tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40193580134482076792024-03-12T19:37:30.877-04:00Maria Isabel PitaMaria Isabel Pitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396092284850246020noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019358013448207679.post-1538477467304204942011-08-10T13:18:00.000-04:002011-08-10T13:18:54.034-04:00Please come to my NEW BlogI'm leaving behind Blogger and moving to a much more focused and dynamic Blog: Ancient Omnivore - A Personal Tribute to the Sensual Spirit.<br />
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There's much up already (including 48 recipes) and I'll soon begin blogging. Please join me there!Maria Isabel Pitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396092284850246020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019358013448207679.post-63159007912766859202011-06-09T10:51:00.000-04:002011-06-09T10:55:23.556-04:00The Champagne Perspective<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqpdm2AXRJGBbr33U5HmHTe5pLtjqAJ_DBKQH7WOMNf0mGThDIdjwg839sATtzZDPgJmLZjbq6DqFMzyMtz5soPt3yfgFIKYtCjq8db7gpry6n3PDnDdkmOAp9e4ff1jL5ymUgbnIvoz9/s1600/19-Champagne%2526Water-sm.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqpdm2AXRJGBbr33U5HmHTe5pLtjqAJ_DBKQH7WOMNf0mGThDIdjwg839sATtzZDPgJmLZjbq6DqFMzyMtz5soPt3yfgFIKYtCjq8db7gpry6n3PDnDdkmOAp9e4ff1jL5ymUgbnIvoz9/s400/19-Champagne%2526Water-sm.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616233569449362194" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8A8UoULOoWPNtx2Py79UOesfUfqIW_ncqlDklQyWQLQv5ikGN_Jlpte4VxjWVcWKNqL8XUf9DZ-6yFK9EbQ54GqZuV5swG4cIqEz5H1MfXjOVJxTACmE5ie5qYrjmR99DVY4DFwXr5IvQ/s1600/19-champagneglass-tulpitree-sm.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8A8UoULOoWPNtx2Py79UOesfUfqIW_ncqlDklQyWQLQv5ikGN_Jlpte4VxjWVcWKNqL8XUf9DZ-6yFK9EbQ54GqZuV5swG4cIqEz5H1MfXjOVJxTACmE5ie5qYrjmR99DVY4DFwXr5IvQ/s400/19-champagneglass-tulpitree-sm.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616233554369075826" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ISsVlXsPRQ_5eXAb4jyKrNUz7OeCtlov2dioehnjxh26RxTtMdBYC7qdKnyXQ0uBoRp_9Nvhejs6wk1lhf4kaO5Nl-7rByN3hyphenhyphenoDVO4Eppp-Wx2eCI0k3U_OzA_2XIXWhNWw2Z8Zi_6p/s1600/19-champagneglass-closeup-sm.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ISsVlXsPRQ_5eXAb4jyKrNUz7OeCtlov2dioehnjxh26RxTtMdBYC7qdKnyXQ0uBoRp_9Nvhejs6wk1lhf4kaO5Nl-7rByN3hyphenhyphenoDVO4Eppp-Wx2eCI0k3U_OzA_2XIXWhNWw2Z8Zi_6p/s400/19-champagneglass-closeup-sm.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616233550098296898" /></a>Maria Isabel Pitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396092284850246020noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019358013448207679.post-65574288430912246592011-06-07T14:04:00.001-04:002011-06-07T14:05:43.993-04:00Swiss Chard Forest<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHh1UfoV6CSoVvhpaJpW0BlA5zMZQm8XBFoVCaOPzYn74T5fIsT5Iu5t4rBUZ9t0hxZoq838UwFY9ehu0Xqu3QQTAh0XKtYqh3PhFCr0JaTlvKO0mNDvkYDCjN-mfrsrqQtzdCbMrXYJWl/s1600/19-SwissChard_Forest-Final-sm.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHh1UfoV6CSoVvhpaJpW0BlA5zMZQm8XBFoVCaOPzYn74T5fIsT5Iu5t4rBUZ9t0hxZoq838UwFY9ehu0Xqu3QQTAh0XKtYqh3PhFCr0JaTlvKO0mNDvkYDCjN-mfrsrqQtzdCbMrXYJWl/s400/19-SwissChard_Forest-Final-sm.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615540592038214946" /></a>Maria Isabel Pitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396092284850246020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019358013448207679.post-17150444471987808212011-05-28T12:48:00.000-04:002011-05-28T12:50:43.761-04:00Our love transcends speech<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4TdGu8nTiCtz679ARsX7TSMu5ppUbRCn3qix2SKv1SKxMA7yEQwda3NCRH_ygqDhM_KUPK1HDfA8nbGu4EP3p7vno_UYSGrELOCUmUkvmvxqN0MIbxVWR98H-owaP1TxeSilJwjyyfJ3/s1600/2_15-months-old-so-butiful-sm.