dark came fast.  

the Goats were running.  they were crashing into one another with a kind of Wild Abandon.  Arctica got stuck in the fence again and when i cut her loose, she RAN, every where, challenging everyone with such Energy i couldn't understand.    Snowbunny, who is Plump, RAN, and her body leaned into the curve, legs going out sideways, once almost skidding to a slide but regaining her balance in the last second.   there was crying out in the Doe and baby pen, Nogal got his ear bitten for some major infraction.  and i had agreed to to talk with neighborfriend Sydney about making a website for she and her lover/partner's tree trimming business.  when i got there they were in the middle of a fight about some kitchen plumbing.   got home and son called to report that the crib has indeed been assembled, but wanted most to talk about what has happened??? to his sister's son?????? (we don't know)….. and after these things, suddenly, surprisingly, it became 

dark

the horses in the adjoining pasture are whinneying.  shrill.  they are also running.  so…something about this day, this Turning, Day to Night.  

and it was a work away day.  i was tempted to just skip a day.  but i gave my word.  everyday for one year.  this is only 193.  so…this is all there is

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drawing on an "old" printout.  a crow.

 

 

 

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21 responses to “193 it’s changed. and i almost broke my promise”

  1. Nance Avatar
    Nance

    You have lightened up the ground pieces. Are you liking it? I do. It was a day of the unexpected… Or at least more complicated than previewed… Doing others bidding. But it is done now, mostly and I can move on into my own needlework and ruminations. The air is cool after a warm day. It’s turning into fall here, I can feel the change. The change Itn me too. One more week before the next period of my life begins. Happy… Content… Glad you posted. xoxo

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  3. patricia Avatar

    but you kept your word.

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  4. helen lee Avatar

    I admire your commitment and integrity Grace.
    We say here, when the horses or sheep, (or goats), act like this, that they have the wind up their tails :~)
    The Crow…yes…

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  5. jude Avatar

    back and forth, back and forth….

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  6. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    Time of harvest coming, autumn wants to be known soon. For me, autumn is my reflective time, my time to gather and collect my thoughts of how the year has gone so far… September is my birthday month and has always felt like the start of a new year, rather than January.
    Here winds picked up steadily through the day and then a 5 min torrent of rain leaving that wet dirt smell. When I was a kid, I wanted to taste that smell so I licked one of the screens on our outside porch and it was like eating the land for a snack…unsettling night, even with window open to let in breezes could not settle, dogs next door picked up on the vibes, barked to a crescendo then all became eerily silent.
    and the worry of the grandson, the frenzy of the goats and you kept your word to tell how it is…

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  7. Judith in N. Calif. Avatar
    Judith in N. Calif.

    Grace, I am thinking of you and ???, just trying to shadow with energy and good thoughts. Still having computer issues..hope to write more later.

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  8. Dee Avatar

    and look what we would have missed had you skipped!
    “and after these things, suddenly, surprisingly, it became
    dark
    the horses in the adjoining pasture are whinneying. shrill. they are also running. so…something about this day, this Turning, Day to Night.”

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  9. Dee Avatar

    I am reminded both of Cormac McCarthy and Mary Oliver though two more different writers one could hardly pair together!
    maybe that says something about the wideness of your lens.

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  10. Robyn Ayaz Avatar
    Robyn Ayaz

    I know those days, something tight in the air, was there a wind? Crow was a good choice on such a day.

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  11. grace Avatar
    grace

    i like very much reading this. it takes me In. such
    softness to it. and that softness holds us through the
    other times….
    love….

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  12. grace Avatar
    grace

    yes………………………………………..

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  13. grace Avatar
    grace

    i have to

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  14. grace Avatar
    grace

    yes…wind up their butts. it is said to make very
    beautiful but wild offspring

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  15. grace Avatar
    grace

    spider

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  16. grace Avatar
    grace

    it’s a journal of it. first and foremost. so if i want to, i can look back

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  17. grace Avatar
    grace

    i hope they FIX, your issues. your words are Important
    to me

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  18. grace Avatar
    grace

    they were. the horses. they tell so much.

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  19. grace Avatar
    grace

    i wish i had more Will

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  20. grace Avatar
    grace

    no. interestingly, no. NO Wind. just this Intensity.

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  21. mimmin Avatar
    mimmin

    i can see the goats running!

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