of its own accord,  when we give up and surrender to the Going,  because there's nothing we can think of to DO,  so we surrender to the Goingness of the Whole.

Yesterday morning,  i was a wreck.    It was the day i took Ember to the other Work Away.   I was lost in What If.  I was lost in….Now What?   I am still here.  and might be still here till who knows when.  and i was giving up my final source of regular income.  Like Food money.   

But what i am,  if nothing else,  is Responsible.  And Responsible in this case meant responsible to those who depended on me.  My ify situation didn't work with the sense of Responsibility to them.  And here was Ember.  Willing and Ready.  Here was me,  not knowing and out of balance.  So to attend to the responsibility,  i needed to do this.  

This morning,  the Last Day at Bill and Nelia's.  Last of many years….not sure exactly and it doesn't matter,  but somewhere around 16.   and i'd slept fitfully,  waking at the 2 something hour to mull through it all,  interwoven with the Dream things.  

But when i got Up,  5 something A.M.,  i sat with that first cup of tea and the word

Freelance

rose up.  Ok.  Freelance.

no longer particular "jobs" to go to…but WORK nonetheless….to hold things over,  till i do at some point GO.  Space opened OUT….what might this mean?   Short things,  special projects,  but what was CLEAR was NO SCHEDULE,  NO TIMELINE.    Just doing as doing happened.

and there was this HUGE SENSE OF FREEDOM.  

and i finished my last day at Bill and Nelia's and left a note to that effect.  Freelance.

and he called later saying he wanted to come and do the yearly wood stove chimney thing and he came and i'd gotten out the electric chain saw that had been sitting for 1o plus years since i'd bought it to cut that Russian Olive in the House Yard and then never again,  and it was just OK and Fine and we cut that fallen oh so Grand Russian Olive in the Way Back, to burn

 

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and then

 

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Wheat,  whose maybe different name is Slender,  Wheat watched it all.  I'd not fed her for 3 days.  Hoping she would just go away.  She hasn't.  and comes,  on time,  everyday,  when i feed the Goats.  Counting on me.

responsibility.

so i gave her food.  This morning Thelma of Mike and Thelma of the now defunct Native Plant Nursery called…just to see how it's going and in the exchange,  they have a couple of Live Traps and i will go there and get one and Live Trap Wheat or Slender  Slender/Wheat if i can…if she will allow….and take her to the spay/neuter for Feral.  and i think….

how really so Great and Magnificant things can be in their own small ways.   How we all can just Go.  in our own small ways.  and how stuff can be just ok it it's own small ways.

Tay's little pea sized sores appear to be growing hair.  

 

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20 responses to “how it goes, when it goes of Its own accord”

  1. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    (((sigh))) You ARE still there and things are just going. Happy to hear about the kitties but don’t know/remember who Ember is. You seem to be just shifting as it comes. Hope you get some sleep tonight.

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  2. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    Some years ago we used live traps … had skunks living under the garage. Best advice we got was to keep the trap covered. I remember it helping a lot and think that for Slender/Wheat it would also help. I think it is a good thing you’re doing.
    Grace I am praying very hard here that your time for traveling to California comes sooner then later. Can you share with us what is happening in California?

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  3. johnson.mixedupmedia.margaret@gmail.com Avatar
    johnson.mixedupmedia.margaret@gmail.com

    Hello Grace, I’m glad you are feeling good with things today. Getting prepared for future stuff can be very twisty turny. Getting your feral cats desexed is great, they will be so happier in themslves. Are you taking them with you when you move to your new Home? All our animals are feral and desexed, 2 dogs, 3 cats, 1 Shetland pony. They are all beautiful, together and with us. Thinking of you and yours and wishing you all the very best, good health and joy….Love from Marg..oxox

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  4. Cheryl Avatar
    Cheryl

    I love how life goes when we let it, when we trust it fully. You will be well in however it goes. Thanks for the reminder.

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  5. judy martin Avatar

    (((Grace))) from me too. xo

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  6. jude Avatar

    wheat has a knowing look.

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  7. Linda Avatar

    and how is your ringworm? iodine work?
    I am here too… always following and lurking on the side.
    thinking of you

