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it began peace Fully enough.  Domestic Goats, Captive Goats, begin a day with quiet milling.  Peacefully.  it goes from there.

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What to do about Lucky Star.  she is a very Fine Goat.  a very gentle, loving Goat.  She has no need for many of the Goatly things.  What to think about her?  Now,  with this seperation, she will find an even harder passage back into the Herd.  Thinking.

The day was better.  and i remembered that daughter said things about the Three Day Rule.  Three Days and somehow, everything is ok.  is the New Normal.  so, today was day One.  and  there was a kind of acceptance.  What i am finding, with Them now in the Way Back is that they are even more a part of the Whole.  Now, out There, they are so much Closer.  This evening i found self out there sitting on the porch and just caressing whoever came.  and i found self singing.  no known tune, and just syllables , not words.  Sounds.  and as they came, to stand close and lean in, i found self singing into the bones of their skulls.  and they would stand.  so still.  with my singing going into their skulls.  sometimes their necks, too.  my mouth, not really pressing, but close to pressing against them.

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22 responses to “one hundred and sixteen days”

  1. Valerianna Avatar

    Sounds like a lovely sound massage you gave the goats.

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  2. Nance Avatar
    Nance

    Chanting to goats! How lucky are they? Good for you grace. Xoxo

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  3. Elizabeth Avatar
    Elizabeth

    it is lovely to have someone to sing to, so another blessing from the goats?

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  4. yvette Avatar

    you spoke/sang goats
    communication
    what you want..what they want…tomorrow all will be united
    one

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  5. patricia Avatar

    this whole story is so beauty full, isn’t it. the three day idea (wise daughter you have), the sunset, the settled ness of the herd. capped off with goat whispering. the rhythm of it all. oh oh.

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  7. Dee Avatar

    oh how I love the thought of you singing into the skulls of the goats!! and I am going to take that three-day rule forward, see what it alleviates (all kinds of things, I imagine!)

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  8. Mo Crow Avatar

    ah the quiet peace & serenity of this post sings deep to the soul
    namaste

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  9. julie Avatar
    julie

    you always get a sky full of rewards at the end of your day

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  10. Nancy Avatar

    The thought of you singing non-songs to the goats under that sky brings tears…
    3 day rule sounds good.
    My new rule is adapted from a weight watchers member: if you don’t know the points value for a food, call it 14 and move on.
    I’m calling a lot of things 14 these days 🙂

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  11. Laura R Avatar
    Laura R

    How I love that you love them that way.

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  12. grace Avatar
    grace

    it’s kind of self massage, really

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  13. grace Avatar
    grace

    again…i think i am the lucky one

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  14. grace Avatar
    grace

    yes. another blessing from the Goats….Happy Winter!

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  15. grace Avatar
    grace

    we work for that, Them and me

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  16. grace Avatar
    grace

    yes. 3 days. it’s proven

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  17. grace Avatar
    grace

    Thank you. i think so too. i am Lucky.

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  18. grace Avatar
    grace

    it’s the 30th of June…have you tried it yet?

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  19. grace Avatar
    grace

    looking for the peaceful place

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  20. grace Avatar
    grace

    it NEVER has let me down. the Sky…when all else might
    be hard, just to Look UP and suddenly it all rights itself

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  21. grace Avatar
    grace

    14 and move on. yes.

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  22. grace Avatar
    grace

    i can tell, Laura. and how i love YOU that you can feel it

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