i left Early following up on a FreeCycle post of plywood,  garden bricks, pvc pipe,  two solid wood doors and more.  when i called last night,  they said yes.  and Lumber.  it was the LUMBER that got me.  well…as it goes what is Lumber to one is scrap wood to another,  but still, some good stuff.  only one of the doors is solid.  but that's ok because it's a good door.   and some metal Tposts, fence posts, and yes, some plywood.  bits and pieces.   i am learning to look at Goat materials like i look at cloth scraps…some here, some there and you've got a whole Thing.   i'll take pics tomorrow or Friday when i unload it.   because i will have HELP, maybe, ?  my friend Terri is coming on her way back from vacationing in Arizona tomorrow eve.  she'll be here till Monday am.  so…if she's Fit,  i will put her to work.  She's a lot younger than i am.   Haven't seen her in over 20 years.  Terri is from my Other Life,  in Michigan.  the Other Me that lived that life.

 

and the FreeCycle house was down the road from my Friends, Mike and Thelma and what Was their Native Plant Nursery till they gave it up a couple years ago.  so i stopped there on the way out and as we do,  they asked what was happening,  and i tried not to say anything about it, but as i am, i did and told them about the Goat thing with neighbor.  and  as most people do,  Mike offered some humorous comments which i'm used to,  but because i really like them and know them to some good degree,  i almost started to cry.  Which is NOT me.  Not at ALL the me they know,  and it was uncomfortable,  but Mike went to find some rope to tie down my FreeCycle load so it wouldn't fly off on the freeway and Thelma…being

a WOMAN and i continued the conversation and she wasn't able to offer any solution of course, but she didn't try,  either.  she just looked up at the sky,  over at some trees,  down to her feet and into my face.   just hugged me.  and off i went.

came home to do some more HouseKeeping and then to think more about faces.

 

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the simplist one of all on this little terracota vase thing

 

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the most complex.  Green Tara,  a buddhist Diety

 

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a drawing of me that my son did when he was 7.  with 3 rabbits in my hair

 

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the Megamendung Goat Protectress

 

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sometimes people keep their faces like this.  keep themSelves like this.  i guess because it's easier?

 

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His Holiness, the Dalai Lama

 

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and this man.  John Wires.  Cynthia had emailed a link to East Hill Tree Farm in Plainfield, Vermont.  Looking at their bare root offerings and scrolling down,  there suddenly was This face.

What an incredibly Beautiful Face and i was taken, completely, with wishing i could sit with him, just talk.   Let the talk go anywhere at all and not end until everything that wanted to be said,  had been.  

 

 

 

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17 responses to “a day of a little of Everything”

  1. yvette Avatar

    read later..bad sight now but wanted to let you know…..xxx

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  2. jude Avatar

    that’s an amazing drawing for a 7 year old.

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  3. grace Avatar

    it is.
    he was taking the kids drawing class from my old Mentor
    Kay Gould Caskey.
    this is what happened when she taught. you saw stuff.
    you saw stuff and then you showed yourself what you saw
    with your drawings.

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  4. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    Yes–an amazing seven year old indeed–and every, EVERY face here so full and telling. I wish you and John Wires could sit together. It is a thoroughly compassionate gaze. I identify completely with the wish, and often wish for a conversation with someone wise, compassionate to the core, and trustworthy. Virtually ‘talking’ to you here comes close dear Grace. May all the forces of goodness and caring conspire to effect a sea change in those beings who disturb your peace and security. That is my wish tonight.

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  5. grace Avatar

    yvette…xxx to you too. just xxx is good enough…Love,

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  6. grace Avatar

    it’s
    well,
    it’s very FINE., this drawing. i wish he could find
    that Self as a grown man, now a Father. i wish.
    what would it be LIKE, i wonder?, to talk. Long and well
    with this man of Trees?

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  7. Deb G Avatar

    Agree, awesome drawing. Does your son still draw? And for some reason your faces make me think of my grandfather tonight. Thinking about sitting and talking with him, how much I loved that.

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  8. Mo Crow Avatar

    all these eyes… in your son’s drawing of you, in your drawings of spirit, the photographs of these true men, each holds so much wisdom

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  9. linda Avatar

    i always wish i could talk to people that are long gone. what questions i would ask that i never asked when they were there. as we get older we realize how much we missed.
    that man looks like he has a lot to tell..

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  10. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    Jon’s ability to use his talent to draw you with such attention is wonderful. Technique can be taught but to SEE and then to create, well it is all amazing in a young boy…hereditary perhaps?

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  11. Cynthia Avatar
    Cynthia

    what a wonder of faces with which to start the day…rabbits in your hair…what an image to have a son create ..so much warmth and knowledge behind all these eyes…a steadiness of purpose..that somehow makes things feel right and possible…good company you are in there grace…good morning…oh and yes bits and pieces and goats….

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  12. grace Avatar

    a sea change. what beautiful words. a sea change.
    thank you for your wish…love,

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  13. grace Avatar

    no. he doesn’t. but when he comes here, he goes right
    to it and stands and stares…

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  14. grace Avatar

    i love faces

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  16. grace Avatar

    that’s really what Kay taught…Seeing

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  17. grace Avatar

    all of it, huh.

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