Memories of Riversleigh (2006)

I had noticed Soulfood Cafe early in 2006 and vowed to return when I had time to further explore.  By sheer coincidence, that time was Dec 2006 and what drew me in was, of course, the 2006 Advent Calendar.  I was familiar with the web and had been browsing around for years (since the mid-1990s) but Soulfood Cafe wasn’t like anything I had seen before on the net.  I knew I had to get involved.  Being a writer, I chose a suitable pen name (Cheshire D) and promptly jumped down the proverbial rabbit hole into Heather’s wonderland.  My first landing was a place called Riversleigh Manor.  And I arrived on the last day of December 2006.  Like the White Rabbit, a little late.   To read a journal entry about my arrival, go here.   Adjacent to Riversleigh Manor is the enchanted and enchanting Murmuring Woods.   It didn’t take a lot of encouragement to get me interested in exploring the woods.  (See journal entry.)  My initial impressions bloomed later that year into a piece of writing that I’m still rather fond of.  (Said The Tree To The Writer)   Mother Nature has a lot to say. Take the time to listen.  You’ll not regret it.   Although I had missed the Christmas festivities at Riversleigh Manor, I was in time for the New Year celebrations at Taverna di Muse.  The perfect place for writers to congregate and conjugate.  As to the wild rumors of table-top dancing  at the Taverna…  You didn’t hear it from me… 
By mid-spring of 2007, my busy life style was catching up with me and I realized that I needed to go on a personal retreat.  I was fortunate indeed to be granted a room at The Lemurian Hermitage.  Where I spent two weeks in a very healing solitude.   See Rambles At The Hermitage (Part One) and  (Part Two).   I returned to Riversleigh Manor feeling quite refreshed and eager to enjoy the creative opportunities which are so abundantly offered to Soulfood Cafe visitors and Riversleigh residents.  Thank you, Heather.

Next week I will post comments about Christmas 2007. 

May your holiday season be full of blessings.

                            Cheshire D