First BALIFF

Sonia Montejano was born on June 5, 1966 in Venice, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Fiona's Script (2008), Judge Joe Brown (1998) and Hot Bench (2014). 

Sonia Montejano, baliff in the LA court system, quoted Eleanor Roosevelt. 

"A woman is like a tea bag. You never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water." 

Sonia Montejano in the still waters June 2016.

"Quiet is often bypassed in a rush to another place. Pity, many will understand quiet by force of a reality, physical challenges, or too late..." - Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories 10/04/18

Sonia Montejano, baliff Hot Bench. 2017.

Dream this time...

"... There are prayers within women. They are almost imperceptible, but they can be heard, and they change a man in his dreams, and perceptions of power..." - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 3/15/19 

Vulnerable beauty by Wilson Phang

Wildlife. Green bee-eater (Merops orientalis) by Joby Varghese 

in Calictu, Kerala, India (August 2018)

Mystery of Presence.

flower child Maitrieya Sandness in 2013

Flower by Vern Jensen (February 2016).

4 TIMES SEEN creatively.

The African woman is the great divide in the consciousness of freedom 

because of the interference of European thought and aggressive terrorism. . . 

~ Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories

Portrait of a Thai Beauty by Sam Ding shot with his Canon 5DMK2 with 24-70mm 

f2.8l keb@70mm f2.8 ISO200 1slash200s. www.SamuelDing.com  

Vulnerable, as a Being, as a feature to what is beautiful within women is the value placed upon the treasure felt within the essence of what is forever elusive, hard to touch with crudeness. . . There is more of this intangible in this moment you, Sam Ding, captured! - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 12/02/18 

Sara Jean Underwood in a holy way of Being. (April 2018).

Tamron Hall, news anchor at work.

Substance of Character.

CHARACTER of SUBSTANCE

Many good mornings, for me, include an hour with Kathy Lee Gifford. Today, the words of wisdom read were from Brené Brown. "Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection." read by her co-host Hoda Koth.

The two of them spend a short span of time embracing the words of wisdom from their quiet within. Hoda started off saying, "You know when people get hard hearted, and they can't figure out why they can't find something!" Then she cut off from that trail of thought, and said of Kathy Lee Gifford: "I think one of your best traits is there is always a layer of vulnerability; no matter it is..."

Kathy Lee responded: "It's hard to hold on to that through the years, you know, Life has a way of kicking the you know what out of you. But, I think it is important that you develop a tough skin, a really tough skin about the things that don't matter and then keep a tender heart about the things that do."

"You know what kills me now?" she continued. "It's kindness. It used to be cruelty. We've gotten so used to cruelty that I just turn it off, and don't even go there!..."

What she means is that she turns off the television, and she is a television talk show host!

Recognizing the toxicity of the medium her advice and her observations have merit because of her substance. What is within character is the fact within fiction surrounding us, and what else is within character is the substance of the core of ones humanity. ~ Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories [Nov. 21, 2018]

Kathie Lee Gifford & Hoda Kotb !!!!

STRENGTH and DELICATE

Roses and Yaniksa Lee captured in essence by Roland Dawson. 2018.

Delicate is the essential quality of the rose. Assembled in numbers is the strength of accumulated essences of all those roses. Roses, if you know the story of the rose, breath around the spirit of certain women leaving the scent of an essence highly valued in sacred ways of being alive. Once glimpsed it changes the perception of women in even a crude soul. But, in this moment Yaniksa Lee is delight in the wonder of an essence under valued in our society. . . - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 11/30/18

Victoria Hunnie Jewelz by Roland Dawson shot at Philly Studio 11 in November of 2018.

Mature Men listen.

"Delicate beauty of this older woman is poetic in its slow way of being elegant, her sense of simple fashion and the enduring quality of thinking about things..." - Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories 4/20/18

Thoughtful. "Having many years behind you doesn't mean your best years aren't in front of you'" someone projected into the common venue of speculation about aging. 

THINGS TO UNDERSTAND

Sonia Montejano relaxing in May of 2015.

Some awaken, some wake up others, and there are those who awaken others by their mere presence. Who they are in relation to a mysterious feel in the air around them holds many still, while others pull away: puzzled. It is a compelling puzzle to pay attention to. What is more interesting is understanding what isn't before you!

In an era of playing games logic would dictate understanding this riddle, but playing games does not unravel mysteries that dwell within. . . - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 10/04/18