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  8. grace Avatar

    seems like Forever that i’m Still Here.
    Ember is i guess what might be referred to as an acquaintance.
    I’ve known her a long time in a superficial way. And thinking
    as i write this, maybe it was her vibes that rubbed off re
    the freelance. A long time ago, she and her husband had
    goats and sold cheese by word of mouth. and she did consults
    for Bach Flower Remedies from her home. there would be years
    that i didn’t see her, but then would run into her at the
    grocery. I knew that she did horse rescue. A few years ago
    she opened a Herb Shop in town but not enough business and she let it go and rents the very front of a used clothing shop instead. That’s slow too so she’s thinking of just going back
    to working from home for those things. She always has, and
    still does Animal sitting and some landscaping. There was a
    long period of caring for her Mother who was in Arizona and she would go for prolonged periods of time till she brought her mother back here, for the final time.
    What else.
    OH, she cleaned for Bill and Nelia around 20 years ago, just
    before the time i showed up on the scene. She’d quit to devote herself to the Herb thing. So they know each other. she’s
    61. and right now wanting to pay off her debt incurred by the Herb Shop, so is very happy to pick up my two jobs.
    i’d mentioned too that she has just been to a workshop on animal communication in california and the woman she studied with uses
    EFT…Emotional Freedom Techique also called Tapping on Animals and i was so excited to learn to use it maybe with Tay. It had
    never occured to me to tap with animals. I have known many
    people over the years that were into EFT, one on line friend
    maybe 10 yrs ago sent me all her materials on it, pdfs, and
    i watched a lot of U Tube.
    and Interesting
    after she clicked the memory of EFT a week ago (i hadn’t thought of it for years), i went again to UTube and watched. again…
    same response from me. The tapping, on either acupuncture points or presser points or meridians, i forget exactly, but
    while you tap, the statement or affirmation is spoken:
    “Even tho i __________(fill in the blank with what’s at issue)
    i totally and completely love and accept myself”.
    i squinch up my face and think…huh? I DO love myself. I do
    accept my self. So if i was tapping for fear for the goats driving to California,
    I would say
    Even though i am afraid about the Goats trip to California, i totally and completely love and accept myself
    ?
    Maybe a better one to use might be
    Even though i am afraid to not have the Security of regularly
    scheduled work, i totally and completely love and accept myself.
    i sigh.
    maybe i should really try to work with it before i wonder any
    more.
    Anyway…that’s Ember.

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  9. grace Avatar

    that’s a great suggestion, to keep it covered…Thank You for
    that!
    yes. Sooner than later. Emrie is 3 months.
    and my most used words in the English Language….I don’t know.
    Jenny posted a little video on her FaceBook page a week ago
    this last Sunday of them using a HUGE piece of equipment
    that was cutting in a deeeeeeeep trench along the road down
    the Hill. I think this is for water line?? or did they
    already have that? i guess it could be electric?
    This is not a ditch witch, but a very large trencher
    like a tank.
    I know two things.
    Both she and Alyssia. When there is progress, they tell that.
    When things are stuck, they don’t talk about it.
    So since they aren’t talking, i assume there’s some glitch.
    The second thing is that i have complete and total faith
    that they are doing everything they can to keep moving forward
    as fast as possible. For their own purposes too…both of
    them pay a LOT in rent that is kind of like unnecessary. The
    Hill is paid for, land wise. Alyssia’s home, tho not there
    yet is also paid for. She just needs to get it moved there.
    LOVE that you are praying very hard. I nod and smile. Yes.

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  10. grace Avatar

    the thought of taking Wheat flits through, but really, i
    think she can stay here. There are zillions of cats
    everywhere that need homing. Taking the Goats, Tazmeena
    and Tay is enough i think. Plus Destiny is patiently
    waiting to get a cat of her own. A very big deal to her.
    and she would want to pick her own cat…they’ll go to
    the Shelter there once they’ve moved in. Travis and Everett
    will take good care of Wheat.
    yes…i have always neutered my animals. Life is easy for
    them and me.
    Love to you

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  11. grace Avatar

    each challenge brings renewed need to trust deeper….
    until we finally reach a point when the question no longer
    arises….maybe all this will move me along that road?
    I would like that.
    Love,

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  12. grace Avatar

    hugs back, Mo

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  13. grace Avatar

    and back to you, Judy

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  14. grace Avatar

    all cats do, don’t you think?

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  15. grace Avatar

    the stuff from the feed store had begun the process…the
    iodine continues it. It’s all flat now, doesn’t itch
    ever, but i am paranoid and will continue using it and
    keeping it covered for another week or so..at least.
    Really freaks me out.
    the great thing too, as i think about it, it wasn’t till
    the Next Day after Travis said Tay’s spot was ringworm, that
    i first noticed the thing on my wrist. Without that term
    being brought up, i don’t think i would have thought of
    ringworm on me and just kept scratching away, into total
    disaster land. So it was Great Luck involved.
    not lurk. Being quiet is not lurking.
    Love to you

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  16. Wendy@ Late StartStudio Avatar

    Of Grace . . . another mooring line cut. Trouble is, we never know how many there are before we can be released and let go.

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  17. grace Avatar

    you are right, so very very right, some are obscured behind
    the more obvious….this is beyond true
    and then there is the urge to create new ones, once the more
    obvious are cut…
    we are such amazing creatures

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  18. ² Avatar
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    thank you Cheryl , sometimes i need to,
    to be reminder at that :
    WHEN WE LET IT

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  19. ² Avatar
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    grace, yes “until we finally reach a point the question no longer arise !!!!

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