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i began to write this a few minutes ago when this one single gathering of "weather" changed the temperature by about 10 degrees by obscuring the setting of SUN .  and as i was typing away, things CHANGED

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Changed direction by moving South just some but still,  too late in this day for SUNWARM.  

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it started this way tho.   Tay's crate where the wood box has been.  Now what?  There's really no where else for the wood box.  ok.

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there was suggestion by nurse Cindy to put Tay's crate, or her House , as she likes it called,  her House,  down at the far end of the futon couch.  But that would take her out of the middle of things where she is used to being and really likes to be.  She does not make use of her crate much anymore.  Sometimes for a Time Out.   and still, up till today,  when i am gone to Work for a few hours.  But we have been changing that slowly.  She just stays out this week when i leave to do Cat Duty at Allens and things have been fine.   So i think the need of the crate is nearing it's end.  But.  She still likes it, really.  It's her Place.  so until that changes,  we moved it over.  Stuff is a little crowded,  but not as claustrophobic as i'd imagined.  I think it might be OK.

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this is what 3 regularly cold days wood looks like.  It should be kept full like this,  in case of moisture,  in the form of rain or snow.   This is for now through December and January.  February brings us back to early November.  It's ok and good.  SO.

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i cleaned the table.  SUN makes Tazmeena look like an ocelot.

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the Ristra i bought from the Egg People's kids.  Lit by Sun.  People now often hang them as decoration here.  But the real purpose of this arrangement is that the chilis will dry and hanging like this in the kitchen can be used through the winter to season beans for sustenance.  They are just now beginning to dry.

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these are almost all alike,  but just a degree different i couldn't choose.  There is a CHANCE still that there will be a full open SUNFLOWER…there is COLOUR on the petals.  There are PETALS,  clearly seen to be seperating one from the other.  Today as i took these photographs,  she (and i will reference her as she)  moved.  Not just from Wind,  but from herSelf.  She quivered.

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i continue  with the roots.  Buhner tells me that the Mind ,  or ,  really the Brain of the plant is in the roots.  So as i stitched,  i tried to understand that.  That the mind of the plant is  deep in the Earth.  I went slowly and thoughtfully.  I love this Cloth very much.

 

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32 responses to “a single thing”

  1. Liz Avatar

    Oh the rim … and the cloud … only in New Mexico!
    And Tay’s place … it reminds me of my younger daughter, who always needed something to be up against … Tay may actually love having her place further enclosed, enveloped … safe, warm and totally hers
    That is the most beautiful ristra I have ever seen … it looks real, is real … because it has purpose, meaning
    And it is a wonderful cloth … as it is a wonderful sunflower, against all odds
    So much to love here …

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  2. Deb G Avatar

    For me, if that sunflower didn’t make it any further, that would be enough. It is so beautiful in the moment, just as it is.

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  3. grace Avatar

    it’s always against all odds here. Always. and i guess that’s what i love. What tells me things. Against all odds.
    There are always the Odds. Always have been always are now. But
    we GO.
    I lit the first fire of the Night just a bit ago. Tay gnaws my hands, my arms. Going now and then in to her crate. but coming back. The Goats, the Goats are Out Side in the cold. I wish they could come in, too. but that’s not about Goats. it’s about Me., that wishing.
    so. Tonight. cold. Ok. Ok.

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  4. grace Avatar

    it is. just in this very singular moment. yes.
    but i think it may go further.
    we’ll see.
    i watch.

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  5. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    It’s so FULL this post…full of what I love to see, the sky, the home, the animals, the work on cloth and stuff progressing simply, and the valiant ‘she’ still trying to be (I wonder is it possible so late with the chill rising). The winds came hard here this afternoon and more of the same tomorrow they say and maybe snow (not much) by Sunday. I’m watching too 🙂

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  6. Nanette Avatar

    I have a crate, her cave, for my girl, Mirrhi, since she was a little tiny thing. Now she’s bigger, 2 and a half…I don’t shut her in her crate at night, but as well as the crate , she has a little “fence” across her sleeping space in the kitchen, so she is confined at night…..otherwise she would spend the night rounding up the cats. But…..every time I think she doesn’t need her cave and decide to take it out, I get up in the morning to find she’s sleeping in it….so I guess she’s not ready to give it up. I have it draped with an old blanket so there’s no draughts and it really is a cave. I guess all that is to say it seems caves/houses are important to them. Love seeing your day, your home.

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  7. jude Avatar

    your day reflects mine

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  8. cynthia Avatar
    cynthia

    the weight of things..or missing things..outside my window i can see my row of sunflowers..they have given me so much pleasure..the first time in over 30 years that i have had enough sun to grow them..and they are alive with the movement of chickadees and jays still feasting there….my thoughts are so mixed up ..loving your post..enjoying from across so much space..the duplicate acts of meeting the needs of a changing season..of searching for just the right poem..you found the roses..i am thinking the sunflowers
    because i have lost my cat..my silly goofy huge friend..there should be a weight here..uncomfortable..undenible on my chest..i should be trying to see the screen as i write over his sweet face.. nose poking .. paws almost hurting as he clings when i shift in my chair..my constant compaanion through all the nights when my husband was lying so still in the hospital..
    i realize that i have never had to put an animal down..that i have been lucky..they lived long and independent sorts of lives ..but he had a mass and there was nothing we could do..his sister is curled in the basket i carried him home in..and i have buried him under a maple that i just planted..a sapling caught up in a pot of other plants that i moved north..she has pulled out all the silly pieces of scraps of cloth that he would carry around ..as if tempting to come and cuff her for her temerity..the two of us are shocked by the emptiness how huge it is..she yowls and will not be held..and i just sit here like an idiot with tears unstoppable..missing that weight on my chest..
    he should be here ..twitching as he watches the sunflowers bend with me.. annoyed that i will not let him out..he was an excellent hunter..but also content to have his ears scratched..as long as he can be firmly affixed between me and the screen..he would so be prowling there as soon as he could slip out…
    and i take such pleasure in seeing the crate, the red red peppers..the sunflower so different than mine..you remind me of the comfort of the familiar..and i am so glad for it
    gentle day grace

