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it didn't work.   or did it?  saying things, then, uhhh, retreating out of reach.  i think it didn't work.  there are other ways to take needed space from comotion that you have caused for your  self.  here, i stared to the left of the computer screen, reading what i'd said at 1:30, 2:30 and 3 am. you really can't see it here, but the irridescence of the peacock feathers was beautiful in the dark.

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i remind self.  Take Time.  Take Time, no matter what, for the quiet Sitting.  more even, than just at the break of day.  Take Time,  any time, when it seems too much.  ok.  maybe sometimes, many times during any day.  Stop.  Sit.  Empty mind.  ok.

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get help.  Sydney and her partner/lover Sheila came and we got this far with the milk stand.  We laughed a lot.  Talulah too, Sydney's daughter.  she watched women work stuff out.    Women who are blunt and funny and plain spoken.  Talulah is nine years old.  so, not just for me, but her too.

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and it was dark when we finished for today.  Goats thinking it was very interesting.

i Thank Everyone for their patience., love, grace

 

 

 

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15 responses to “Day 18”

  1. saskia Avatar

    patience and discipline, to keep on going, even on days when you don’t feel like it; taking care of the goats, living with them as you do requires patience and discipline; I find myself feeling grateful for these qualities in my life as well, more so than when I was younger and wanted the BigWaves; I’m not sure why I’m saying this here, just struck me as relevant to this and yesterday’s post

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  2. roz Avatar
    roz

    hey grace xox

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  3. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    1) Can almost hear the laughter
    2) Should be asleep
    3) That doesn’t matter
    4) Consider this pale blue dot-http://youtu.be/3i2y4sEQpRI
    5) Trust love

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  4. Jennann Avatar
    Jennann

    I love how your home, your life, is full of all these little sacred spaces.

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  5. jude Avatar

    those goats, they are so tuned in and out at the same time.

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  6. grace Forrest Avatar

    yes. exactly it. and because they are so this way, there is
    no seperation for them…they simply are. everything. and that
    includes themselves, but is everything.

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  7. follows thread (aka patricia) Avatar

    milk stand looking good–glad you asked for help! i’d help in a heartbeat if i were your neighbor

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar

    you are saying it because it’s a lot of what everything
    is about for me now. and as someone who is unpracticed
    at both of these, it’s a challenge. but coming from
    Goats, i am willing.

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  9. grace Forrest Avatar

    yes. trust love.

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  10. grace Forrest Avatar

    come sit a while then

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  11. grace Forrest Avatar

    i know you would. and you DO help in this way….
    i need that metal milk stand but this will do in the
    moment.
    the one that got left behind in California, i’d gotten made
    for Jenny by a guy over across the freeway. HEAVY DUTY
    and perfect for Gideon…he’s a big guy.
    but…it’s left behind.
    BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i did drive over there and YES!, oh
    hooray, Cheryl and Dan WILL help now and again. am thinking of maybe looking for one more job to cover that.
    someone asked me the other day about gardening…maybe
    that. anyway, they need the money and i need help. Nance told me a while ago i needed to cultivate a Socialist
    attitude.
    and it will be interesting. something like a stroke with Dan and he no longer can talk…articulate words. he can make sounds. !!! they are the most interesting couple.
    he was an Engineer Prof at the Tech College in town till
    he threw in the towel and became a billion things. he
    and Cheryl just partnered up so beautifully. i love them
    together….old souls CARING for eachother and a Life.
    they have been making an extraordinary Paper Crete workshop. their world over there is something you could
    write a book about.
    anyway…they are into it. (i hope) will come soon.

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  12. Jennann Avatar
    Jennann

    I often do…

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  13. Jennann Avatar
    Jennann

    …but not in a stalkerly way!

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  14. grace Forrest Avatar

    a good soft laugh from this.
    no. not in a stalkerly way.
    dear you.
    i am glad you are here. feels good.

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