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I love words, art, creativity, and people who embody all of these at once. Tis the season for buying gifts, so let me be so bold to steer you to a few of my loveys who fit that description AND have great big hearts, warm humor, and of course, talent! I “met” Janice MacLeod many years ago via her book Paris Letters and I then subscribed to her Paris Letters mail club. Janice is the OG of the snail mail club thing. She still has Paris Letters, and does a new one called Cott

Let's welcome November! The month we focus on gratitude and abundance. Certainly that can be a daily thing, but what the heck, cheers to November! I love trees, in all their seasons. I have oft written of the naked trees of November. How we can love seeing them bare, unafraid to expose their inner workings. As Cynthia Rylant says, “I love the month of November: when the trees are standing all sticks and bones. Without their leaves, how lovely they are, spreading their arms

Greetings! It appears the month of October will soon be bidding us adieu. Jeepers, that went fast. We have a week left to bask in your beauty, October. Thank you, you are beautiful. #midwestisbest #especiallyinthefall A quick look into November: Saturday morning meditation will once again be at 10am. That is how we used to do it. We tried 9am for October to see how it feels. 10am wins! (And yes, you can come in jammies and slippers if you want.) Monday meditation remain

Hi there! A quick hello and an invisible hug. Maybe I will see you Saturday morning at Meditation. Maybe I will see you at Sunday’s Sound Bath. Maybe I will see you next week at Meditation Monday evening or Wednesday lunch hour. Maybe I will see you at a 1:1 session. Maybe I will only “see” you via these joy letters. But I see you. I feel you. I love you. Perhaps things have felt like a lot lately. I know many who are going through things. It has been very full here behind th

I LOVE OCTOBER! Yes, I am shouting, proclaiming my love for this finest fall month for all to hear across all the lands. I LOVE OCTOBER! The colors! Not just the trees and mums and burning bushes, the sky too. The sky is a more dazzling blue in this magical month. And the feel of the air in October is, in a word, perfect. In October, cozy soft snuggly things come back into my orbit. (Oh, how I love cozy soft snuggly things!) (I have six pairs of slippers if that is a hint

Hello fabulous you!! Have YOU been dabbling in your whimsy these days? I hope so! The generally accepted definition of “whim” is a sudden, impulsive wish or desire - or an idea that has no serious plan or reason behind it. Hence modern usage has given whim a bit of a negative connotation. As if we must always have reason and serious planning behind everything we do. Ugh. Yuck. Blah. I have lived according to my whims for quite some time now, and my life is lovely. I see

Bonjour! Hello! Hola! Ciao! Aloha! Hallo! Well wishes to you in all the languages! My last missive included the meditation message with "Just for today, I will...." There were several lines of what I declare just for today. Inevitably someone asks why "just for today?" Because it's easier for our mind and ego to accept that just for today, I will let go of trying to control. Just for today, I release judgment. Just for today, I know that I am loved. "Just for today" lays

The above message came to me in meditation years ago. I printed it for an event way back when and just found it in my archives. It wants to be shared again! (and again and again!) Much love, In joy, Kelly

SEPTEMBER! Oh how I love thee! The calendar page has turned, but the temps have not. The weather is still sweltering summery, muggy uggy uggy. Right now, it’s 94, feels like 107. When I’m out in the humidity, I feel like I’m 107! (Throw some water on me! I will gladly melt!) Life has been busy and time has slipped through my fingers. It’s been a little over two weeks since I have dropped a joy letter your way. (So much for my vow of writing every week!) Been a time of eve

Hello! Howdy! Hey! How lovely to be invited to present Sound Healing for a local event and have the event organizer create such a lovely flyer and write up! "Meet Kelly Joy Simmons, founder of Access SOUL High Frequency Sanctuary in Roscoe. Kelly creates welcoming spaces for women to reconnect with the peace within: because even when it feels buried, it’s still there. Through sound healing, meditation, 1:1 energy and frequency work, intuitive soul coaching, events, and