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  9. grace Avatar

    what is his name? i will put it on the altar asking for
    a light journey and a swift return to form if he should so
    desire

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  10. Dana Avatar

    There is so much in this post, starting, as Liz says, with the wonderment of the New Mexican sky. As you and the animals draw in together (I love the play of light across Tazmeena’s coat) I feel the approach of winter. Its too bad the sunflower can’t come inside too, long enough to finish offering her flower. The roots on your cloth are twining up to the light just like new shoots.

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  11. Dana Avatar

    What is it about cats wanting to be between you and whatever you are doing? I am always having to read my book between the ears of my cat, and often can’t use my computer mouse because she is sitting on it, but it always seems more comforting than inconvenient. Cynthia, I know you feel a big hole where your friend has been…your sadness is a tribute to the place he made in your life. I am sorry for your loss.

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  12. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    I am so glad that I came to this post this cold morning, 27 degrees outside. The red of the ristras, the colors of the root cloth, warming to see and feel. The sunflower, maybe just opening but even if she doesn’t, just to say sunflower, calls out sun and warmth as well…you can see that I am just feeling a little cold today.

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  13. Joan@CopperCreekers Avatar

    (((cynthia)))
    wishing you comfort and peace

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  14. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    Cynthia, sorry for your loss. Cats have a way of creeping into your heart and finding a permanent home there.

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  15. beth Avatar

    A loving memory tribute, Cynthia. I’m sorry for your loss.

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  16. Mo Crow Avatar

    fly free beautiful cat

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  17. Mo Crow Avatar

    love how the rootlets are wending their way

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  18. cynthia Avatar
    cynthia

    his name is Thing One..his sister is Thing Two..they were rescue kittens ..a friend saw a man take a box full of kittens into the woods and later he just walked out alone..and shortly after that just the two small kittens came back back out.
    .my friend brought them to us..and a small person in our life named them after the wild creatures that the cat in the hat let out of the box,,if any cat could make a light journey..he would ..thank you..and thank you for sharing this space

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  19. cynthia Avatar
    cynthia

    ..it is silly isn’t it to miss so much something that could be so ridiculously in the way..but i feel empty typing without his nose bumping mine for attention
    thank you

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  20. cynthia Avatar
    cynthia

    thank you..it is amazing the comfort of kindness offered

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  21. cynthia Avatar
    cynthia

    exactly..
    when we took the kittens in for shots when they were little..the vet ‘s assistant was questioning us on why we were no longer bringing in our other cat and i said that she had died..and she asked why and i said..well she was almost 20 and she just said..but why did she die,,and i just cracked up and then she went ..oh..oh..
    and that somehow was so much easier than this..
    thank you

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  22. cynthia Avatar
    cynthia

    ..and he was..well in reality he was sort of large and goofy..but he was brave and loyal..and a fearless conveyor of (live) snakes,mice, voles and moles..all tucked proudly intp my shoes or directly onto my feet… with such pride..and he will be so very missed thank you

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  23. grace Avatar

    the Valiant She. i couldn’t bear to look today. it was 24 degrees
    last night and today belonged to WIND. i couldn’t look.

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  24. grace Avatar

    Tay is good at night. She somehow accepts the “dark time” as quiet time. She sleeps sometimes near Chinche in the living room and sometimes next to my bed. She is silent and good till when she thinks morning is, when she feels Sun about to rise over the edge. Then
    she puts her head on the edge of the bed and Breathes in to my nose.
    we still use the “house” for when i am gone longer than a couple
    hours. We’ve worked up to two hours of my being gone and nothing
    has been amiss. She can go in and out of the house through the
    dog door. My guess is that she just stays outside waiting for me. But then, i don’t know and will never know.
    Caves/houses are important to All of Us….to me. Caves/Houses…
    they are a lot what my dreaming is about
    Love to you

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  25. grace Avatar

    a simultaneous life maybe

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  26. grace Avatar

    beloved Thing One. A long and good life. I thought all day
    about Thing One.

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  27. grace Avatar

    no. not silly at all. it’s Deep and Strong, that nose bumping.

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  28. grace Avatar

    there was the first cat here, Leone said in a Spanish way for
    Lion. a yellow cat. He too was Loyal and would bring large
    game home to me., Gift me with them. with such fealty…sp?

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  29. grace Avatar

    if i could bring SunFlower IN…oh…if i could.

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  30. grace Avatar

    yes. we are cold here today.

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  31. grace Avatar

    the rootlets wend their way through warm and cold. i think this
    all day today. the roots continue. Maybe they become quiet in the Cold Times?…like very
    STILL
    reserving energy? Pulling IN? Waiting Through?

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  32. Mo Crow Avatar

    for sure, think about how you can bare root & move deciduous trees and roses in winter, causing the least harm as the plant is just holding energy not moving it

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