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4TdGu8nTiCtz679ARsX7TSMu5ppUbRCn3qix2SKv1SKxMA7yEQwda3NCRH_ygqDhM_KUPK1HDfA8nbGu4EP3p7vno_UYSGrELOCUmUkvmvxqN0MIbxVWR98H-owaP1TxeSilJwjyyfJ3/s400/2_15-months-old-so-butiful-sm.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611810386928731410" /></a><br />As if he wasn't cute enough without a heart-shaped pink mark above his lip...Maria Isabel Pitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396092284850246020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019358013448207679.post-19146466890250151132011-05-11T14:46:00.000-04:002011-05-11T14:48:13.553-04:00Inside Out<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPIf15QXwLzSlNFyz_9wBqSV6claaGdUMIbgtHykY376LO9KeqrQ41zshyfmnCI4bmWTp8oeo9kqKgUXqSEfdZXkQpY5tjIw3XGMf0uGIxTzvUXSXmaovhHxiC7d5kcdF3qA-2R8qIXu2/s1600/17-inside%2526out-sm.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPIf15QXwLzSlNFyz_9wBqSV6claaGdUMIbgtHykY376LO9KeqrQ41zshyfmnCI4bmWTp8oeo9kqKgUXqSEfdZXkQpY5tjIw3XGMf0uGIxTzvUXSXmaovhHxiC7d5kcdF3qA-2R8qIXu2/s400/17-inside%2526out-sm.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605532257326351074" /></a>Maria Isabel Pitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396092284850246020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019358013448207679.post-6973599132284064662011-05-02T11:06:00.000-04:002011-05-02T11:06:15.855-04:00Robert Waggoner: Beyond the Expectation Effect: Is The Mind an Open...<a href="http://luciddreamingrobertwaggoner.blogspot.com/2009/10/beyond-expectation-effect-is-mind-open.html?spref=bl">Robert Waggoner: Beyond the Expectation Effect: Is The Mind an Open...</a>: "Dear Dreamers, In lucid dreaming, we realize that many of the actions or events occur according to our expectation about what seems likely ..."Maria Isabel Pitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396092284850246020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019358013448207679.post-34578814986847081422011-04-29T16:03:00.000-04:002011-04-29T16:11:42.337-04:00No more hair dye<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4jrvgsy2gyV0TiuY7-h56sqXMKfBiFo8RaWRBl5hcB1wbltMTHfGI2mxyO2GufwROjk7hdsf1goLCU5criYiqNCTXwCMDkC4D98jj-i213j22X57OAxj2UlhdZHasiT50WvlEhLm9w_5j/s1600/14_Going_White-sm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 332px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4jrvgsy2gyV0TiuY7-h56sqXMKfBiFo8RaWRBl5hcB1wbltMTHfGI2mxyO2GufwROjk7hdsf1goLCU5criYiqNCTXwCMDkC4D98jj-i213j22X57OAxj2UlhdZHasiT50WvlEhLm9w_5j/s400/14_Going_White-sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601100724816068418" /></a><br /><br />Going white: <em>Au Natural</em>Maria Isabel Pitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396092284850246020noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019358013448207679.post-54767512357584035672011-04-19T15:55:00.000-04:002011-04-19T16:17:54.182-04:00I love you, Sara!Yesterday evening—sitting outside on the front porch with my husband—was pervaded by Sara's beautiful being. There were an unusual number of birds singing and flying in a joyful display all around us. A large robin chirping in my favorite tulip tree flew to another tree across from me and sang and sang a song I distinctly felt was the earthly echo of Sara assuring me she was all right, more than that. I imagined her inhabiting the birds for the sheer joy of experiencing their physical energy and agility now that she'd finally been freed from her body's prison. We saw a genuine blue bird for the first time, a rare and stunning sight. The sun was setting in such a way it