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from the trampled Goat dirt just outside,  toward the Morning Tree.   There's a lot of broken glass.  small pieces.   Jenny's man picks them up while she and i talk on and on.   He hands them to me by a palm full.   and then,  there was this

i saw an egyptian boat,  an Angel within,  sailing sailing across the river styx ….but then….no,   couldn't be, but the association was a Key and Good….an "angel"  ….spirit…..from the Other World that is simultaneous and ancient  ….   a SIGN.

First close Fire of this Season…ten miles away….standing at Sunny Ray and Jack Flash's fence  Alyssia and i watched the smoke plume rise.  Watched on the phone alert things….the evacuation there on those roads,  but then contained.  75 acres.   Here it goes.  

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  1. jaime Avatar
    jaime

    Are you as ready as you can be? I’ve begun approaching this time of year with a knot in my stomach wanting so much for there not o be any fires this year. Do you need anything?

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  2. Nanette Avatar
    Nanette

    Oh be safe. Give the goats practise at going into the trailers etc, remind them.

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  3. Yvette Avatar
    Yvette

    Oooooooh my dear Grace…..

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  4. jude Avatar
    jude

    I think about the Fire thing every day, I think about you and others and the Fire thing. The extremes in weather have me truly on edge as well. Here it just doesn’t stop raining, and I appreciate being on higher ground. In my dreams, the old place and all of Long Island wash away. Imagine.

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  5. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    Yes .. a sign that all will be well. I believe that with all my heart and yet I worry.

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  6. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    Heading into monsoon here, afternoon storms will start supposedly by Thurs and if I had special powers, I would direct the rains to you, on the hill, to hold until needed for any fires that come. With all that is going on, on so many levels, fire season just tips everything over…and my biggest hope is that you and la familia, people, animals hold and not have to evacuate BUT if it should happen, you are strong, have had the experience and will do what needs to be done- I know this in my huesos (bones)…

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  7. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    Post script: Sadness here in New Mexico this morning because the father of Chicano literature and the lover of this place called New Mexico, the land, the people, the myths, the stories, the foods, the whole of this place reflected so deeply and lovingly in his works, author Rudolfo Anaya has died. For me, one of the memories that I hold most dear is meeting him when he was honored in Albuquerque in 2014. One of my everlasting treasures is the letter he wrote back to me when I sent him a fan letter, both of us learning English when we went to school and both of us walking into a library for the first time and realizing that this holy place, filled with books, was our map to the world.
    I put this here because grace,you titled this blog post, Life forms and for me, Anaya will always be here, his spirit so much a form of life…

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    no….i’m not ready….or, my Stuff is not ready.
    I can’t seem to gather things…there seems to be a
    lot MORE this time…deciding what to take feels like
    more than i can do.
    there will always be fires, if not for us, for someone
    else.
    am in a different space about it all right now, and
    it’s hard to see what that space is

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  9. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    if it could be….that practice would work…

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  10. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    i sent you an email…maybe to wrong address, Edress?

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  11. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    my dreams continue to be so wildly happy
    one thing after another, Solved

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  12. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    a beauty Full sign, yes?

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  13. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    i ASK for a reprieve this year.

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  14. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    yes…i just read. I know how your Heart is with
    his loss on this plane.

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  15. Sarita Avatar
    Sarita

    Dear Grace….I have followed along, unable to comment for these last months. Always, I hold you in my thoughts, my heart.
    Fire season has arrived here also…as well as Stupid People (aka tourists) from surrounding states….no masks, no distancing. Much to be fearful of. I focus on the amazing beauty I’m surrounded by, my beloved trees, the river outside my door. These, and stitching cloth, the daily words of fellow “ragmates” sustain me. And the thought that one day I will see my children, grandchildren again…four months is nearly unbearable. Will the Littles even remember their gran…
    I love that you have ‘found’ an Angel, a blessing ♡
    Be well, my friend, stay safe. ♡♡

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  16. Sarita Avatar
    Sarita

    Oh!! Just as I hit send, an Osprey dove down to the river in front of me and caught a fish. Stunning…I never tire of scenes like this ♡

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  17. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    Ah, fire season holds so much concern. May you and yours and all who dwell with you be well. xo

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  18. Acey Avatar
    Acey

    it’s a lot of contradictory mindframe to hold steady – hunkering is the opposite of bugging out. To think on both levels and then also living internally ‘beyond’ in the space of happy dreams and solved dilemmas.
    I am in that space too. it’s kind of eerie …

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  19. Laura Avatar
    Laura

    Yes, and it’s good to know the trailer’s ready (one, two?).

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  20. Laura Avatar
    Laura

    How nice that you have those memories of him. One of the only books I’ve ever read twice was Bless Me, Ultima…
    New Mexico sounds like a magical place.

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  21. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    Thank you so much for coming here

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  22. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    i saw that once…in Kalispell, Montana. I can close
    my eyes today and see Again…yes…stunning.
    to live where it is within your Place is such a Gift…
    so so glad for you

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  23. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    am hoping for a FREE pass this time around

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  24. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    the ability to move in it with some equilibrium at all comes
    and goes…for some reason more this time.

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