tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621769963280945020Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:00:37 +0000"A Place, Where Your Vision and Your Voice Is Heard"http://sacredflower-thewriterscafe.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Sacredflower)Blogger90125trueen-usnoBlog content not to be duplicated,copied or sold without permission of said owner Sacredflower/BK Williams"A Place, Where Your Vision and Your Voice Is Heard"BK Williamsnoreply@blogger.comBK Williamstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621769963280945020.post-6080757861618921111Sat, 19 Nov 2016 00:42:00 +00002016-11-18T16:42:12.654-08:00Have you ever been blindsided by default, is the question I've had for everyone I know as well as those that I don't every since the 2016 Elections in the United States of America. I have been trying to catch my breath every since that day because it was so unbelievable to most Americans regardless of their party affiliation. It was the most disturbing election that I have witnessed in my entire http://sacredflower-thewriterscafe.blogspot.com/2016/11/blindsided-by-default.html1noreply@blogger.com (BK Williams)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621769963280945020.post-5750124172525190135Thu, 04 Dec 2014 13:36:00 +00002014-12-04T16:39:06.858-08:00Sitting in the dark staring out seeing nothing... waiting for the flicker of light wishing and hoping that someone would hear my silent cry. I think about my hopeless moments the fact that you could not hear my cry and still I shout out in silence for anyone that will embrace me... anyone that will hear me... anyone that will really see me. Then you came along and I wonder am I a burden to you http://sacredflower-thewriterscafe.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-silent-cry.html3noreply@blogger.com (BK Williams)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621769963280945020.post-3869755912295468845Sat, 11 Jan 2014 04:05:00 +00002014-01-10T20:09:41.761-08:00WOW...This kitchen has a few cob webs I discovered after checking in from a long break! One of my greatest passions has been on hold way too long...do I have to even say what that passion is? Just like some of you out there...I went on the back burner...for a long simmer! Well...here I am after a very painful day of laying one of the greatest loves of my life to rest...my Beloved Sistah, Behin http://sacredflower-thewriterscafe.blogspot.com/2014/01/remembering-great-brothertruitt-white.html1noreply@blogger.com (BK Williams)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621769963280945020.post-8006115063639029110Wed, 09 Oct 2013 05:16:00 +00002013-10-08T22:16:11.555-07:00Listening to the Life Class the other night about the issue of vulnerability reminded me of the importance of choosing wisely who deserves to experience your vulnerability. For example; The First Time...Ladies, you know what I'm talking about. How many times have we ever allowed ourselves to be vulnerable with one another when we share our stories about, The First Time? How was your First Time..http://sacredflower-thewriterscafe.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-first-time.html0noreply@blogger.com (BK Williams)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621769963280945020.post-6677181254511777347Sun, 06 Jan 2013 01:25:00 +00002013-01-05T17:25:57.227-08:00 Watching out the window of the Photo Studio the tag on the front of the car had my favorite quote; "Be Still and Know that I Am God"! A smile formed across my face as I patiently waited on my daughter's arrival to take her family pictures. I had been thinking a lot about this quote recently due to the many exciting new events in our family of new arrivals. With another precious one on the way http://sacredflower-thewriterscafe.blogspot.com/2013/01/be-still-and-know-that-i-am-god.html0noreply@blogger.com (BK Williams)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621769963280945020.post-2356867341096723623Thu, 24 May 2012 02:09:00 +00002012-05-23T19:09:26.379-07:00I have been pondering the idea of bringing more to the table from the kitchen @ The Writers Cafe and that is why I haven't had as much time lately to blog. I would like to apologise to my readers and writers for the huge break in servings here, however, I promise that the waiting has been for a great cause. I have been investing myself into the health benefits of adding probiotics to my regime ofhttp://sacredflower-thewriterscafe.blogspot.com/2012/05/recipes-of-life-for-wellness.html0noreply@blogger.com (BK Williams)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621769963280945020.post-880097603069548397Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:01:00 +00002012-02-29T17:01:33.881-08:00It's been a while since I've checked into my kitchen @ The Writers Cafe not for lack of anything to cook but out of sheer desperation for a new recipe with the outcome of a new experience. For the past year I have been exploring the benefits of Yoga in my life...not the yoga that I see on every corner of America for exercise but the original experience of learning and practicing with a living http://sacredflower-thewriterscafe.blogspot.com/2012/02/what-now.html0noreply@blogger.com (BK Williams)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621769963280945020.post-1266630796487213064Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:30:00 +00002011-09-09T09:30:43.875-07:00 This has been a Summer of great expectations! I have experienced the presence of a guru from India named Sadhguru. Being in his presence in McMinnville,Tenn where the Ashram is has been the experience of a lifetime. I have journeyed all over this country but nothing has met the experience of the realness of this Teacher. Oh yes, I can hear the voices already; she has lost it this time, however, http://sacredflower-thewriterscafe.blogspot.com/2011/09/in-his-presence.html0noreply@blogger.com (BK Williams)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621769963280945020.post-5830687987264630603Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:54:00 +00002011-04-08T10:54:15.948-07:00Today I decided to chime in on another attempt of government to make a decision based on a few people's views (mostly men) about what they feel is the best interest of the country as to how our (my) tax dollars should be spent. Along with this decision they are willing to create more costly expences on our now recovering economy to satisfy their ego's based on a religious view of abortion. http://sacredflower-thewriterscafe.blogspot.com/2011/04/womans-view-on-government-shutdown.html0noreply@blogger.com (BK Williams)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621769963280945020.post-1941297070041479018Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:41:00 +00002011-02-08T17:05:51.734-08:00I could never have imagined that my life would change in such a way that I couldn't find words to describe the experience. It all began when I typed "yoga" into my Google search engine. I've always been the person that aspired to the saying; "when the student is ready, the teacher will appear". Mysteriously, the Indian Mystic, Sadhguru and his online Inner Engineering program came to my attentionhttp://sacredflower-thewriterscafe.blogspot.com/2011/02/then-whole-world-shifted.html7noreply@blogger.com (BK Williams)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621769963280945020.post-6574576657612472467Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:35:00 +00002011-01-16T08:35:28.350-08:00Recently I've pondered the question for myself...do I want to be considered religious or enlightened? The answer for me leads to another question...to be accepted or not within certain groups of thought. I have pondered through the many paths of discovery on my spiritual journey as to how I identify myself and how others choose to recognize me. In this quest for my own truth I have become less http://sacredflower-thewriterscafe.blogspot.com/2011/01/questionreligious-or-enlightened.html0noreply@blogger.com (BK Williams)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621769963280945020.post-741345861978062594Sun, 26 Dec 2010 00:24:00 +00002010-12-25T16:24:41.312-08:00It all began when I was only twelve years old. I wondered if I was the only one that could possibly question this thing called racism. In the neighborhood where I lived I saw all kinds of people every day and never considered that there were rules of behavior that just could not be broken without great repercussions. It wasn’t until that awful day, April 4, 1968 in Raleigh, NC when I saw the http://sacredflower-thewriterscafe.blogspot.com/2010/12/greatest-journey_25.html0noreply@blogger.com (BK Williams)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621769963280945020.post-1230496056982167330Sun, 19 Dec 2010 02:42:00 +00002010-12-18T18:42:29.045-08:00There have been many times in my life when the conversation around the table has been about, "when you have faith". However, the most profound times have been when my children remind me of the journey we all have experienced and recognizing that it has been because of our faith that we have much to be grateful for. This year has been one that I would like to send out with this message of, "Whenhttp://sacredflower-thewriterscafe.blogspot.com/2010/12/when-youve-got-faith.html0noreply@blogger.com (BK Williams)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621769963280945020.post-1881443440967780301Mon, 11 Oct 2010 01:28:00 +00002010-10-10T18:54:53.553-07:00When one has grown up very close to the flame and what causes it, it's very hard not to get burnt; from time to time. I remember the flames of the fires in Raleigh, North Carolina after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I realize now over fifty years later, that was the turning point in my life for the journey I would travel and the near consuming moments in time at the nearness tohttp://sacredflower-thewriterscafe.blogspot.com/2010/10/power-of-flame-and-its-holder.html1noreply@blogger.com (BK Williams)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621769963280945020.post-2340725516276531217Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:48:00 +00002010-09-26T10:50:12.301-07:00Turning onto the boulevard the rushing memories came flooding back to my memory of blasting radios and filled sidewalks of men and women letting off steam from months of the life they were trying to escape by fleeing to the beach. It was an exciting time back in the 70's and 80's at Atlantic Beach, S.C. The beach was better known in South Carolina as the "Black Beach" among the locals. As I http://sacredflower-thewriterscafe.blogspot.com/2010/09/ride-down-memory-lane.html3noreply@blogger.com (BK Williams)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621769963280945020.post-4075015774095318047Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:43:00 +00002010-06-01T14:04:04.014-07:00Well friends, here we are again sitting at the writer's Café. Just thought I would order up a cup of my favorite coffee, kick back and do a little chatting with you. There's been a lot going on around the world recently and in our own small little communities. Even in some of our small little worlds. As I listen to the conversations of those that I come in contact with, not only do I recognize http://sacredflower-thewriterscafe.blogspot.com/2010/06/what-can-you-imagine.html0noreply@blogger.com (BK Williams)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621769963280945020.post-8154909172710080909Sat, 08 May 2010 15:40:00 +00002010-05-08T08:47:30.913-07:00I've chosen again to feature one of the pieces my friend "Sam" wrote this month titled "Crossroads". During all the business of summer and my writing assignments it is a blessing for some of you to share your recipes