. After all Harrison had confided in Kirk, “she was just another hopeless, faceless,dark-skinned female, with no future. While he had important things to do”. Chapter 3 continues I love you, Maeve, I love you too. “Nothing will ever change that.” Harrison is in the study with his best buddies, Jason and Betty, “thank you for letting us have our wedding here “ “no problem, says Betty”we wouldn’t have it any other way.” There is a knock at the door. “May I come in? "says Mr Marshall, Maeve’s father. “he looks sternly at Harrison. Iwould like to have a private word with my new son-in-law.” Harrison blanches. “Mr. Marshall shakes his hand and says “Harrison I had hoped , as you well know, to change Maeve’s decision, but she thinks she is in love with you.” I love her too , I trust you know that!” Harrison stammers. Marshall continues, if you do anything to hurt her, I will make you pay. Iknow you have a secret and I intend to find out what you have been hiding and I am not talking about your other women!” There are no other women! Harrison backs away.”You may fool others, butI am no fool!! The door bursts open, it’s the Minister, “ready?” Harrison looks at Marshall and smiles at the Minister “ ready”. He turns and looks at Marshall and leaves with the Minister.”I’ve got to find out what He knows,thinks Harrison as sweat flushes his face.” He’s old and can’t live forever ,especially with a bad heart.

FINAL VISION Chapter Two two months earlier

The drive to the Hamptons was amazingly uneventful, hardly a car on the road it was almost as if the world had stopped and got off for a while, dinner was great and the weather was calm. Jason and his wife Betty were Harrison’s best friends in college they had been friends now for a long time and their beach home,built in the early 1900’s, in what was often regarded as one of the country's most beautiful areas, renowned for its miles of white sandy beaches, excellent sailing waters and world-class country clubs, restaurants and shops about 100 miles from New York City , was warm and inviting . They had spent many summers together since meeting in college. Betty helps Harrison on with his coat,”are you sure you can drive?”, Maybe I should call a cab." It's okay, I'm fine. Just a little, you know, Harrison smiles and walks out to his car turning back, he tips his head and tries to put the key in the car door. He drops the keys and tries again and looks up to see Betty's worried look on her face. “Don't worry , Betty, I'll be fine” he smiles and gets in the car closes the door and speeds down the driveway and swerves as he comes on the road. He skids to a stop at the intersection. Knowing his reactions are slowing. He starts across the intersection A little slower. He didn't see the young boy riding on his bike with his headphones on, the boy who is about 9 years old,is not paying attention to anything he is popping wheelies, he jumps up and down the driveway's and up on the sidewalk and then suddenly he darts between two cars. Harrison screeches to a stop ” oh my God what have I done! Harrison gets out of his car and looks around to see if anybody has witnessed what has happened. No one is there, he bends down to see if the boy is alive,, but he can't feel a heartbeat. He leaves the sprawled little body in the road. He gets back in the car and pulls out on the road,his eyes constantly darting to see if he is being followed. Back in New York Harrison pulls up in front of his firm's office. He breathes a sigh of relief as he walks into the elevator lobby.The firm is one of the oldest and most respected firms in New York, the building is one of the designs by architect Raymond Hood, Architect of the Rockefeller Center. Now Sitting in a chair in the office of Senior partner Jerome Kirk, he is holding his head and crying. What am I going to do?” “Kirk motions with his hand, don't worry, I'll take care of it! Harrison says, " I can't tell Maeve! She must never know”” her father would just love this he would not leave us a dime. I'm... Jesus if this gets out, I'm ruined. Everything lost, gone, destroyed!.” “Kirk shifts in his chair”everything will be all right, try to stay cool." “If you can get me out of this, I will owe you my life. Kirk looks at Harrison with contempt, he knows that Harrison is a coward

