Today, a perfect Practice. Two Things present. Two Things become something Entirely Different.
It was work away at the Once a Month Peggy place, and even though she is a perfectly Excellent person, i really do NOT like cleaning for her. And no need to detail why, i just DON'T. But i am.
so.
off and on in the hours i was there, thoughts rose as they do in waves and today were replaced by
Cleaning.
As soon as the "conversation in my head between THOUGHTS, not even me involved , really, just the Thoughts talking, i would simply label that, or name that, Thoughts, and replace with the focus word, Cleaning. And so time sped by and i was Done and i could Flee, which i did and stopped by the Old Cowboy's for a minute where thoughts again began their conversation in my head and i noted this and replaced by Visit.
In both cases, i would turn my attention to the Breath. to Breathing. As Salzberg says, Breathing is our Friend.
Home and a short nap.
Waking from the nap by WIND. HUGE and CRAZY WIND….as was predicted by Accuweather. Here it was/IS still….seemingly from all directions at once…Crazy and again, Perfect Practice.
Just the word WIND. NOT ….JEEZ, it's May and this Should have happened in March and be over with by now, what about all those lingering baby apricots?, they can't withstand this, and maybe it's today that that weak part of the fence will crash, i should have taken care of that, but HOW? who will i get to help me shore it up with that LOOOONG 2×4 that i haven't even bought yet, WHY? and maybe Margie's granddaughter can help, she's only 9 but she can hold up the opposite end and Blah Blah Blah
so i just say WIND.
i watch the doe goats who RUN back and forth from the Albatross through the Migratory Corridor in to the Way Back then back…FAST, they run back and their tails are like flags
WIND. it's just WIND.
and i remember reading about how Pliny the Elder, AD 23 – Aug 25 AD79 , a Roman Naturalist, Natural Philosopher advised to bring the mares in during times of wind like this because they by nature turn their butts into it and can become impregnated by that WIND, and so bear offspring that are extremely FAST, but not long lived and i wonder about Goats….it's a better thought than the Add Ons.
and i look and look at shreds of Cloth, it's Elegance, just as it is. To choose something for those line eyes
my Assistant observes
it is a really Very Good Day
ADDENDUM
it's 9:34 pm Wind is still. Gone Back to where ever it sleeps, back over the Rim. It's Quiet now. Still. Everything is Still. as if it always has been.
interesting…………..
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