was not so bright you couldn't look toward the west, luminously swathed in diaphanous clouds like the scarves I remember Sara loved to wear. Toward the end a smoldering orange, the solar disc glowed between black branches like an enchanted Halloween pumpkin, and Sara's sense of humor became the very atmosphere as out of nowhere a humming bird appeared, paused directly in front of us, then zoomed westward. We glanced at each other in awe because we've never seen a humming bird up here before. Even my husband, who never met Sara, felt as though she had just said, “Honeee! I'm here! And I'm fine, really!"Maria Isabel Pitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396092284850246020noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019358013448207679.post-85492923785541310782011-04-18T12:20:00.000-04:002011-04-18T12:24:09.931-04:00In Memory of my beautiful and best friend, Sara GarmentA self-portrait she shot not long ago entitled "Between the camera and the clock"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcq2X3Fx2D9XhCEon5BBEMLunSP3s1Z3eBGprjgQKFlvtL8AJBo2ytpEw3JHB8Am9nZc-0o-lzzwL5TUUNbjSDBgNqZ-wM1yWYi56hyphenhyphen-Uugbwk3_vas9s950hzgGToYG9qJd2L27Cp806G/s1600/between+the+camera+%2526+the+clock.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcq2X3Fx2D9XhCEon5BBEMLunSP3s1Z3eBGprjgQKFlvtL8AJBo2ytpEw3JHB8Am9nZc-0o-lzzwL5TUUNbjSDBgNqZ-wM1yWYi56hyphenhyphen-Uugbwk3_vas9s950hzgGToYG9qJd2L27Cp806G/s400/between+the+camera+%2526+the+clock.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596959812163661650" /></a><br />I love you, Sara. God speed! I pray I will see you again soon in a dream.Maria Isabel Pitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396092284850246020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019358013448207679.post-456009188550581922011-04-15T09:30:00.000-04:002011-04-15T09:31:49.772-04:00Sheer Magic<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4GmVEeGS9NOirSOREcEXQV2YOvXFdeeA4SLXJT9k7bMqkj1xVDD21Sbdms2w1U4VK2sMmlWe0lVESH7569y-7OmIH0X1QydMYI7vMrd3N1H6dpujhyphenhyphengegIAhLLLN63IyMoySm8k9Z6szG/s1600/12_Baby_Leaf-sm.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4GmVEeGS9NOirSOREcEXQV2YOvXFdeeA4SLXJT9k7bMqkj1xVDD21Sbdms2w1U4VK2sMmlWe0lVESH7569y-7OmIH0X1QydMYI7vMrd3N1H6dpujhyphenhyphengegIAhLLLN63IyMoySm8k9Z6szG/s400/12_Baby_Leaf-sm.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595802486977438354" /></a><br />One of the many baby leaves on one of "our" many tulip treesMaria Isabel Pitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396092284850246020noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019358013448207679.post-26417437688954003692011-03-31T14:01:00.000-04:002011-03-31T14:12:42.811-04:00Listen to samples of the audio version of "Truth is the Soul of the Sun"Maria Isabel Pitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396092284850246020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019358013448207679.post-3572354457471527082011-03-29T08:55:00.000-04:002011-03-29T14:13:36.423-04:00"Maya" or "Samsara"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSHPwaDm_A7w7VpzwY81DD5keCsHsDGYn_NWfUThI8zsBT70v1GgvyraCti3xhJ6Q4MR-2WqP0LgN5IkBbSJtTvxYu7EL2YVkfNYQPqHc9Gs1IbV2YCKu1ujGfxUHKpftUPDlKF-IYGOW/s1600/5-forest-lamp-sm.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSHPwaDm_A7w7VpzwY81DD5keCsHsDGYn_NWfUThI8zsBT70v1GgvyraCti3xhJ6Q4MR-2WqP0LgN5IkBbSJtTvxYu7EL2YVkfNYQPqHc9Gs1IbV2YCKu1ujGfxUHKpftUPDlKF-IYGOW/s200/5-forest-lamp-sm.