FINAL VISION CHAPTER ONE by ruie Mullins

Harrison closed the door to his apartment and stepped into the hallway. The air felt muggy and sweaty, not surprising since it rained so hard all night he hoped the roads would not be too slick for the drive to the Hamptons to visit his friend Jason and his wife Betty. To his surprise as he stepped out of the apartment building the weather had changed the air was fresh and clear and there seemed to be little traffic for a Saturday morning. He went to the underground parking to get his car a small green Fiat X19 a comfortable small car for driving in New York he had got a deal and. He was anxious to try it out on the highway. He touched the key lock to open the door and removed the convertible top, donned his sunglasses perched on his head, a noise grabbed his attention and he looked around but nobody was there. So he got in the car and took out from parking on to the street. He squinted,Good thing I brought my favorite sunglasses he thought to himself as he positioned them on his nose, while looking in the rear view mirror, he smiled "not bad if I do say so" "whew the sun is pretty awesome and really bright for this early on a September morning" he pulled out into the traffic and hit the gas going straight down the street as he adjusted the sound on his CD player he thought this might be a good day after all. He liked Irish music and tapped his fingers to the wild beat on his steering wheel.He thought of Maeve and their last date to see Michael what's his face and that hit Irish dance show they saw in new York just before the accident.

HAPPY 4TH!!!!!

By MOON MAIDEN This review is from: Sweet Release (Kenleigh/Blakewell Family Saga) (Kindle Edition) I usually read mystery and political intrique, but decided I would try a romance for a change and am so glad I did.this was a well written and thoroughly entertaining story and kept my interest throughout. I could not put it down and actually wanted to applaud the ending, it would make a great movie in the genre of Gone With the Wind! great characters and style.

I LOVE OBAMACARE!

HuffPost Politics ‎"The highest court in the land has now spoken. We will continue to implement this law."

my new hobby

BEAUTIFUL PRAYER

MAY THE STARS CARRY YOUR SADNESS AWAY MAY THE FLOWER5 FILL YOUR HEART WITH BEAUTY MAY HOPE FOREVER WIPE AWAY YOUR TEARS AND, ABOVE ALL MAY SILENCE MAKE YOU STRONG ,,,CHIEF DAN GEORGE

STILLRECOVERING

it's been almost a year plus since my stroke and my recovery has slowed down and I still have the same problems with my left side being weaker and my left hand is numb still but what I miss the most is the ability to sing. I used to be able to sing just about anything in choirs and choral groups and for some years I was a professional jazz singer but now I can't even do a simple do re mi. It has something to do with my breathing. I still try and I practice breathing exercises every day and I work my hand and walk for the most part with a simple cane and sometimes even without help. But as I say the thing that escapes me is why I can't sing. I was told that I was lucky that my kind of stroke usually recovers fully in six months well obviously that is not quite true. Have you had a stroke? Do you have questions the doctors can't answer so do I. I know they are not God and sometimes they don't know when you ask them about this or that and what you can expect to happen how long will it be, etc. etc. I belong to a stroke organization that is online but even they have not been able to tell me what I can expect and how long my recovery will take. If you have any insights to any of this, would you be so kind as to share them with me.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!

new poem, time goes by so swiftly

Time goes by so swiftly there's little time left for dreaming the time has come to put dreams into reality but reality can be so cruel I must go forward into that dark night and find the answers to my quest and fulfill my place who am I, what am I what part of the world is my part where do I fit always the dreamer hoping life would be something else yet here am I looking in the mirror, I see the same me the same eyes looking back but the cover, I called my face is not my face anymore life and children have carved their place upon the surface I never liked the cover anyway but now I like it even less oh to be young again and wiser if ever I could wish for anything, it would not be beauty but wisdom the wisdom to know what dream to follow, what dream to abandon the wisdom to know when to persevere and when to let go the wisdom to cherish the ones you love, not things the life we throw away each day so sure there will be another so precious god’s gift to us yes time goes by so swiftly I entered this poem some time ago to one of those internet poetry contests, of course they want me to order a book to see my poem published but maybe it's a winner, would be nice. supposedly I am SEMI=FINALIST BUT I won't hold my breath. I already have my poetry in a couple of other contest books I bought, hehehe

