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Stunning

the day was.  Stunning.   Having rained two nights in a row,  having rained off and on yesterday,  a soft seeping Woman Rain,     everything is Greening.

 

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everything is washed clean,  breathing Green

I sat looking at it

 

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and in between reading,  i threw the ball for Tay,  threw the ball,  threw the ball,  threw the ball.  I dumped and cleaned feed bowls of fermenting rain and scrap,   I pulled the THRIVING kochia weed and fed it to Goats one by one by hand,  them taking them in their lips and teeth like delicacies.  But mostly i read.  I LOVe anthologies.  I have 6 pages to go.

Last eve,  granddaughter called as she does when she intuits that i am brimming with Stuff.  We talked fast and hard ….remembering when this was the topic of one of her college classes recently,  the changing sense of the world of the 20's somethings and very much including the "necessity and pleasure of parenthood".  We talked.  Is it because she is blood of blood?  or is it Soul to Soul.  Old Same,  her, me.

and i woke in the middle of the night

 

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i woke with neural pathways of my brain sparking and flashing in NEON,  new pathways shooting out,  opening up ROOMS of thought,  connecting, re~forming, re~interpreting and all i could think was it felt like this……so i turned on the light and found this old tried and true book on the shelf, about  Clustering  in   Writing the Natural Way,  Gabriele Lusser Rico 

and it was a Stunning day.  And i wish i COULD talk about this book here.  Not so much what is IN this book but what all it Opens up for me.  But i think it wouldn't work.    For me.  There are too many quiet people out there and i wouldn't know how what i am thinking makes them feel.  and  so  it would become  too filtered.  So….i will just let it become Alive in me and manifest  how it will.   And i hope it Does.  Manifest.  Become Alive somehow.

 

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15 responses to “Stunning”

  1. Mo Crow Avatar
    Mo Crow

    clustering, mind mapping, ways of looking… my favourite is to take the thought out, look at it from above below and then spin it 360 degrees and then start making the preliminary drawings from the new angles

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  2. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    Really surprised by your not wanting to go further with your thoughts re the book you are reading. You certainly haven’t let the “quiet people” stop you from sharing thoughts, musings, concerns, joys, etc. in the past. As one of the quiet people at times, I will say that we all have a choice to come here, to read or not read your blog entries, to comment or not comment… just saying. I guess my deeper question, is why blog? Since I am not a blogger, I can only assume that many who blog do so for many reasons, none the least of which is to share their lives in a way that hopefully elicits connection and communication.
    So I’m going to stick my toe in:
    “necessity and pleasure of parenthood.” Having children never entered my mind as a young woman because I had my sights set on using my journalism degree to become a foreign correspondent. Fate stepped in, in the form of a strong, quiet, loving man from Minnesota and my story changed. Our daughters (we have twin girls) were not planned and we both were shocked when I got pregnant so soon after we were married. Steep learning curve for me as I had not even baby sat but something takes over, LOVE, and you just do what you need to do and rely on instinct;I’m a firm believer in maternal and paternal instinct. Parenthood pleasure, yes. Necessity, well I am not convinced that it is a necessity for every woman. Sometimes, it is a choice, sometimes it comes unexpectedly and sometimes, not at all.
    One of my daughters has children, the other does not and I’m sure that both have considered how their lives have unfolded. What I know is that both are giving, loving, caring, wonderful and strong women who live fulfilling lives. As a parent, that is all that I could hope for each of them.

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  3. Birdie Avatar
    Birdie

    Happy greening!
    Thank you for sharing the book.
    I enjoy knowing what books have meaning to the blog
    writers that bring me joy each time I visit them.
    Wishing you,
    peace~love~joy
    Birdie

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  4. Kim Avatar
    Kim

    Yours is the only blog I have ever posted a couple of comments on so I guess I’m one of the quiet ones. I found you through Jude and liked what you were doing with your cloths. I got hooked on the story of the goats. But really…I keep coming back because I love the way you tell it like it is. Each day as it is… for you… in your world. It’s not my world. And yet, I do feel some kind of connection. I wouldn’t want you to hold back because of how I might feel about your thoughts. They’re your thoughts not mine. I hope you don’t filter.