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589485978102802978" /></a><br />If all is illusion why does it all matter, and why did we become separated from the pure source of all Being we can only label God? <br /><br />That is, indeed, the question. But I think the problem here is misunderstanding what "samsara" or "maya" means. Attached are quotes from a brilliant book by Robert Waggoner, "Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self", highlighted and clipped directly from my Kindle:<br /><br />- Highlight Loc. 1361 <br />"One meaning of maya is translated as 'illusion' but it also has its basis in the verbal root ma, which means 'to make.'<br /><br />- Highlight Loc. 1362 | <br />Thus [Wendy Doniger] O'Flaherty calls maya 'creative power,' 'artistic creation,' 'the process of creation.' She quotes [Jan] Gonda on maya in terms of 'converting an idea into dimensional reality,'<br /><br />- Highlight Loc. 1363-64 | <br />As lucid dreamers, we experience this broader meaning of maya directly-the forming and creating of an experienced reality from our feelings, thoughts, and ideas.<br /><br />- Highlight Loc. 1364-65 | <br />maya first meant making something that was not there before.... [M]aya can often best be translated as "transformation.""-<br /><br />- Highlight Loc. 1365-66 <br />"To say that the universe is an illusion (maya) is not to say that it is unreal; it is to say, instead, that it is not what it seems to be, that it is something constantly being made."3<br /><br />- Highlight Loc. 1366-70 <br />The ancient concept of maya, or illusion, alludes to the experiencer of the illusion as formatively assisting in the creation of the illusion. We do not exist in illusion so much as help form illusion. Lucid dreamers come to realize the truth of this as they see their own artistry, their own creative power, their own ideas formed into the dreaming reality that they experience. Like artists projecting their ideas, knowledge, and talent into their paintings, lucid dreamers project portions of themselves creatively into their dreaming. The lucid dreamer embodies and joins forces with the inventive power of maya.<br /><br />In Conclusion:<br />Nothing is "real" or lasts (matters)then except the supreme act of creating/creation. The ancient Egyptians believed every person's responsibility was to grow spirituallhy in order to fully, consciously participate in Divine Creativity.Maria Isabel Pitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396092284850246020noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019358013448207679.post-71437201516798074322011-03-28T14:50:00.000-04:002011-03-28T14:52:18.442-04:00Does size really matter?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3kTv1WD8mMBXxoqlwMVVp0Xrb3DN1y_3W7i7JfpStmXLFv9PqwdKTye5r808tLflOZ31VBLki5KEbogIVGIb7uI9LOByMZd_MPeTfw5TqIMQ2Yh20g7AMB6XwHPcx_AsT4gTVdJBjRBBx/s1600/8_Orange%2526Pyramids-sm.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3kTv1WD8mMBXxoqlwMVVp0Xrb3DN1y_3W7i7JfpStmXLFv9PqwdKTye5r808tLflOZ31VBLki5KEbogIVGIb7uI9LOByMZd_MPeTfw5TqIMQ2Yh20g7AMB6XwHPcx_AsT4gTVdJBjRBBx/s400/8_Orange%2526Pyramids-sm.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589205531408218338" /></a>Maria Isabel Pitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396092284850246020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019358013448207679.post-89110836037320174692011-03-23T15:49:00.000-04:002011-03-23T15:59:36.513-04:00Truth is the Soul of the Sun - Audio Book<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1F-wWyazIUbqab4JlPoC6uPscx03Zdee_nKW0uQZHSaNYQzye-5F3RjfMeRjDUzru6Q5tJeTUIj8nZVsW57LdY5d5z3YY6D9Fd9VTKnzYmOWdEPLzmLnYLp3LgC8nvZlC6XY0fzQay96/s1600/0610563360826.MAIN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1F-wWyazIUbqab4JlPoC6uPscx03Zdee_nKW0uQZHSaNYQzye-5F3RjfMeRjDUzru6Q5tJeTUIj8nZVsW57LdY5d5z3YY6D9Fd9VTKnzYmOWdEPLzmLnYLp3LgC8nvZlC6XY0fzQay96/s320/0610563360826.MAIN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587367383754320930" /></a><br />Now available for pre-order from amazon.com<br />19 CDS * UNABRIDGED<br />I received so many requests for an audio version of my epic novel that I performed it myself. A great book for long drives!Maria Isabel Pitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396092284850246020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019358013448207679.post-80566326858032369892011-01-22T10:20:00.000-05:002011-01-22T10:31:23.353-05:00Eternal Blood - The Complete NovelJust Released<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc159-6mWz95lMUiGPLs2lt6Yddm9V63z2AarRI7WMkXA9IIq7wETXthDoqA-i6XF3Qpl43mrLNG4qIXYOkcX1fW7lQCbVO3Ki54dZClsujn5YNfY5K5FEEsWuNV0lh5yk8g65qqw8JwFK/s1600/Eternal_Blood_Cover-Final.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc159-6mWz95lMUiGPLs2lt6Yddm9V63z2AarRI7WMkXA9IIq7wETXthDoqA-i6XF3Qpl43mrLNG4qIXYOkcX1fW7lQCbVO3Ki54dZClsujn5YNfY5K5FEEsWuNV0lh5yk8g65qqw8JwFK/s400/Eternal_Blood_Cover-Final.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565030934467347490" /></a><br />Seductive possibilities looming just a sip of blood away, Audrey begins to understand that the world “outside” is hauntingly inseparable from her own consciousness as quantum physics, cellular biology and ancient legends of the Dragon's Breath all come significantly and viscerally together in the paranormal storm brewing around her... The thinking woman's Paranormal Romance.<br /><br />Cover Model: Jason Aaron Baca. Thank you again for the photos, Jason!<br />http://www.covercafe.com/BTSCBJasonBaca.shtmlMaria Isabel Pitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396092284850246020noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019358013448207679.post-8965046236432793772011-01-22T10:17:00.001-05:002011-01-22T10:20:16.838-05:00Glass of water, liquid light<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8yRTZXnilybJPdCIaA0ZFAyMLS6USbPqL2nYkw62GiG5Cnh9TGwJty0IEffEr4toJFog3-V0BT1VfLhNH54HAq1OqUHNdYf_6uwuCSXZmCpCUQI2t6VGBEsEhj4oryklvGqmxO4u0hPS/s1600/Study_Still_Life_sm.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8yRTZXnilybJPdCIaA0ZFAyMLS6USbPqL2nYkw62GiG5Cnh9TGwJty0IEffEr4toJFog3-V0BT1VfLhNH54HAq1OqUHNdYf_6uwuCSXZmCpCUQI2t6VGBEsEhj4oryklvGqmxO4u0hPS/s400/Study_Still_Life_sm.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565030108642428386" /></a>Maria Isabel Pitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396092284850246020noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019358013448207679.post-73942868757233974902011-01-22T10:13:00.000-05:002011-01-22T10:27:03.997-05:00The sky over our house one magical afternoon...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1gQob8tOll1a-Nle-KtYV2KDG_8VfihJaflDSzpudUN2XwGEgKJscXVKC0ghEnQ-Ie7wAdmHp9zjcg5BkDH7809cNbIcNzinCx_hZtAfFHKOSOG1Eiw2wfvL6Adb-YaetQzyRBgRpLw7/s1600/Stormy-Afternoon-Embryo-sm.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1gQob8tOll1a-Nle-KtYV2KDG_8VfihJaflDSzpudUN2XwGEgKJscXVKC0ghEnQ-Ie7wAdmHp9zjcg5BkDH7809cNbIcNzinCx_hZtAfFHKOSOG1Eiw2wfvL6Adb-YaetQzyRBgRpLw7/s400/Stormy-Afternoon-Embryo-sm.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565029402037907538" /></a>Maria Isabel Pitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396092284850246020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019358013448207679.post-24787808883927579822010-12-03T09:31:00.000-05:002010-12-03T09:33:40.716-05:00Whips & Whispers now available in print!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzdq_0-ZkiJ_wW2JewoSFkPYOLHQ1ZW-Ihqt3kX16-4TTn4BJ8Xq1MrSJeIksqi9rEIu2SnR64b4hXpCYUXXjTvYgzct8sBlYQBXodVstELLgNdDwze6EsjvZx6YEk2vjLLtU9WWFni1uU/s1600/Whips_New_Print_Cover.