EARRINGS

My daughter, Jenn, bought me a starter kit for making earrings. It was so kind of her to give me something to work my left hand with, that has been so numb and basically useless since my stroke. It only took me all day to do these , so I don't expect I will become wealthy doing this, but it is great fun hahaha

I AM CONCERNED

something is wrong with the way things seem to be happening in the country these days, do you feel it too? a mayor has decided we need his help to lose weight, and another mayor has decided we need to watch our language in public, before you know it, we will see them goose stepping down the street! America needs help, not sanctions on our rights and freedoms to live as citizens!

ROBERT HAYDEN HONORED

Robert Hayden was an American poet,and a Baha'i, an essayist, educator. He was appointed Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1976. On April 21, 2012, a U.S. Postage Stamp, within a pane of 10 Twentieth Century Poets, was issued featuring Hayden. Wikipedia

JOHNNY ROCKETS

LAGUNA BEACH my favorite place

cute change meter in Laguna Beach

FACEBOOK

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VOTE

DID YOU VOTE I think many California ballots will not be counted because of the last step. if you failed to click the final step your vote will be invalid and will not go through.I was aware that several senior citizens failed to click the final step and walked away blithely thinking they had voted.

GREED

Greed moves the drug industry!

NEW BOURNE BOOK

The Bourne Betrayal is the best yet by Eric Van Lustbader, he has finally got his stride since Ludlum's passing.

MUSINGS

loving the impossible, a diary. The water is too hot, I always do this, I always make the water too hot. This is my morning ritual, shower then turn the faucet to the tub, relief stress salts( they only melt in water that's too hot, otherwise they lie on the bottom of the tub and feel like tiny fragments of sand) then I ease myself down slowly into the too hot water for a long soak and to finish my favorite novel of the moment. But today it's different, just two weeks ago, I thought, I sat here with tears streaming down my face. What did I do to deserve this? But love him and be there, always unconditionally. No goodbye, just the emptiness, left behind with no goodbye. After six years of what? A relationship? I don't know... A lot of time, a lot of love, and then no goodbye. But today, I'm back. My mind is sharp as a tack, analytical, logical, resourceful, I am back. With one exception. I will never, ever give my heart away again. Time is too short and love is too painful. You go to all the love-sick movies, you listen to all the music about love lost, found, on, and on infinitem. But you never find out what's the point? Why do some get lucky? Or are they lucky really? Love, it takes a lot of work a lot of feelings hurt and put aside, I knew from the start it wasn't going to be permanent. That's why I lied about my age. What difference would that make, we were never going to be together. It was impossible from the very beginning. Although in the deep recesses of my heart and mind I secretly wanted it to be possible.

Breaking news on CNN

BLIND ACTIVIST, CHEN, FREED BY CHINESE GOVERNMENT but extended family still in danger, have been arrested on trumped charges Chen and wife and 2 children arriving New York today.

available on Amazon.

Tahirih Justice Center Keep your calls coming! Tell your Representative to OPPOSE HR 4970 when it comes up for a vote ANY MINUTE because this VAWA bill would ROLL BACK PROTECTIONS for battered women and children like Tahirih’s clients. Find your representative: http://1.usa.gov/Je1wsu or read Tahirih’s update today about HR 4970: http://bit.ly/LbxNlf Find Your Representative · House.gov www.house.gov

HEMINGWAY & GELLHORN by j. Tuccille

Am reading a book about Hemingway and Gellhorn (his third or fourth wife), that is soon to be a major film, it's mostly about his time in the Florida Keys and the USA during the hard times before and during the great depression, it is an eye-opener that should be told! scary that we seem to be living it again, if it is true it is changing my mind about a lot of things. ·

