ORINGINAL BLISS HAS MOVED! Visit SOUL-SIDE-OUT.com for articles, workshops and FREE ebooks supporting your evolution and creating a conscious lifestyle. Articles like the one that follows: 10 Unexpected Benefits of Cultivating Flow We all have periods in our lives where... Continue reading

I was roused this morning by a chant repeating in my head. "This year! This year! This year is on FIRE! We don't need no water, let the mutha #%$er BURN!" It's the most wonderful time of the year. New... Continue reading

He whispered in my ear this morning. The clock read 6:30. What the eff??? He couldn't wait for a decent hour? I mean, I work nights...I had a 14 hour overtime shift I was trying to rest for! But nooooooooooo....what... Continue reading

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Alone except the wind and the tick tick tick of a tumult of emotion barely contained and a clock still set to the future. Shannan Continue reading

"The Lovers" Thoth Tarot I have been an avid student and practitioner of the Tarot for over 20 years. Only my closest friends and family know this, just as they are the only ones who know of the years I... Continue reading

Make a promise to yourself to hold your own well-being sacred. Namaste, Shannan Continue reading

Photo Composite: Dan Zampa Last night, as the full Harvest Moon hefted its massive weight over the distant foothills to the east, I sighed with relief. How could something so bright and beautiful, bear such enormous weight on my soul?... Continue reading

All summer I have had some interesting interactions with these amazing creatures who live in my yard. I'll be out nurturing my little slice of nature, and one will slip out from under a leaf to say "Hello!" A few... Continue reading

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I have been holding this as an affirmation for the past couple of days. Trying to hold the vibration of love while surrounded by lower vibrations of fear and hate...trying to remain a light in the midst of darkness. As... Continue reading

"Our Hearts Bleed for Love" Soul Journal Page 2009 "Women are born incurable romantics. Plumb the female psyche and you will find an elegy of romantic remorse. Meloncholy fragments of unrequited love stretch from our cradles to our graves. Regrets... Continue reading

Trying to recall the moment I lost my Self. Was it back during the awkward days of puberty when I sacrificed pieces of myself to be more like my peers? Was it when I gave birth to my children and... Continue reading

"Frayed" I have officially been on vacation for 5 days. While I have ventured out, to a couple of events, the gym and to the UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens to snap these photos, for the most part I have been... Continue reading

"Smiling Dragonfly" This is going to be hard to admit. I have been trying to keep it together for such a long time--years, in fact. Traumatic events, one after another, have had me running in circles, trying to wrap duct... Continue reading

Spent yesterday evening with my sister and neice and nephew. I'm not a baseball fan, but it was a treat watching my nephew Chance play. Keelyn was there, too. She is going through the "TWO" stage. Everything is "No." But... Continue reading

In the beginning .......................... was the song .......................... .......................... .......................... A sound.......................... A hum.......................... A frequency.......................... .......................... Sweet, infinite symphony .......................... singing across the eternal nothing .......................... .......................... .......................... until .......................... .......................... .......................... something . form & structure . strings... Continue reading

"Alcatraz Dan" Danny's birthday weekend we decided to head to San Francisco. I am convinced that in his past lives Dan was one of the downtrodden, struggling type of men. He has an affinity for the dark spaces and rough... Continue reading

"Flower Bones" An evening hike along The Stanislaus with Danny, enjoying the bare bones of nature before Spring bursts forth. "Twigs & Branches" "Abandoned Rails" "Dead Tracks" "Sheltering Arms" "Winter Walk" Namaste, Shannan Continue reading

A weekend of chasing sunsets. Last night The Wildlife Refuge at the end of Gates Road near Mape's Ranch. Tonight a Valentine's evening picnic... To be continued... Namaste, Shannan Continue reading

At Last / Dream A Little Dream by gypsytea Ear candy from my daughter, Mattea. Enjoy! Namaste, Shannan Continue reading

Thanks to my daughter's boyfriend, I have a new creative toy. >>>Insert shout out to Major Seven, (or as we call him, Maxwell) here.<<< It's called Glitch Lab. It's a free app on the iPhone, and it's ADDICTING!!!! I import... Continue reading

"Lone Horse" Outside Columbia "Guardian Mary" Saint Anne's Church "Orchard Sunset" Lake Tulloch "Ol' Doorknob" Columbia State Park "Shed Windows" Columbia State Park "Stained Glass Sunset" Saint Anne's Church Namaste, Shannan Continue reading