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 243px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzdq_0-ZkiJ_wW2JewoSFkPYOLHQ1ZW-Ihqt3kX16-4TTn4BJ8Xq1MrSJeIksqi9rEIu2SnR64b4hXpCYUXXjTvYgzct8sBlYQBXodVstELLgNdDwze6EsjvZx6YEk2vjLLtU9WWFni1uU/s400/Whips_New_Print_Cover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546464119634344386" /></a><br />Just released in print and available from the publisher. Will soon arrive at all major bookstores and online retailers.Maria Isabel Pitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396092284850246020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019358013448207679.post-6808191767797407922010-12-02T10:14:00.000-05:002010-12-02T10:17:40.964-05:00Launch Window<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2tR-PkEr9XRuPid4IS2LkUpgyamV8hZv69m69bzQgJfZZI7Gh83YslU0RSWMGKyXtmOiAeNjhnkLzhKDoAyE20PYah24tAyhC86gdWG9STjpnJ-yD0gdmXHjdtJGaZaGabyI-krPxf7y0/s1600/launch_window.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2tR-PkEr9XRuPid4IS2LkUpgyamV8hZv69m69bzQgJfZZI7Gh83YslU0RSWMGKyXtmOiAeNjhnkLzhKDoAyE20PYah24tAyhC86gdWG9STjpnJ-yD0gdmXHjdtJGaZaGabyI-krPxf7y0/s400/launch_window.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546104340462027714" /></a><br />My brother, Mario, created this Launch WindowMaria Isabel Pitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396092284850246020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019358013448207679.post-20823391039628371942010-10-26T09:41:00.000-04:002010-10-26T09:44:21.818-04:00Amazon.com: Vampire Bride - Book Three (Eternal Blood) eBook: Maria Isabel Pita: Kindle Store: Reviews, Prices & more<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho55irNSGL034WPFDEN9uqVDbSyqgGEQ8o2yFLF2GTy0FxrTVKr0dXsKDI_zgQfPdQ6E4IUE2S9SabvZ-TrQIoWWjGrtmIp19IDFbp3K5MhDZcdqUmnqxTne4mAZ9y8iSo_sEKITf4HcfK/s1600/Vampire_Bride_Cover.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho55irNSGL034WPFDEN9uqVDbSyqgGEQ8o2yFLF2GTy0FxrTVKr0dXsKDI_zgQfPdQ6E4IUE2S9SabvZ-TrQIoWWjGrtmIp19IDFbp3K5MhDZcdqUmnqxTne4mAZ9y8iSo_sEKITf4HcfK/s320/Vampire_Bride_Cover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532350083695731762" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vampire-Bride-Three-Eternal-ebook/dp/B0048EK2D4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1288100442&sr=1-1">Amazon.com: Vampire Bride - Book Three (Eternal Blood) eBook: Maria Isabel Pita: Kindle Store: Reviews, Prices & more</a>Maria Isabel Pitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396092284850246020noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019358013448207679.post-9518690999522925502010-09-07T14:32:00.000-04:002010-09-07T14:35:24.111-04:00Cairo Time<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_3Z0DeZekHeRph-Prc3mQKa_hFA3ICMYkqnfv2lX_kAAQ4-5zlI3bdCvz6Rl_LQsfRNu1SeNjX6w8kM8xZRvw8bWygwMgLF17LmBSrTWDetjrsnuaKosJyFeeZgBH_YBq5RVgHwwWAoA/s1600/ManWomanPyramids.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_3Z0DeZekHeRph-Prc3mQKa_hFA3ICMYkqnfv2lX_kAAQ4-5zlI3bdCvz6Rl_LQsfRNu1SeNjX6w8kM8xZRvw8bWygwMgLF17LmBSrTWDetjrsnuaKosJyFeeZgBH_YBq5RVgHwwWAoA/s400/ManWomanPyramids.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514241962317735890" /></a><br />This film is staying with me, like an actual experience that gradually reveals its nuances and secrets while lingering in the mind and heart.Maria Isabel Pitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396092284850246020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019358013448207679.post-55830137739765653632010-08-30T11:18:00.000-04:002010-08-30T11:20:27.413-04:00Me and a modern "Monument of Heh"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOWSOP9CswTP8PO9gEr7xGyKJAsSYBBRshtVaW1IiZrMFkW1rlC2hBPuJMb2CgMe3JkMcT3tyV6yEQw5_LiRTVdQVW-4VQKqL6NqEWEPHJpf7S2r2k6kh9jM9A3c7XS6P-Fpz9cd-h_mem/s1600/18_Me&MonumentofHeh_sm.