BATTERED WOMEN IN PRISON

QUESTION: WHY ARE BATTERED WOMEN IN PRISON? friends I am copying this from sorrygnat's email to me today, please go to sorrygnat website for more important information for all of us. perhaps we can be of help. battered women in prison by sorrygnat Readers, further into my posts, you will find entries of T.C. Paulinkonis, her mom, Barbara, and life at Chowchilla Prison, a too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter prison, where T.C. sends, and I receive, or I send, and she receives mail. She has been in prison for 22 years. Her mother may soon be released, due to age and infirmity and go to a halfway house.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

List of Some Favorite Writers

Kathy Reichs John Grisham Aaron Patterson David Baldacci Patricia Cornwell Robert le Carre Sue Grafton Sara Gruen Janet Evanovich Greg Larsson I love mystery and intrigue, it's probably obvious; don't care much for romance novels.

JUDGING

Judging others is strongly discouraged in the Baha'i Faith. "O Son of Being! How couldst thou forget thine own faults and busy thyself with the faults of others? Whoso doeth this is accursed of me." So many messages we get in day to day life encourage judging others. For instance, we learn that it is humorous to find faults with others. Sometimes it seems that finding other people's problems would somehow lessen our own. Many gossip simply to alleviate boredom. However, striving to refrain from judging others, whether vocally or internally, helps us to grow spiritually and to feel happier.

DO YOU LIKE THRILLERS?

Well there is a new writer on the horizon by the name of Aaron Patterson, he has written a new series of thrillers, that will capture your imagination. I could not put them down and would highly recommend them!give him a looksee, you won't be sorry Amazon Books online. get them now while they are cheap. They will cost a lot more soon.

update

it's been a year since my stroke and things have slowed down for my recovery but I'm still here and doing my exercises every day and writing. I put my painting off for a while because I need more inspiration. In the meantime I am still trying to write a book about my family I don't know if anyone will be interested but at least I can leave something for my children to let them know how much I love them and what a crazy bunch we were. Eccentric doesn't even begin to describe us we were creative and elusive and just downright different than the average person. I hope that it will give my children a glimmer of who we were and what we did to survive. Tune in again to see what is going on if you would like to hear more. Thanks for your interest and I hope to hear from you soon. ruie

here are a couple of new paintings since february 3

regarding RUIE'S SYMPHONY, my wonderful friend Annick put together a video of my abstract art painting, I hope you like it,oh be sure and put on your headphones. Abstract painting is my new passion.should you see anything you like, of course they are available $25 each plus mailing. I will be showing them soon at the San Juan Capistrano Street fair sometime in March or April. Maybe I will see you there. In the meantime check out my Facebook page to see my latest silk painted and hand dyed circular and regular scarves. More later.oops I forgot to say the paintings are on stretched canvas, done in in acrylic and are 16x20.

RUIE'S SYMPHONY

hi guys, sorry I've been away for a while sad to say I had a stroke and I haven't been able to do things like usual, it's mostly on my left side it's very weak I have to walk with a cane or walker but I'm still here. My left hand can't type for me so I use a program called Dragon naturally speaking, it's a godsend and wonderful for people who have disabilities although it sometimes gets my name wrong and calls me Ruby not ruie which I have to type in when I use it. So instead of 120wpm I use the Dragon and it's almost the same thing as typing I can go as fast as I talk. Well anyway to make a long story short I'm getting back to things I do like reading and painting and enjoying life. I am grateful for every sunrise. And I've learned that life is short and you have to do what you can do when you can do it. So don't be like me and waste your time with dreaming about things you can't do just do what you can do and be grateful. My grandson Matthew is also a God'send he helped me get back on the stick and so now I can edit my blog. I'll be back in a few days with some new stuff that I've been doing lately painting on silk and hand dyed circular scarves plus painting abstracts which really is my passion these days. Sayonara for now talk to you tomorrow