there is no pic here.  it's too Windy.   there is conversation about Wind, here and there.  right now, the Reality of Wind.  Harsh.  Insistent. Cold.  Throwing sand everywhere, in our eyes, making them tear.  in our ears, making them ache.  Wind.  a harsh wind.  i waited, hoping Wind would quiet, but it didn't. and the Goats had been IN Wind, all day.  lying low to the ground where the experience of  Wind is less.  but now, late in the day,  they mill around, not quite knowing what to do with themselves, no place being comfort~able.  and to go Inside before dark is alien to them.  so, i go out to feed, clutching the grass hay flakes to my chest to prevent Wind from taking them and sailing them into shreads before i get to the Goat bowls.  no easy thing.  and i dump the water bowls because there is a film of sand and scrap across the water.  fill with fresh but as i fill i watch the same repeating. 

today i work at the Old Cowboy's.  cleaning his house, emptying his buckets of spit from his "chew". discussing his new flat screen TV and how postage has gone up YET AGAIN, one penny.  he keeps his home at about 80 degrees.  and then, i go to the grocery store before home.  Both these places are out of the WIND.  home again and this tin box is COLD.  and i start a fire and wait, as above, already said, wait a while.  hoping Wind will decide to rest.  go back into the mountains.  quiet.  Not.  and accuweather does not mention wind tomorrow.  or the next day.  so tomorrow i will go shovel the little round balls of goat poop into the wheel barrow i think.  hang around with them.  We will all be glad that things are Easier and mill about with each other and make sounds.  and  then, maybe Thursday i will go steal those chairs.

 

 

 

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32 responses to “~Wind~”

  1. Valerianna Avatar

    I have an image from a film I saw the other night of the Kazakh steppe, whirling winds stirring up sand, completely obscurring mixed herds of goats, sheep and camel. Constant wind. Sounds like you’re in a steppe-kind of weather thing, there, too. I like the idea of those chairs… 🙂

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  2. patricia Avatar

    i’m remembering now those winds. i remember thinking i understood why the dust storms on the praries drove people literally nuts. but right now it sounds like you all are managing well. right now. and for this i am happy.

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  3. elizabeth fortes Avatar
    elizabeth fortes

    Your post warms up my heart. I’m so moved!
    Always the tangible realities of daily life, the clouds of doing what is necessary, the humdrum of need and catching up with the needs of others ….and then a little trail of dreams….maniFESTing in colour, lines, sounds. Perceptions. Not simply phantasies.
    All the while here, a certain Avoidancing stops daily life from true dignified living. The spirals of grey somnambulism leaving no room for air, for breathing. Nor clarity.
    You, Grace, you Breeze through with vitality ….Your tasks, schedules and words birthing the sunshine of earthly truths….. much love, e.

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  4. grace Forrest Avatar

    yes. i think it might be like you saw. Obscurring. Constant.
    this is not new at all. it is how it is, this time of year. so…
    no surprise.
    and really, because of the Goats, it is a stronger and deeper
    experience to me than ever before. in the past, i would hunker
    down. Wait.
    now, now i move through it. move In it. move. i like this.
    like needing to Move in Wind.

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  5. grace Forrest Avatar

    yes. those storms. yes.
    i have looked at those photographs of the Dust Bowl, all
    my life. since i was young.
    i know them.
    and yes….similar, but not, too. this is a seasonal
    thing. it does not OBSCURE LIFE. it’s just how it is
    in these months. but i gain strength from remembering
    how it was when it would not stop. when babies died
    because they could not breathe.

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  6. Sandy Avatar

    oh Grace- I hope the next few days are calm and you can do your thing wind-free.
    “maybe Thursday i will go steal those chairs.”- OH my I laughed very loudly! It’s not stealing. I will never see you as a thief. You are more of a collector! HUGS!

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  7. grace Forrest Avatar

    E L I Z A B E T H ~
    what you give me,….with this comment. oh. and eeeee.
    “Dignified Living”. these words alone. these words alone
    i sit with here in this night. oh.
    these words alone.
    but…you go on.
    “the spirals of grey somnambulism”
    you have NO IDEA, you couldn’t. you have no idea how
    grateful i am for your words.
    SO MUCH LOVe, me

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar

    no. a plain thief. i read your comment and went back
    to the
    chair infront of the fire in the wood stove.
    my hands went up, on my face. finger tips touching my
    eyelids….which were surprisingly, uhh, soft?
    no. i will be a thief.
    Thinking………………

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  9. Sandy Avatar

    OK then, make sure to wear a mask! I’d be you accomplice anytime!

