began by some reading,  the Ensouling Language,  then made Egg Foo Yung for the first time ever.  Out, to feed,  change water,  wander/look/envision.  Back in to stitch till the day really warmed.  Stitched the top edge, turning it under

 

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only to the Point where the cloth is ripped….that last,  with that Wing, flange, is….needs to be raw edged

 

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as are the other edges and i spent some time pulling thread so those edges can be soft.  Still needs more of this softness.

And i continued to clean dog shit,  still from Chinche too,  from the last couple months.   And digging and hauling some compost and straight manure to the strip of tomato bed.  Pulled up the tomato cages,  layed them to rest for now.  Used a crow bar to disassemble a broken pallet and stacked the wood by the fence.  Brought in fire wood.

Then,  almost forgot,  had to go late in the day to pick up a truck load of Grass Hay.  Drove home in the dark.  So…this too.

 

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and made an agreement with Self.   Still,  from when that fence panel fell on me,  months ago, really,  there is something "wrong"   with the right shoulder.  I have no idea what it is exactly but it hurts from lifting.  Lifting including lifting feed over the fences,  lifting shovels full of things,  lifting bales of feed,  lifting the larger heavier pieces of fire wood.  So…basically,  doing everything here that needs doing.

Cynthia had sent,  along with the wreath,  other things.  One being a bag of loose tea from Taking Root,  who are at the Farmer's Market there in Vermont.   She sent 3 and i used part of the Breathe Deep  before sending the rest to Alyssia along with another that i thought she might find good for her.  I kept  Structural Support:  Gotu Kola, Solomon Seal, Tulsi, Peppermint, Ginger, Horsetail and Nettle Leaf.  For Good Reason.  I began using it yesterday and from the moment of the first swallow could TELL it is what i need:   " Modulate inflammation, increase circulation, nourish connective tissues and support the body to heal skeletal ailments, old and new."  

So the plan is to use the Arnica Cream morning and night,  drink one quart of the Structural Support a day (will need to order more)  till  "spring"…whenever i feel like Spring has arrived.  Could be in February,  or not until April.  But till then.  

so if you have an Herbalist,  a Wise Woman, in your area then Good.  If not,  like me,  Taking Root.  You can google them.  

The day was how a day IS.  SUN took it's time to move.  But somehow,  i found myself moving InSide the Day,  and there was a very Fine sense of Enough Time.  a very Fine Sense of Goodness to it All.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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25 responses to “balance”

  1. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    Talk about being in Synchroni-City! Right shoulder, something wrong in the rotator cuff most likely, old injury -ME TOO- Really this is too, too PERFECT. Seriously, I fell down escalator stairs in June 2014 and landed full force on my right shoulder. Through 2015 some trouble now and then but suddenly about a week or so ago…grief there and aching and impossible to lift. I’ve been working on it in those theraputic yoga classes, but it remains a problem. Could your Please email me the link to order from vermont? Phone number if you have it. I must get some Arnica too. Can’t believe I forgot about Arnica. PS-my next post is the birthday post. Visit tomorrow after 8AM please.

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  2. Mo Crow Avatar

    “We were born before the wind
    Also younger than the sun
    Ere the bonnie boat was won
    As we sailed into the mystic”
    first verse of Into the Mystic Van Morrison 1970 Moondance album
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEvsDuJYEnI

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  3. cynthia Avatar
    cynthia

    i will happily do both..and send some on its way to you..lani is an amazing assembler and creator of teas..may i ask grace for your information..i will send some on its way..
    gentle day

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  4. cynthia Avatar
    cynthia

