Beverly Van Pelt

Can it really be that you and I first met 23 years ago today? I remember being in the Saratoga Annex at CSUMB, listening to the Student Voice representative talk, when something drew my attention to the window. 

As…

19 years ago, in a brief instant, I met the man I was destined to marry. Tall, blond, handsome, shy - he reached forward to shake my hand while his father introduced us. I don't remember his father's words, only…

A little while ago, I came across a piece of artwork with the most incredible frame.  Here is a close up of it.

It instantly transported me back to Costa Rica, to the Iglesia de los Angeles in…

The cat lay neatly in a circle, one eye open to all movement surrounding her. She twitched an ear when hearing, twitched her tail when she got a feeling, and lifted her head whenever her heart fluttered with love…

Sliced from foot to femur, howling from the pain, Eli the Gargoyle began to cry. He had but one desire when he started the day -- protect his mother at all costs. Little did he know the extent of…

I'm on a bit of a Mid-Century Modern kick lately, and decided to take a stab at "getting the feel of it".

Did some visual research, collected some color palettes, and played around with shapes in Adobe Illustrator -…

I post on social media about 11:11, and sometimes I come across things like this:

11:11p.m. 

Activate sleep mode 

Bvp Dec 2, 2020 

11:11p.m. 

Activate sleep mode 

Bvp Dec 2, 2013

You have sustained us - 

with fun and Tiki Parties for Two - 

with outdoor movies and Monk Fruit - 

with sweet, sassy, sexy love. 

I worship you. 

Or I wouldn't be able to…

To be, this day, with you in my... chamber, with you as my witness, with you as my promise, is a bless-ed bliss indeed. This is what fated lives we live and breathe...

-The rest of this…

TRADING PLACES is a Christmas movie. 

Let that rattle around a bit.

A man just walked up to and said, "When you smile your whole body smiles!" 

Why, yes Mister. It does! Thanks for noticing!

Pain sliced through me - - numb fingers & toes, electrical nerve slices ripping at my legs. Somehow the base of my neck was shockingly able to shoot cannon bullets into my brain, shards of glass-like torment lacing my…

That moment when you realize that what you really wanted was champagne! And the next moment when you realize that it's far better that you don't have it!

The GREEN FAIRY on my lips, Nosferatu in my eye. Dreaming in your embrace. You drink deeply and so do I.

That moment when you find ectoplasm and convince yourself that it's actually cat saliva... or anything else!

I used to wait for everything to be perfect before I could be happy. When I gave that up, it opened my heart and allowed me to love more fully, create more consciously, and live more in the moment. 

When he brought me a Gin Daisy I said, "Bless you, fair shrew."

Pools of cool water sooth your dry skin despite the arid day - and wet your lips. Revived, you move through the sunlight hours, not as a ghost (not like before) but as a spirit - free to move, free…

This is your sign. Go out. Hear the music in nature. Reconnect. Do it now!

Patrick Golden 

True last year, 

true today. 

These cats love you 

in every way. 

Bvp Sept 11, 2016

Just learned how to spell "nincompoop" 

I don't think I have ever seen it spelled out

I love you, Dad.

I miss you, Dad.

In Costa Rica, there is a mystery of the Spheres.

There are thousands and thousands of these spheres that have been found around the country. Over time, many have been gathered, as in this photo, as a curiosity and…

The other day,  my fortune cookie said,  "Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you." I found it in my pocket this morning. Guess it is my mantra for the day.