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  5. cynthia Avatar
    cynthia

    i have been so quiet this late winter..an ongoing strange confluence of illness, lack of internet connection and a dying computer with a basically non functioning key board..so little can come out..but still i gather in..and your thoughts..strong and clear..your questions..direct and real..have as always made me feel interwoven..connected..just as they do when i can truly interact..i never think of you..there..typing through filters ..privacy ..of your own of course..but not filters..
    greening such a wonderful word and thought..no snow this morning..altho it was 23..and clear morning light..now if it would just be warm..i cannot believe how much i crave that simple thing to sit in the sun..meanwhile though i agree mind mapping and clustering..such a good way to view things..grateful for the warmth here
    gentle day

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  6. Deb G Avatar
    Deb G

    Greening…even here where it is oh so green for most of the year, I know what you mean by stunning.
    The book…yes, hard to talk about. I think partly because it is so deeply personal to all of us, that the potential for pain is great, the need to be respectful huge. At least, that is my response to this book and trying to write about it. Finding the right words about all this…challenging. I would guess that what you want to say will manifest itself… You already write so much about what it means to be a parent, sometimes in a very broad sense, as caregiver.
    I agree so much with you about it being not so much about the book itself but what it opens in self.
    I hope another stunning day unfolds for you.
    P.S. Interview with David Whyte in case you hadn’t found it…I’m going back to listen to the unabridged version too.
    http://www.onbeing.org/program/david-whyte-the-conversational-nature-of-reality/8560

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  7. Kristin Avatar
    Kristin

    Quiet would surely describe most of my forays into the wonderful words, photos and explorations of the journey that you share in your blog. My energy has not shifted to successfully writing in my own blog for some time now, yet I find inspiration and so many lessons when I read yours.
    The book suggestion piqued my interest and I just ordered a copy from the library….love on-line library tasks.
    The greening of the earth and so much of what is our life and world each spring makes this time a busy, expanding and opening opportunity for many, with me truly on that course this year.
    Appreciation for you, your stories and willingness to explore through your words with all who come to windthread for a good read.
    Namaste,
    Kristin

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    spin it, 360 degrees

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  9. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    i wasn’t so much referring to necessity of bearing children,
    rather the necessity that comes along with any pleasure in
    bearing children. There is more necessity, i think, than
    pleasure. and this might be FOR humanity, not a singular thing.
    What if tho, your children are NOT your crowning achievement?

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  10. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    oh, Hey and HI Birdie….thank you for putting some words
    here. I appreciate this VERY much in this moment…..

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  11. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    Kim….as with Birdie above, i THANK YOU for giving some
    words here. It DOES have meaning for me.
    I am looking at what i meant and mean by filter….and you
    give me permission here. DEEP thanks for that

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  12. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    confluence confluence
    i want to send SUN to seep into your confluence and turn it
    to paper thin transparency that you can hold up to the light
    of Sun as you sit in that uprighted adarondack (sp) chair on the deck, in your nightie
    i’m not sure who that “filter” might be for…maybe me

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  13. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    yes. Respectful. Respectful.
    i would always want to be Respectful.
    Thank you for this word in this context….it’s perfect.
    i feel like i can sometimes be lazy and glib. I don’t want to
    enter into this space that way, but, respectfully. Tenderly.
    THANK YOU for the link

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  14. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    i will be VERY interested in what you find in the book, Kristin
    i know you from a long time now. I look forward to hearing.

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  15. saskia Avatar
    saskia

    you felt the pathways growing, wow; whenever i read something like this happening to you i want to meet you in the flesh and sit and talk, endlessly

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