so it's not about leaving.  Leaving is in the mix.  The love of Gideon and his death is in the mix.  The Mix is climate change and how that is manifesting around the planet.  Leaving and Gideon are like the largest ingredients in this time, heated by the California fires.  But also in the mix is the Feral Family,  under the house.  Time may be getting short.  I've felt this now for many days.

What to do?  the undercurrent amidst  many.

and to be startled by her face, there….the mother cat, appearing on Gideon's Cloth…but then, no surprise, really.  could be said to go back to some days ago when thinking about the Beauty and the Unbeauty…how they are the same and really….neither Gideon's beauty or hers is more or less.

non~duality

where to begin…..about a week and a half ago,  Tay was licking and licking.  I looked and

 

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a dime size raw spot.  perfectly round.   When Travis was here to help bury Gideon,  he looked and said,  beyond a shadow of a doubt….Ringworm.   brain goes WHA!   but immediately i think of Rat Boy.  the dots connect.  But the Mother and these 2 kittens show no signs of anything.  I Google.  Cats can exhibit no signs and be carriers.  Carriers.    I go to the feed store and carry on a conversation with Jackie there that spans 4 customers,  all with their own ringworm stories and i feel less diseased.  and i buy what they sell for it  and

 

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use that on my wrist…same left wrist as Tay.  What i thought i was scratching as a spider bite turned out to have a lovely red CIRCLE around it.  How did it get to me?  i don't know.  so i use the feed store stuff for livestock on mySelf.  it's drying up.  no longer itches.  There are many home remedies for ringworm but it creeps me out.  so i go for  the big gun.  I don't use it on Tay.  She will lick.  it might be Toxic.  wait till she has her appointment for her shots.

ok,  so ….the All of it.  This morning there was a strange banging and clatter and i opened the door and looked and Tay was at the wooden slats that are around the under house,  but she was right there at the bottom of the steps of the front porch and totally focused and body rigid and lashing in and back,  in and back was a long thin arm of a cat with the markings of a cheetah….trying to rip her face.   Tay cried….not whining,  but really crying,  not understanding what was happening.  Mother Cat is extending her Space.  No longer in the Way Back,  but coming forward.  Coming into even,   

Tazmeena's space.  Old Tazmeena.  who has in the last couple weeks given up going under there and needed to find a different place to  shit….for the first time in 20 something years.  But stuff changes.  Right?  Right.  she accomodated.  But the Mother Cat is pushing it.  Beyond what feels like "fair".  But what do we know.

 

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Thread beads.  Jude Hill.  So slow going.  Black/White  Black/White until it becomes One.

non~duality.  One~ness.  All same.   Learning.  Something to take with me to the Hill where there will be so many new and different things.  Time to learn now…..as we go.

 

 

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19 responses to “ok……”

  1. jude Avatar

    Gosh it looks like a tick bite

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  2. grace Avatar

    no. not tick. Ticks don’t bite me. never have.
    it’s ringworm.
    bite spot may have begun with a spider bite which isn’t
    anything unusual. familiar with them, no big deal.
    and really, there aren’t any ticks now. They have a very
    short season in the desert.

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  3. grace Avatar

    also interesting, Tazmeena has never had fleas…also none
    of the dogs. Dogs sometimes have tics. Not Tazmeena.

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  4. grace Avatar

    ringworm is a fungus.

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  5. grace Avatar

    like athletes foot or jock itch.
    no worm involved.

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  6. grace Avatar

    but a fungus. a Life Form. no more, no less.

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  7. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    On my most hectic day Grace I would not come close to having such a tale to tell. I’ll be going to bed smiling thinking about Grace and her adventures. Yesterday I mentioned to Jude that I wished she could have a book published with all her amazing works of art. Today I’m wishing you could have your short stories published. I feel very blessed and grateful that you all take the time and make the effort to post all this for the rest of us to enjoy…. Thank you and Goodnight all you wonderful amazing ladies.

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  8. joanne Avatar
    joanne

    We lived in Florida when my children were small–daughter got ringworm from the grass. It had fecal matter from dogs and cats. On the bottoms of her feet. I had never seen or known it. From then on–shoes.
    I’m glad the medicine from the pet store is working–on you.
    And the thread beads look amazing!

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  9. Mo Crow Avatar

    a few drops of rescue remedy wold help Tazmeena, Tay and you!

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  10. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    Meanwhile, “Whew” for now anyhow. That’s one of those things, that constant care and ‘there’s always something’ about critter care. I so understand your line of thought, your attentiveness to their needs and the lingering grief for special loved ones. Meanwhile, the cloth salvation chugs along. Lovely.

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  11. beth Avatar

    Oh geeze… Ringworm is not fun. Here’s my ringworm story:
    https://still-life-pond.blogspot.com/2009/08/home.html
    It went on and on for months. We used miconazole nitrate antifungal cream on us and the Program treatment from our vet on Pip. We never had to use Griseofulvin which sounded scary. Can the goats get it? I sure hope not.

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  12. saskia Avatar

    there’s nothing to like about ringworm, although I do confess to liking the fact that it describes the symptoms so well, same word in Dutch btw; good luck with the iodine

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  13. grace Avatar

    Jude a book, o, Yes. My stories are small. Just days. and
    lately, i wouldn’t want to read them. Maybe they’ll get
    better…
    LOVE to you

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  14. grace Avatar

    after the conversation with Vet yesterday…i think your
    daughter had a different kind of something…actual ringworm
    is from direct contact with an infected animal…like fur to
    skin.
    I’m aching to get back to the thread beads

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  15. grace Avatar

    Rescue Remedy helps everything.

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  16. grace Avatar

    it’s Fri eve. I NEED the cloth salvation

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  17. grace Avatar

    all animals can get it. But it takes direct contact and
    the Goats and cats do not have that. I think they’ll be ok.
    THANK YOU for your story…makes me feel hopefull and less
    freaked out.

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  18. grace Avatar

    interesting…same word in both languages….

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  19. Bobby J. Avatar

    Ring worm is TERRIBLE. Hope you have had some success treating it. Make sure you keep treating it even after the symptoms go away, otherwise it can spread throughout the body.

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