Clean/purge/organize mode is pretty much always my jam. Tis my joy to be tidy tidy, but lately it has been major clearing out and letting go. Feels SO GOOD. I came across this gem and it wants to be shared with you. Backstory: My journal is always on my lap every morning in my quiet/meditation/listening time. I converse with the Holy Holy and often ask “what for me today?” and I scribble what comes through. THIS I FOUND FROM NOVEMBER 2022: “You are endings and beginnings. Alw

HAPPY MONDAY! A quick howdy hello to wish you well. Summer has for sure provided us with appropriate weather. I melt a wee little bit. August is just days away, which usually means more heat; and pretty much anymore around here September has hot hot days as well. To the inventors of Air Conditioning, I salute you. I give you my deep thanks. Ditto for ceiling fans. And popsicles. Which reminds me – I have forgotten to name a few joys my last newsletters. Besides the aforem

Happy Hello to you! I’m still enjoying my summer sabbatical-of-sorts. Doing plenty, for sure, but also lots of time of quiet beauty. We celebrate two years at our current Joy House today and we love it so much. This home is not fancy – and perfect for us. I used to love fancy; chandeliers in every room and my favorite color was bling. Now I am French Country floral all the way. Our yard is also simple, full of birds, critters, trees, flowers, and no neighbor squished up again

IT'S ALWAYS OURSELVES WE FIND IN THE SEA. It's always ourselves we are finding everywhere. It's our true great awakening. I keep finding myself in new ways all the time. It's not creating, it's excavating. We shed the crapola that we are not/no longer need to be/never really were and keep finding more of the truth of who we are. Bit by bit by bit. Precious. Whole. Loved. Fully divine. And fully living the human experience. We are here to explore. Express. Expand. In such

"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time." —John Lubbock Perhaps you can allow yourself some rest, some stillness, some watching the clouds float across the sky this July. Simple enjoyments. Quiet pleasures. Time without devices. I am still on summer-sabbatical-of-sorts mode. Not wanting too much on the schedule

This, from many years ago, from Clarissa Pinkola Estes: We do not become healers. We came as healers. We are. Some of us are still catching up to what we are. We do not become storytellers. We came as carriers of the stories that we and our ancestors actually lived. We are. Some of us are still catching up to what we are. We do not become artists. We came as artists. We are. Some of us are still catching up to what we are. We do not become writers.. dancers.. musician

Hello!! Just popping in to say a quick HELLO! I am loving the summer mini-hiatus. Our Meditation Mondays are rocking and rolling and wowee wow. We are digging the main floor room. Cozy and sweet. Next Sound Bath is Saturday, June 20 at 9am. You must register in advance. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1990912192963 Three summer reads for you, delightful nonfiction: How to Host A Viking Funeral: The Case for Burning Your Regrets, Chasing Your Crazy Ideas, and Becoming the

These past weeks I have been quiet. On social media. On writing these notes. In making plans. Just being still. A bit of a sabbatical. Partly because of the glorious weather, partly because of the shifting energies, and partly because of the season I am in internally. Life is ever evolving! Our summer schedule at Access Soul reflects that. Wednesday noon and Saturday morning meditations are on hiatus until fall. We still host every Monday at 6:30pm. This past Monday, June 1,

Blessing for Presence by John O'Donohue May you awaken to the mystery of being here And enter the quiet immensity of your own presence. May you have joy and peace in the temple of your senses. May you receive great encouragement when new frontiers beckon. May you respond to the call of your gift And find the courage to follow its path. May warmth of heart keep your presence aflame and anxiety never linger about you. May your outer dignity mirror an inner dignity o

Hi there! Joys lately: · Soft tissues · Soft sheets · Soft jammies You don’t know how much you appreciate super soft tissues until you go through a box of off-brand "Kleenex" in a day. Jim and I were visited by the “common cold” these past several days. Not sick, just a bit under the weather. (SIDENOTE of no importance, the origin of that phrase: Sailors who fell ill were sent below deck to protect them from the elements, literally placing them "under