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  10. linda Avatar

    i almost wish you could move over there into that empty house and take the goats to eat the weeds. it is a lovely house. i had one of those hoover cabinets.. my grandpa bought it for me when i was 20 and had no money. he paid $10 for it. my granddaughter has it now. memories..
    i don’t like the wind and would be hunkered down beside you. i know animals and kids keep us up and about.
    thinking of you tonight…

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  11. KaiteM. Avatar

    you write as the wind, and yes i agree with linda, can you perhaps buy the house?

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  12. Robyn Ayaz Avatar
    Robyn Ayaz

    Wind like that isa law unto itself, you just have to wait for the in-between. When I was in high school we lived at a town called Dubbo in the west of New South Wales. We used to get these dust storms, red the whole sky, you could see them coming. And yes, the grit in your eyes, mouth, ears and all bright red. You will have hordes of Gracefriends awaiting word about your “theft” which is really not a theft, just a passing on in the caretaking of. Hugs.

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  13. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    You don’t agree with ‘gleaning’…remember ‘gleaning’ a post or so ago? Well ‘steal’ if you must then. I’ll still call it gleaning.

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  14. saskia Avatar

    another glimpse into your daily life, good.
    I remember when the boys were younger and whenever it got windy, they would become restless, excited even…Today, after the snow and cold, we have rain (of course) and winds, no sand just water and wind, blowing you about, and mud lots of mud
    take care

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  15. jude Avatar

    Wind has no real edge and it feels odd to think about that. Very still here, waiting for the next one.

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  16. Debra S Avatar

    You aren’t stealing those chairs, they were abandoned, you are merely re-purposing them, giving them a new life in a magical new space 🙂

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  17. Julie Avatar
    Julie

    There once was a goatherd named Grace
    who brought her hands up to her face
    As her blogfriends did moan
    “those green chairs you should own!”
    They watch and they wait…all through cyber space.

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  18. grace Forrest Avatar

    waiting till tomorrow. Will post. and no…not yet.
    but i loved this…thank you for it………..xoxo

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  19. handstories Avatar

    your life is a movie in my mind- the every day made worth noting.
    can you think of it as “loving” the chairs, giving them a reason to be. leave the note, saying they were lonely & went to keep you company. just be sure to tell them a story or three.

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  20. Mo Crow Avatar

    & so what happened next? just curious!

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  21. Deb G Avatar

    Read this shortly after you posted it and have just been appreciating the strength of words. We’ve become so visual in our society. I love this post so much for the words. And I love thinking of those chairs, sitting there, waiting for you to go get them.

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  22. grace Forrest Avatar

    it IS like that and will be, off and on through March.
    sometimes gets the best of us.

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  23. grace Forrest Avatar

    no. just common thievery. but just once.

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  24. grace Forrest Avatar

    linda…the one with the cabinets isn’t Janets empty one.
    the Cabinet one is my friend Fanchers. her whole home
    is filled, sparcely, with really elegant and eclectic
    things. like that cheetah in the fireplace.

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  25. grace Forrest Avatar

    no. this is where i am. and part of the reason my life
    can be what it is…this place has been paid for for
    a long time. that makes many thing possible.

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  26. grace Forrest Avatar

    Yes…the inbetween. Everything in these next few months
    gets done or not done AROUND the hours of WIND in a day.
    Usually mornings are quiet so no time to waste. and
    also….even in High Wind, if you do some very close to
    the ground things, like weeding garden beds, that can work.
    How like Australia this place is…..
    xoxo

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  27. grace Forrest Avatar

    mud here during Monsoon

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  28. grace Forrest Avatar

    no. Wind is just the most uhhhhh,
    well, mysterious thing, in a way.
    and storms here most often are Nothing But Wind. no
    rain, no snow. Just Wind.

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  29. grace Forrest Avatar

    i was too. but now we know.

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  30. grace Forrest Avatar

    waiting no longer………………

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