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the black/white magic beads.   this year of 77.    two strands.   the first,  red African blood bead at the end.   Second strand,  not yet.   That bead will be placed at the end.,  the completion of this 77th year.   as per "instruction".   

the days are too short.   Talkie "goes to bed"….makes her way up the Tree bough to her sleeping twig  at 4:46 pm.  Soon after,  light fades.   till Solstice.  My difficult days  though now changed because of the Gratitude for no Fire.     The seasons and markers of Season have different,  changed,  new meaning.    There is no  reliable repetition.    Much is unknown.  and so….to rely on this,  Crow and magic black and white.  Blood red.   remaining,  through it.   

 

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15 responses to “black/white magic beads”

  1. Nancy Avatar

    To be able to lean into the things we know, those that remain and are constant…and the deep value in that. xo

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  2. dee Avatar

    The way you’re building this cloth is redefining patchwork. Starts getting dark here at 3:30. For some reason I am feeling the isolation of the pandemic in an acute way this season.

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  3. Liz A Avatar

    the crow … and now I’m remembering the crows at the Wildflower Center when we visited with Parker last week … the day after Meg’s 39th birthday on November 30th … your birthday too? … may each day of your 77th year be marked, like a bead on a string

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  4. grace Forrest Avatar

    and to acknowledge that they Hold us

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  5. grace Forrest Avatar

    yes…that isolation…yes, more now. Glad you
    say this…it’s not just me

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  6. grace Forrest Avatar

    yes…the 30th. wow…she is the only
    other person i know of!

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  7. grace Forrest Avatar

    then…on my birthday, 39 years ago, you were in labor

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  8. Joanne in Maine Avatar
    Joanne in Maine

    Yes, it feels somehow sadder than the first December of COVID. I feel more distance between the people I see out…not that many people. Daughter is working in doors now with unmasked Trump people. She won’t come into our house. Stands on porch to talk.
    happy birthday Grace.

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  9. CatherinE Avatar

    It seems like we are awakening to uncertainties that were always there. It’s so uncomfortable. I like Nancy’s comment “lean into the things we know.”

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  10. Greta Avatar
    Greta

    Gratitude for no Fire, and Happy Birthday Grace

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  11. Liz A Avatar

    I love that you snake this connection between us … I labored from 6:00 pm on the 29th until she was born at 11:39 pm on the 30th

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  12. Liz A Avatar

    Oh good grief … “make” not “snake” 🙄

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  13. dee Avatar

    Happy belated birthday, Grace! Now the gestures of self-care seem like birthday presents to yourself.

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  14. Hazel Avatar

    Happy new year to you, dear Grace. I doubled clicked over and over on this photo, looking at the stitches of each bead, and loving the folds and creases of the black cloth, the wings…
    These dark days, I don’t remember them being like this before- waiting for daylight to stitch with, racing against it before midafternoon.

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  15. LaceLady Avatar
    LaceLady

    I am so sorry that I missed remembering your birth day! 30th November ~ my Mr. BaggyPants’ natal day as well. Liz – I love your phrase: “marked, like a bead on a string”.

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