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOWSOP9CswTP8PO9gEr7xGyKJAsSYBBRshtVaW1IiZrMFkW1rlC2hBPuJMb2CgMe3JkMcT3tyV6yEQw5_LiRTVdQVW-4VQKqL6NqEWEPHJpf7S2r2k6kh9jM9A3c7XS6P-Fpz9cd-h_mem/s400/18_Me&MonumentofHeh_sm.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511222944491682370" /></a>Maria Isabel Pitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396092284850246020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019358013448207679.post-64720638588572941222010-08-20T10:27:00.000-04:002010-08-20T10:32:37.858-04:00Truth is the Soul of the Sun - A Biographical Novel of Hatshepsut-MaatkareNow available as a six book series from the Amazon Kindle Store<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_JQ-_dkQawea6Dar5O5bDRoHLhGLM9qOmQ1MqYhMReId2xunPocFckfKCHsmBZpJxEGRd6oZV8taYihfujkIAorzYnjbty-vNlwsdrQQ3NVI4XmBuAPErcZMI6lgeqQtvAKZvmt4XL7tR/s1600/aBook_One_Cover.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_JQ-_dkQawea6Dar5O5bDRoHLhGLM9qOmQ1MqYhMReId2xunPocFckfKCHsmBZpJxEGRd6oZV8taYihfujkIAorzYnjbty-vNlwsdrQQ3NVI4XmBuAPErcZMI6lgeqQtvAKZvmt4XL7tR/s320/aBook_One_Cover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507499555076039842" /></a>Maria Isabel Pitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396092284850246020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019358013448207679.post-34033372985276065612010-08-11T11:26:00.000-04:002010-08-11T11:27:57.639-04:00John Anthony West's review of "Truth is the Soul of the Sun"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlQcIM34rhvcMAyfsUBXwLFWtSioviiLUJW5gF6_PJQoVom90ZDmDQr4vIj51R9-VBipflrBqtYbvdk5hJe2rhQhvldzD7Zmnel5xQ3DBm3yMMwAWqhTzao-87Am7ySDLytrOXMPWaxOE/s1600/TruthistheSouloftheSun_Front_Cover.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlQcIM34rhvcMAyfsUBXwLFWtSioviiLUJW5gF6_PJQoVom90ZDmDQr4vIj51R9-VBipflrBqtYbvdk5hJe2rhQhvldzD7Zmnel5xQ3DBm3yMMwAWqhTzao-87Am7ySDLytrOXMPWaxOE/s200/TruthistheSouloftheSun_Front_Cover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504174391070697618" /></a>Maria Isabel Pitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396092284850246020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019358013448207679.post-88818371384896248252010-07-14T16:54:00.000-04:002010-07-14T17:17:35.701-04:00Arthur and I illustrating a quote by Goethe yesterday:"Optical illusion is visual truth."<br />Can't you amlost feel the earth racing through space<br />and everything mysteriously flowing into and through you?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6hWKUSTYZjGK42N0G7EwHT1vqFJNC0cZ7M7cJkHZ8TigrTbWYHuHhVBOOoAPYdtdUZz1sxsj2mw3pyirirYjunF48yjJrEKrR0Wk2nz01gWV-SK2R7McNdba31e80iMWIsgZ78EMMy_X3/s1600/17_Me&Arthur_Reflections_1_sm.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6hWKUSTYZjGK42N0G7EwHT1vqFJNC0cZ7M7cJkHZ8TigrTbWYHuHhVBOOoAPYdtdUZz1sxsj2mw3pyirirYjunF48yjJrEKrR0Wk2nz01gWV-SK2R7McNdba31e80iMWIsgZ78EMMy_X3/s400/17_Me&Arthur_Reflections_1_sm.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493873845969204226" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9esoAWjDR5kXwXtkmKjCXdGOS7chHL_09pIn6jA_ftYi4PVf7IC6LbXOQSFOzOzqCsBLa_DlGoOLcLi2IPpdg1F_be0INYxATq7RvPtnFJ8_IitAkK-yIoUEB1eY_LBtarEPMXNUegm_/s1600/17_Me&Arthur_Reflections_2_sm.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9esoAWjDR5kXwXtkmKjCXdGOS7chHL_09pIn6jA_ftYi4PVf7IC6LbXOQSFOzOzqCsBLa_DlGoOLcLi2IPpdg1F_be0INYxATq7RvPtnFJ8_IitAkK-yIoUEB1eY_LBtarEPMXNUegm_/s400/17_Me&Arthur_Reflections_2_sm.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493873850048061330" /></a>Maria Isabel Pitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396092284850246020noreply@blogger.com1