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i wanted out of NoWhere to do this.   I started and stopped.  started and stopped.   All day,  could not, did not,  focus,  but moved one thing to the next and around,  mostly in my mind.   I don't want to live like this.

a lot of time was spent watching for Caroline,  tracking her through the day.   Having no idea how she might choose to deal with kidding as a Free Goat.  When they were no where to be seen,  i went to look for them….just needing to know where they were.  Needing to see her.    So that.   But i might also have read the final write up about Possibilities.   It was dire.  I don't know what source it was from,  i clicked out before making note of that….the direness.   But there's no point.   We don't know and we can't know.  We have to Live it day unto day.

i knew all along that the pattern above is too narrow.   But instead of changing that,  i just kept going.  Like i'll keep going tomorrow and stitch it up,  turn it and stuff it with something.   I have no idea why i'm doing this.   I see her with Pine Needle Hair…maybe just for that,   pine needle hair.   

this virus shit is a Bummer.   I was finally getting things together,  like i just recently found info about a Community Garden in town,  in one of the funky neighborhoods,  sponsored by the AfroAmerican Community Center,   a news article saying they are in need of volunteers,   that there is something for anyone and everyone to help with…and in exchange,  they give free vegetables,  which is nice,  but mostly i felt a pull to work in this Garden.   Maybe because they noted that they raise    SEVENTEEN varieties of Tomatoes…SEVENTEEN!!!!  EEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee   and just small but huge stuff like having found the BEAUTYFULL laundromat,  but…….is a laundromat a safe place?   Do virus…what's the plural?,  viruses?,  do they float on molecules of humidity from the dryers?   How much hand sanitizer does one NEED for a trip to the laundromat?   But…maybe no one will be there?,  but probably not because we all need clean clothing.   And all woven in to it i think of all the huge humanity that has been struggling for so long in so many parts of the world and we are whining about things like this….i think these thoughts a lot in between looking for Caroline

if it would stop raining,  i could plant my Heart in the Gardens,   put my hands into this Earth and get lost there and maybe i will stay here,  in the Gardens indefinitely,   not come back from them….if it would stop raining.  Even for a little while,  but then i also don't want it to stop.  Want more and more rain to SEEEEEEEEP in deep in to the crevices of this Hill to hold us as long as possible through the summer months,  

and then i think,  what if Caroline isn't REALLY pregnant,  that it is just like a while ago when we thought everyone was and the vet said YUP but NOTHING CAME OF IT,  What if i am repeating that?   So i stare at her when i find her,  she's twice her normal size,  her twat is all puffy,  she's bagged up.  

What a day.   I don't want to live like this.   Need to find another way

 

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15 responses to “the hardest day”

  1. Joanne Avatar
    Joanne

    Perhaps when the virus is gone——next year—you can find a job or a volunteer thing in that garden. Get away from the hill more often. I have forgotten how long I have been here in the house. Only five days? Seems like weeks. And it is raining and cold. I worked with thread and cloth tonight and sipped tea. Now sleep.

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  2. Peggy McG Avatar
    Peggy McG

    Today also here feeling trapped.. i really want to go back to MN for a dozen reasons but mainly feeling helpless and far away from family. It will rain here in the desert all day tomorrow.. I have much fabric with me and will immerse myself in many a project to while away the hours in a small space. It too will pass is my mantra for now.
    I feel connected to your fabric person..all curled up and needing to stretch!

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  3. sparrow Avatar
    sparrow

    and she says “i could plant my Heart in the Gardens…”
    Yes you do.

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  4. Michelle Slater Avatar

    ‘What if’ is just ‘What if’ and nothing more. Perhaps I think of it as dreaming, and like dreaming, immaterial when I wake up. As for our Virus Crisis, since it’s not the first time for humans and since humans are still here, perhaps I needn’t give it too much power. Perhaps I could make soup instead. How I would love a vegetable garden for you in the someday soon. Meanwhile, you have that delightful pine needle figure and my love.

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  5. Mo Crow Avatar

    (((Grace))) pine needle hair will be purrfect, she will let you know what else is needed

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  6. jude Avatar

    this is one of the most best-est things you have ever pinned together, fo me, now, here, just going.

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  7. Liz A Avatar

    I can too easily imagine the worst …

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  8. Deb G Avatar

    Your figure is beautiful. And there doesn’t need to be a reason if it feels right. Last night my mother told me that my cousin, who is a teacher at an elementary school that has been closed, is hatching baby ducks at home and is posting on a blog each day the changes for her students. I love thinking of that and think these things are what will get us through. Much love…

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  9. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    Your person is everything right now .. looking at her is how I feel. She represents how all of the world must be feeling. Soooo much uncertainty … soooo much interruption if not stopped. I know I would like to just curl up wishing it all away. May you stay well my friend!

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  10. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    With all of this uncertainty, upheaval, kindness rises. My twin grand kids, who live in CA,are home for who knows how long. Their 5th grade teachers have decided to let their students care for the class pets. In the 5th grade, the pets are guinea pigs named Dumpling and Hershey and they are now staying with our grand kids for this week and next week, other students will get to take care of them. Maybe this is small in the face of so much else, but to my grand kids,their parents, their 5th grade friends and me, this is a deeply huge, kind and loving way to stay connected.

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  11. Dana Avatar

    Your fabric figure folds down into a gesture of sheltering care, which is echoed in your concern for Caroline and your longing for the garden. Praise the distraction and lack of focus; it will allow something new or forgotten to rise up.

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  12. Nanette Avatar

    I feel that as the days go on, staying home, the less I want to leave. Plenty to keep me busy as I pack up the house, 6 weeks, maybe less. The enforced time with no visitors gives me space to grieve for what I’ll leave behind, to know how it’ll feel in the new place where I’ll know no-one, while I find my community again. love to you Grace x

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  13. maria Avatar
    maria

    i wish you all courage in these days ” of staying at home ” here is the same ; thanks to or creativity we have sommething to do and while we can sing and………. ect enz…….and so on …….it bring us more and more closer to our selfs /myself , yes i dare it to write ; corona ; is a present to world , look wath power it have , stop trafic and so on…. i know it is hard to go on with this way of living ,let we go for the best vibe , love and …….

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  14. carol Avatar
    carol

    Oh my friend, these times we are living. I send you love and strength for the journey.

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  15. Nancy Avatar

    Sending love Grace, for you, the goats, your family, the land…on and on.
    The slender doll is such a gift to see and I worry about doing laundry as well. xo my friend.

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