of life from your kitchens. I truly appreciate your servings and that is our purpose here @ "The Writers Cafe"...sharing the love of recipes. Please enjoy the servings and offer up http://sacredflower-thewriterscafe.blogspot.com/2010/05/crossroads.html0noreply@blogger.com (BK Williams)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621769963280945020.post-5146064774450842448Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:44:00 +00002010-04-23T17:51:06.517-07:00This is a story submitted by a good friend of mine whom I have always admired for her courage in speaking her mind. Thank-you Sam for being YOU:-)It was a beautiful winter morning; you could see spring around the corner. I had started feeling a little sick. I thought to myself, this can’t be your too young. Even though I had taken the precautions I had failed, I was pregnant. Scared and not http://sacredflower-thewriterscafe.blogspot.com/2010/04/riding-with-jesus.html1noreply@blogger.com (BK Williams)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621769963280945020.post-9049367469412335974Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:58:00 +00002010-02-12T08:08:12.681-08:00When my daughter told me her story of her cat "Spirit" crossing over I encouraged her to share this story with the world because I just knew that it would touch so many "Souls". I always ask others to share their "recipes of life" with others so that it can carry us all over the threshold of sharing so as to connect our souls to one another. We all are only one story away from one another...http://sacredflower-thewriterscafe.blogspot.com/2010/02/for-love-of-my-catspirit.html0noreply@blogger.com (BK Williams)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621769963280945020.post-860133527038538187Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:10:00 +00002010-01-12T16:34:48.176-08:00I went to a dear friend with a list of questions that get posed quite often in my “Women’s Groups” considering relationship issues and personal development. In this discussion with her I discovered her own challenges with life and development. This caused me to respect her even more as a woman of wisdom when I would look back over her composure as she traveled her own road of personal discovery. http://sacredflower-thewriterscafe.blogspot.com/2010/01/i-went-to-dear-friend-with-list-of.html3noreply@blogger.com (BK Williams)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621769963280945020.post-4762330178900728773Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:40:00 +00002010-01-06T14:41:32.493-08:00Walking up the steps I could hear the tiny yelps of excitement coming from the other side of the door. Oh God, I’m thinking to myself, am I really ready for this all over again? Sound familiar…have you ever made a choice and then wondered if you really thought it through? What to do now is the question?Three months ago I had the opportunity to make the decision if I really wanted a pet and http://sacredflower-thewriterscafe.blogspot.com/2010/01/love-isletting-go.html0noreply@blogger.com (BK Williams)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621769963280945020.post-3021868628812025797Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:23:00 +00002009-12-27T13:47:14.780-08:00Well friends we are at the end of another year...only four more days to go and we will start all over again, hopefully with new dreams, new inspirations and new hope for ourselves, our families our country and our World! The World as we have known it in the last 10 years has been spiraling into the abyss of despair for our Human family everywhere.Will we begin a New World attitude this coming http://sacredflower-thewriterscafe.blogspot.com/2009/12/endings-and-beginnings.html1noreply@blogger.com (BK Williams)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621769963280945020.post-6331456258692647618Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:06:00 +00002009-12-25T06:50:32.254-08:00Today I want to share a tradition that I do every morning to start my day with Spirit. My morning reading puts me in the spirit of why I was given another day and it reminds me to take time to remember to keep the balance. I want to share a poem on this "Special" day and the thoughts of Sarah Ban Breathnach in "Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy": If, as Herod,we fill our lives with http://sacredflower-thewriterscafe.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-spirit.html0noreply@blogger.com (BK Williams)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621769963280945020.post-2313147116210740537Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:32:00 +00002009-12-24T16:35:59.436-08:00This was a wonderful response I got back from a best friend when I wanted to know how to prepare the spaghetti recipe she sent me for Christmas. Just had to share the love of Christmas and the Spirit of Giving!　　My Question:Thank-you...mmmm,mmmm...good! Now, does this whole process take place on stovetop or final touches...do you bake?　　My Answer:　“all stove top. no baking. i actually haven't http://sacredflower-thewriterscafe.blogspot.com/2009/12/sharing-christmas-chicken-spaghetti.html0noreply@blogger.com (BK Williams)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621769963280945020.post-3248034052982140639Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:59:00 +00002009-12-20T20:07:54.461-08:00The month of December can be some peoples saddest time of year. On every television channel one is reminded of what Christmas is suppose to look like. The model Christmas is what every child wants to have mirrored in their home but that is not the case for a lot of household’s in America. Especially, this year is one of the hardest financially for families in a long time. Lost jobs, lost homes, http://sacredflower-thewriterscafe.blogspot.com/2009/12/cinderellas-fantasy-christmas.html1noreply@blogger.com (BK Williams)