Thank you so much for all the wonderful "Happy Birthday " wishes . I had the best birthday ever !
It started with me sitting in bed ,with my Martin guitar singing Happy Birthday to myself . I was improvising the lines and chanting everything that I thought is wonderful and worth celebrating about me . I have this feeling this year is going to be an extraordinarily wonderful year !
Then my sister arrived , she said:
" Come on get Love the dog, we're going on your magic birthday trail . 'Love' will lead the way '.
Love had a balloon tied to her , she's a Weimaraner with a big attitude . Up above my house there are some wonderful trails, one of which climbs up a steep hillside to an absolutely awesome view . Victoria had done something magical , a balloon trail, and on each balloon she had written an inspirational thought from an iconic writer or historical figure.
It started on the first balloon which said :
"A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step ". I thought to myself 'It's gonna be a great year from that moment on !' On each balloon a new inspiration , "Don't give up , make your own trail!" "Follow your bliss" and at the top of the hill a balloon read , "Joseph Campbell would be proud" and at that I burst into tears . Joseph Campbell is one of my all time heroes, it was he who was fundamental in influencing my sister and I to go on this wild beautiful journey across the world to make music. He said , "Live your bliss". And so we did ! It was very poiniant to find myself at the top of a hill on the west coast of America ,with a russian hat on, and a bottle of Champagne in my hand ,tears streaming down my face . I had an incredible sense of what a journey I had been on , how far I’d come and what a triumph it all was , AND how amazing the way ahead will be.
My sister and I talked about the journey, she slurped the champagne and then I slurped the champagne and then we laughed and I cried some more . And she said "Your amazing you re like no other person , I have ever met ", so I felt so happy , so clear about who I am and where I am going.Then she left me to contemplate my life;s journey .
Then an extraordinary thing happened . Two people came out of the bushes , a man , and a woman both with long blonde hair , looking completely angelic. 'Love it a birthday blessing', I thought, and they loved it too., especially the fur hat in the hot L.A. sun !So the three of us stood round swigging champagne , they sang Happy Birthday , then all three of us sang Planet Love and then a rendition of Jim Morisson's;s song "Wild love'.,which I have always identified with .Then the girl who was called Alex, who was really quite magical said she wanted to do a ceremony on me, she wanted me to envision everything that the year ahead would bring and her and her boyfriend Aaron would help release it into the universe for it to manifest .
An awesome spontaneous happening , just perfect .!We did the ceremony it was really quite magical . I went home down the hill a little spent , I had all the emotional energy being released and began reading all your wonderful messages and I just felt so special , the wishes , and beautiful poetry that people sent just made me cry . There have been ups and there have been downs but reading those messages makes it all worth it !