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i woke to this.   it 

snowed

quietly.  the WIND that had been forecast was not present.  and during the night,  it snowed.  silently.   i slept.  i didn't know.  but i am sure that the Goats watched.  them, not knowing either, but,  watching.

 

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same view as just the other day, but totally different

 

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SUN did come

 

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i made macaroni and cheese.  "grandma's macaroni and cheese",  my

mother's

macaroni and cheese.  which we eat with katchup.  

and i read that book.  and THOUGHT a lot.  and went to the old folks home where the Baptist Church people were singing their church songs and Alz B KNEW them and sang along, knowing many of the words,  for sure knowing the tunes.  it was Beyond Strange.

and  then my grand daughter called with all manner of odd  questions because she was filling out a questionairre about donating her eggs.

 

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22 responses to “269”

  1. Valerianna Avatar
    Valerianna

    Only a dusting of snow here, but really COLD. Suppose to dip down to 9 tonight, brrrrrr. Stove is well stoked and on slow, overnight burn. Sometimes I hit it right. A strange phone call, indeed, I can’t imagine the questions, or maybe I can, maybe.

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  2. linda Avatar
    linda

    isn’t it an amazing time? we can donate our eggs now. who would have thought?
    i sometimes wonder at all the changes over our lifetime.
    the snow looks so peaceful and the goats must have been surprised.

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  3. maria Avatar
    maria

    i like the snow verry match … the light of it is so special
    i like also the goats in the snow
    and i like you people

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  4. Nanette Avatar
    Nanette

    you have wonderfully clean windows.

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  5. patricia Avatar
    patricia

    snow. another altar cloth, yes?

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  6. jude Avatar
    jude

    oh gosh, it seems so strange to see snow there. when mom could not hardly remember anything any more, she knew the words to songs and every old tune i could name.

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  7. Mo Crow Avatar
    Mo Crow

    very quiet and peaceful I remember “snow days” when we lived in Canada, the unexpected days off are always the best ones!

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  8. yvette Avatar
    yvette

    snow?
    at your place?
    like macaroni and cheese!

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  9. Michelle in NYC Avatar
    Michelle in NYC

    Such vision Grace…perfect story telling again.
    Re Alz B. There’s a wonderful project–look up ‘Music and Memory’–they found that even severe Alz folk remember “their” music, and the project finds “their” music (through interviews and knowing the music of their times, records it all on an ipod, and it’s then used in their care. Apparently the connection to music remains strong. It transforms their world, makes them feel at home, I think. There are videos to watch. The Dr. who started it is still doing it.
    Wishing you a beautiful week, and many more. I’ll be gone till early December. I’ll be missing you.

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  10. beth Avatar
    beth

    Yes, perfect storytelling. Again. What captures me is the hoof prints in the snow. The adapting to the new and startling.

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  11. grace Avatar
    grace

    yes. i do know the Music and Memory project. from a
    while back.
    she can’t use an ipod. and somehow also does not respond
    much to recorded music. it’s the Live presentation that’s
    important. but it always was for her. she was always
    into Events. like the music program up at the College
    and the music nights at one of the local restrauants.
    the VIBES.
    what’s the MOST interesting to me is that she was brought
    up in an extremely uhhh, what i would call rigid Christian Science home. and i really didn’t think they had so many
    ties to this gospel kind of music. not even gospel, but
    traditional middle of the road christian music. i was
    brought up in a Baptist church, so i know all those songs
    too. and also, she was more agnostic, never having much interest at all in religion. when she moved here maybe going on 20 years ago, she attended a Unitarian congregation off and on but mostly off. didn’t have much interest. and it’s not like she (who ever her present
    she is) is into the religious part of it, in a personal
    way. it’s very amazing, really. someone who cannot make
    even the most simple sentence. whose speech is a jumble
    of words and just sounds…..sitting there…(i almost wish i could take a photograph of her) trilling away
    parts of songs like she’s in the Choir, sometimes only
    some of the lyrics, but Always the correct tune.
    have a wonder Full time away. i will happily think of you there. LOVE

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  12. grace Avatar
    grace

    she is an interesting young woman. likes to
    Entertain Thoughts.
    the questions were interesting. and especially for Her
    as she is of such mixed race.

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  13. grace Avatar
    grace

    i think maybe Goats just register stuff like SNOW
    as
    PHENOMENON.
    that they just say…EEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! and then go
    see if they can find something to eat in it all

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  14. grace Avatar
    grace

    i like you.
    a lot.

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  15. grace Avatar
    grace

    oh, smile. sort of. i wash the ones i look out of.
    the others, well…….

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  16. grace Avatar
    grace

    no. no altar cloth for snow

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  17. grace Avatar
    grace

    yes…it’s always strange to see snow

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  18. grace Avatar
    grace

    no one else would have claimed one.
    if i’d been honest, i would have claimed a Cloth Day

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  19. grace Avatar
    grace

    YES…snow. at Here!
    it’s pretty much gone now…into the earth.
    and do you have Ketchup????

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  20. grace Avatar
    grace

    there is no other choice. make your mark in the
    What Is.

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  21. patricia Avatar
    patricia

    hmmmm. i was thinking that snow is an altar cloth for the earth.

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  22. grace Avatar
    grace

    oh…yes, i see now….
    you can tell from this my most reactive self…
    yes. it truly is an altar cloth for Earth, it is.
    and this thought might help me with my lizard response
    thank you for this, xo

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