    ” smell the sea and feel the sky
    let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic”
    it is such a gift and small pleasant surprise to have something that is looping through your thoughts appear on the screen when you open it
    it is almost 8 am and finally the sun had come over the mountain and all the way to the meadow the sun glistens ..sparkles shadow of plant skeletons are other worldly in that incredible blue of sun on snow,,the birches are stark white again the other bare trees and into the mystic had been in my head..again as i scrolled down from the cloth..
    the day ahead is full of lots of stuff that i need/have to do..but right this moment..the magic of technology has given me this soundtrack..out of my head and mo’s post and now the small speaker on my table top..
    i can pull up taking root and send things on their way..a small happiness to share and somehow these few minutes with a really good cup of dark hot hot coffee…it is 7 degrees here right now..do exactly for my day what grace will continue above..pull out threads to make some of my edges loose
    gentle day

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  5. patricia spangler Avatar
    patricia spangler

    always a feast here at your table of thoughts
    (and also golden paste helps inflammation–another idea!)

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  6. Els Avatar

    Love your piece.
    Looks like the wind is really blowing, the little boat …
    along the whole of the cloth too 😉

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  7. dee Avatar

    I’ve had wonderful (amazing, actually) healing of joint injury and pain with acupuncture. it’s expensive, though.

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  8. Martine Bos Avatar

    So good healing was send to you……..

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  9. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    Grace as always I am amazed at all you do…it is good….nurtures your body and soul! Also good that you have so many friends that pass on different remedies that benefit us all! As always you leave me inspired and feeling blessed!!

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  10. grace Avatar

    it all will fall into place. and YES. Arnica. the local
    grocery here has Arnica Rub NatraBio…it’s just great.
    and i see your Birth Day post and oh such a Happy Happy Birth
    Day i wish for you you dear thing there in NYC

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  11. grace Avatar

    reading this and thinking…how many men i have been in love with,
    Van Morrison being one
    and today, listening, i fell in love again

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  12. grace Avatar

    how just stunning it is, how the threads wind their way all
    over the planet…and we listen to the music that we all share
    and go softly crazy with while drinking dark hot hot coffee in
    7 degree mornings
    pulling out our threads
    LOVE LOVE to you,

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  13. grace Avatar

    thank you for coming

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  14. grace Avatar

    Els…THANK YOU! for coming and yes…how Wind carries us

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  15. grace Avatar

    not a possibility here, but that’s OK too.

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  16. grace Avatar

    Martine…YOU are goodhealing…just YOU

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  17. grace Avatar

    dear dear Tina….how we All benefit, care for Each Other, and
    you, your loving Heart

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  18. jude Avatar

    This piece seems to contain wind yet also be somewhat tossed about by it.

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  19. yvette Avatar

    The cloth…so healing in its self
    All sweet remedies above
    We
    Sendhealing thoughts too
    And chewing willow
    ( is there willow at yours? Suppose not cause it needs water)
    Hugs

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  20. grace Avatar

    will tie it to a stick today

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  21. grace Avatar

    there is willow around the River….Chew willow?????
    like just chew the sticks????
    like a Goat would?????

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  22. saskia Avatar

    was immediately intrigued by the tea and the mention of ‘gotu kola’ which i had to google as i had’t heard of it before, apparently it’s also very good for your sex life!

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  23. joy in az Avatar

    Grace.. your cloth, here on my laptop, the boat seems to be a butterfly standing atop its chrysalis… very glad for your presence and frequent posts. i’m too distracted to blog..not ready.. learning how from you, from jude, all these others i’ve found here. first, me settled, then.. perhaps. heartfelt thanks.

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  24. grace Avatar

    well….!…..so….you will try it. My sex life now is
    in the dreamtime and is always busy and good there, so
    i may not notice a difference. but i like thinking this…
    Smiling…

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  25. grace Avatar

    Oh, Hey, joy in Arizona….blogging is something i find
    very worthwhile. It is good discipline for me, so i don’t
    daydream my life away and then the responses from Us All
    are priceless…they make my world so much MORE and and give
    me great faith in humanity….give me great faith in the
    Beauty that We Are. So i will look forward to your first
    day…no reason to wait….
    Love to you

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