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morning of 22. and i am just going to say this now

and come back throughout the day and look at it and then at the end of the day, see what i think.

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this is the uhhh,  "stationary" altar.   it is on the shelf beneath the Green Tara.  where my gaze is focused during meditation.   the objects here change.  there is this:

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a gift from Jude during Cloth to Cloth.   since then, it has been the little altar cloth.   different things sit on it.   things to help me remember from moment to moment what is important to me:

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so

i am going to make altar cloths.   and i am going to offer them for Sale.

yes, Sale.

they will cost $50. 

when one is finished, i will put a photo of it here and repeat this.  that it is for Sale.  for $50.   this is a LEAP for me.  but too many things in the last days are supporting it.  I need to Care for this herd of Goats in an Impeccable (Don Juan, Carlos Casteneda again) manner.  today i need to respond to a request for yet another job as a gardner for someone.   nice.  but i need to be Here.  i really need to be Here.

so here we go.   i will come and look at this and read again the words through the day and see if it feels right.  at the end of the day i will either leave it and write more details tomorrow when the number of the day equals 5 or i will delete it.

ok.

 

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42 responses to “morning of 22. and i am just going to say this now”

  1. jude Avatar
    jude

    ok then.

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  2. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    you can have NO idea how much i love this little woven
    cloth. how it’s beauty fills me over and over and over.
    and over more.
    what i’m thinking of making is different.
    but this one is the inspiration. the seed cloth.
    and again, i love you.

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  3. Jennie Avatar
    Jennie

    Grace, you are going to be flooded – and I will be among the flooders.
    Love back at you coming on strong-

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  4. follows thread Avatar
    follows thread

    and glad you put this out there-here. and glad. just simply glad. for all of this.

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  5. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    This is so fine because an altar cloth is a giving cloth: you are giving the one who buys it a touchstone to connect with what matters to them and in turn, the giving goes both ways for in return, your goats will thrive by your hand work. I do want to add here though that you have made a commitment to this herd and whatever means you use to sustain them has its own sense of integrity, whether it be cleaning, gardening or cloth work…

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  6. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    Marti…to this very important part of your thoughts…
    “a commitment to this herd”
    “whatever means …cleaning, gardening or cloth work”
    and also what is equally true and somehow perfectly
    and mutually tied is that i also made a commitment to
    Cloth Making, before the Unforseen brought the Goats
    here.
    This way will honor both.
    more later….

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  7. Valerianna Avatar
    Valerianna

    I love the thought of altar cloths for sale… to support you and the goats impeccably. And CHOICE. I’ve been tempted MANY times by jobs that would take me away from where I KNOW I am suppose to be. And, yes, I am still struggling financially, but my staying put and dreaming my dream is what got me the grant for my beautiful, beautiful studio building. And NO, I am still not making enough money from that yet, but my mother’s illness and death slowed everything… and now I am beginning again. I say this cause I wonder if you feel torn about the gardening job? I know how that can be… and impeccable is a good thing to strive for.
    Blessings today, Grace.

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  8. saskia Avatar
    saskia

    OK

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  9. Suzanna Avatar
    Suzanna

    As a member of this happy cloth herd, I say yes yes yes to this altar cloth plan…

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  10. kirstenm Avatar
    kirstenm

    Hi Grace,
    I love your idea that you have thrown the idea out to the universe. Altar cloths are a way to honor yourself and the goats. I am a huge believer that signs aka the Universe tell you or guide you what to do.

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  11. mimmin dove Avatar
    mimmin dove

    woo hoo, an impeccable plan grace, i think the light has illuminated a grand intention xoxo

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  12. roz Avatar
    roz

    i love the certainty of your words. and yes, if it feels right.

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  13. Julie Avatar
    Julie

    Oh no, another Spirtcloth-like place where I will never be able to be the one with my hand on the buzzer in time!!! Here’s something: could you make them to order so you could be thinking of a person while you are making it? She asked, hopefully.

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  14. mimmin dove Avatar
    mimmin dove

    your comment made me laugh julie, but what a great idea!

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  15. Michelle in NYC Avatar
    Michelle in NYC

    Late in the day here…your post is provocative…but I gotta run to the post and more….so okay then for now 😉

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  16. kat Avatar
    kat

    Y e s ~ (that is all).

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  17. Deb G Avatar
    Deb G

    I think it is good.

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  18. Robyn Ayaz Avatar
    Robyn Ayaz

    Grace, this seems a good plan – I hope it will do the trick and that you also enjoy it. Loveandhugs.

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  19. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    oh, eeeeee. i am so slow.
    but love to you

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  20. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    yes. if nothing else, it is GOOD to put it here.

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  21. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    well…the gardening job. there is a Known to that. can be “counted on”. but also, i am at a point in my life where i need to “count” on other things. being Here,
    with THIS garden is One.
    thank you for Blessings

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  22. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    OK

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  23. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    oh…Suzanna…..

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  24. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    signs….all day long today…

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  25. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    intention. intention is a Great component.

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  26. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    as above. Intention comes first.

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  27. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    Julie…i love you.
    that’s a big question. and at the moment putting the
    cloth before the needle and thread.
    i need to see what shows up. if it’s “right”, i
    MIGHT be able to do that, OR, try.
    i did it with the “dolls”

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  28. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    provocative

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  29. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    check again

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  30. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    i think it would be a challenge.
    and i think i would love that challenge.
    love back to you….

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  31. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    I like this idea too Julie. I think there is nothing more wonderful than stitch lots of heart into something for someone.

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  32. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    Grace, also commented above…but this sounds like a fine plan (she says with a smile)

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  33. saskia Avatar
    saskia

    hi Grace: just to let you know there’s ‘something’ not working with your next post, or maybe it’s only from my place:
    2 problems: first the link doesn’t work, second I cannot comment
    and if I could comment: an unbelieve-ably beautiful white quilt and the goat in the middle: could you make an altar cloth for me with a dancing goat: would make a great companion for Ghost Bird!!!!!and the dancing goat makes me SMILE, such a happy smile
    So you see, I’m placing an ‘order’, work it out in your own time and pace, I’m a patient person;-)

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  34. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    Saskia I’m glad that you mentioned the comment not working on grace’s latest post. I too could not comment and thought it might be something to do with my laptop:
    So here will go the comment for the daughter quilt: When you first made this labor of love grace, I was so moved and think I wrote words to the effect that this cloth/quilt was a talisman of love and protection to go with Jenny, to wrap herself and her dreams, blessed by her mother’s stitches. For now, the dream has returned and rests in your hands. To see these photos again of the making of this quilt is to see the beauty of spirit, intention and love…

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  35. JennAnn Avatar
    JennAnn

    I love the thought of altar cloths…sacred, intentional…yes

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  36. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    o k

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  37. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    well…we’ll see.

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  38. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    SMILE to you.

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  39. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    i wonder what the quilt is doing now?

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  40. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    intentional is the key

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  41. Mo Crow Avatar
    Mo Crow

    magic intent … seeing the dreaming into being unfolding… and all with so much love this is beautiful Grace

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  42. handstories Avatar
    handstories

    due to my semi-drugged state….I am very late to participate in this rousing chorus of “hooray for grace! and all that she is and does!”, but I am sure not to be the last. I will be hoping.

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