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i touched the InkTense pencils to the paper,  then the brush and water and  moved things…softening the marks,  bleeding them out.  For nothing.  No reason,  but  just to watch  it happen.  Began the day this way.

Jenny came and for the first time Ever,  we did nothing.  We sat in the sun and went through the shared rolodex of our minds.   It wandered,  back to when she was little to now in her own children in the grand children,  old homes,  ways of living,  Fathers, what to plant down in the meadow here,  worming for the Buck Goats,  and intertwined was the glaring fact that Talkie was not here.  Talkie is ALWAYS in the middle of everything,  she chases Jenny in the truck up the Hill.  She was not here.  I hadn't seen her this morning.  Didn't really realize that until  sitting with Jenny,  out there,  in the sunlight,  and no Talkie.  I called her and called her…nada.   so it shifted.  How to feel about no talkie,  because that had been the possibility all along with the Free Range,  and then the conversation would go into some other realm the seed for the meadow,  how i used to cook vats of Indian Food,  why not now?   interspersed by long moments of silence and then me calling Talkie again.   Well,  we would say,  we knew it might go this way and then to my feeling kind of at a loss with the Cloth work and  back to yesterday and how it was so

soft

and on to whether we would free range chickens of the future and at that point….there was Talkie.  Just right there!  2 hours late, but right there and her most excellent Talkie self…?    Where had she been?

Jenny left.  we'd accomplished nothing.  Didn't even make the effort.   Not sure how this feels.

 

 

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18 responses to “for nothing”

  1. Deb Avatar

    Wow. Maybe Talkie was put off by Jenny? I hate it when they do that. Hide, smirking somewhere or snoring blythely in their sleep, ignoring you calling. How wonderful that they don’t seem to suffer from second-hand fear or anxiety.

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  2. jaime Avatar
    jaime

    This post was so difficult for me to read. The feelings of loss still are so strong. Then comic relief with talkie showing up. I’m happy for you and your laid back day.

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  3. Michelle Slater Avatar

    Talking out random thoughts is good for the soul. Some days, nothing really needs to be ‘accomplished’ since everything simply evolves and nothing is ever ‘finished’ given impermanence. Delighted for Talkies return. She too may have just been off somewhere doing nothing. We all need a break now and then.

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  4. Nanette Avatar

    It’s an art, the doing nothing, I’m getting better at it 😊 Although I do think you and Jenny accomplished a lot on a different and important level. I held my breath until Talkie turned up, I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel if there became life without Talkie.

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  5. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    Ah but you did accomplish something because sitting together, breathing in, speaking of things from the past, the present, the future, the whole of it, well it is all good and absolutely essential in the day to day of our lives. Having chores and goals are the mechanics of our daily life but those moments of quiet exchanges, the sharing of memories, the simple act of being together, are the joy and gifts of our lives, of family…maybe Talkie knew that you both needed this time.

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  6. Patty M Avatar

    Marti put into words how I felt reading your post. The mechanics
    are important but the talking together creates family.

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  7. Liz A Avatar

    a day of rest … we all need to gift ourselves with this more often …
    and oh, how I breathed a sigh of relief at Talkie’s return …

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  8. joanne Avatar
    joanne

    Oh, I couldn’t have dealt with the loss of Talkie today. Just could not. so happy and relieved to see that last paragraph.

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  9. grace Forrest Avatar

    i think she was…off doing nothing. Taking advantage
    of the SunDays before any Rain.

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  10. grace Forrest Avatar

    well…truth is, it could be any time. She is a
    wild chicken. We talked about that. Do we want
    to change that for her? She is an extremely
    joyful Being as is. Master of her Universe.

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  11. grace Forrest Avatar

    They, her work, needed her to move from nights to day
    shift and assume a much larger role. Not what she wanted.
    I think she’s trying to practice surrender.

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  12. grace Forrest Avatar

    was very different for us

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  13. grace Forrest Avatar

    thinking about it…days of rest…

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  14. grace Forrest Avatar

    yes…you are vulnerable now. I actually thought
    oh jeez, this would be hard for Joanne.
    But you know, it’s always a possibiity.

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  15. grace Forrest Avatar

    it was a thing of Good Practice. At some point
    there will be no Talkie. To soften the Heart
    ahead of time is good.

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  16. grace Forrest Avatar

    no..she likes Jenny. She always has crumbs of something
    in her pockets. Holds her pockets open so Talkie can look
    inside.
    I don’t know…it was a long time. hours.
    and they do not. It’s extraordinary. they do not
    know anxiety. They are alert in every moment…her,
    Goats, as they were born to be. But there is
    no anxiety. None.

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  17. Mo Crow Avatar

    (((Talkie))) may you have many more moons to enjoy being a wild and free chook

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  18. Nanette Avatar

    It’s true, anytime. Even with my non-wild things…..everyday I ready myself, expecting my big old Juno won’t be up and going when I let the girls out……It’s very hot and terribly smoky from bush fires and she’s off her feet a lot…..she’s 11 and so I make sure she’s comfortable and soften my heart too, ready.

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