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so.   here we are.  the CampOven.   it can accommodate the  large pyrex casserole for the Zucchini Pizza! etc.    2 stove top burners.    !!!!    and….bake a potato.   what more is there to want?   it's on the metal stand that belongs to the Wood Splitter that was brought from N Mex.   The wood splitter being a prized possession there,  but here…,  not strong enough to split Oak and even if it could,   a no burn world.   So…the splitter sits under this house as a form onto which various insects create homes but now it's table…perfect for this.   and you would never guess,  the test run…..a Banquet Turkey Pot Pie from the Dollar Store.   Knowing Alyssia was coming and knowing we were going to try it  out,   i'd brought one home.   I love them.  They are my poor food that is Happy for so many years…from in college and on….with iceberg lettuce and Kraft Catalina dressing….just sheer happiness.   and it 

worked.

so much more to say here but the day began with   NPR Morning Edition about Near Death Experience  and Bruce Grayson,  professor emeritus of psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences at University of Virginia….there is no proof but the conclusion he finds is "the universe i a friendly place.  There's nothing to be afraid of.  and there's something greater than us that is in control of things.  I can't say i believe that, but i certainly have absorbed the feeling of that,  that this is a safe place to be"

and i rested in the Safe Place for Trust Time

then…off and on as body would allow,  i  arranged things in the vehicle called Friend,  the minivan…not a van,  not a car….ending up with a smaller than original tub and a milk crate.   Taking a lot out that will just stay out.  Taking some out now to see how it might go but bringing back in.   It's good.  it will be ok.    And mid day today,  i decided to NOT bring the 13 Xtra Xtra large bags of cloth.   All along,  the back…under the "trunk" hatch,  there…was to be filled with these.   But today…i thought not.   Leave them.   Leave them to fate.  and this set into motion so much….that remains in motion as day disappears.   The question…WHY?

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21 responses to “today”

  1. Yvette Avatar
    Yvette

    I don’t understand this….
    This set into motion

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  2. Liz A Avatar
    Liz A

    near death experience … how Don’s grandmother, Daisy May Angus, was crippled with arthritis, nearly blind, with many other health issues … her heart stopped while at church, but a doctor was nearby so she was revived … and was she ever mad! … she said, in effect, “I was in the most wonderful place … why did you make me come back?” …

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  3. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    The question WHY, could change…maybe in this moment, what has been set into motion is the simple fact that you do not need all of those bags of cloth, that whatever comes, whatever happens, it is enough to take some of the cloths that have told you a story, that you have created…knowing that to create, whether on cloth, or paper, or planting seeds, or writing words, these acts of creativity, are held within and are always with us…

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  4. Peggy McG Avatar
    Peggy McG

    Why and what if… love those words.. they inspire our minds to think outside the box… it is the inquisitive child and the scientist all rolled into one. They can be heartbreaking questions also.. and that is where comfort food comes in… yumm i love those frozen pot pies too!! Eeee love that the campoven works!!! They last forever too!

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  5. CatherinE Avatar
    CatherinE

    The camp oven looks fantastically useful. Yesterday at trust time, I observed a long filament of spider silk outside the window. I couldn’t see where it was attached – it looked like it was ascending to the sky, moving gently in the breeze. It was the perfect image of connection.

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  6. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    (I posted a comment about how I experienced trust time yesterday, on Dee’s blog and have come back to share it.)
    …this morning, Trust Thurs, my concentration was all shot to hell when I heard that tell tell “whoosh” sound, looked up and overhead, a formation of 5 hot air balloons, flying about. After all of this time and the many sightings, I still get giddy with delight and somehow, it eased the moment and so I held to thoughts of freedom, getting away from it all, how our land must look from way up high and how a silly, grinning, waving, prancing woman must look to those in the balloon! I even danced around the grapevine, my place to stand and hold my thoughts. I guess you could say that reciprocity came into play, they gave me an uplift moment and I hope I did the same for them with my antics!”

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  7. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    Oh I would have been crazy mad too ..

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  8. jude Avatar
    jude

    Who knows?

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  9. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    Me too!

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  10. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    My Trust talk happened today instead, as I forgot yesterday (even though I was excited to be home to participate)…it has been such a good experience so far Grace. Thank you.

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  11. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    so many questions. WHY keep all these scraps if i am not making Cloths. Why would i continue making Cloths? What does it MEAN to me? What does it just…mean? Can drawing be enough? i can’t know until i try. Why don’t i try? How is cloth making different from drawing?
    and on and on and on

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  12. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    worldwide, cross all identifiers, it was the same. Same experience. there was no fear. it was Safe.

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  13. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    these are the questions.

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  14. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    and thank you for knowing of their use…the woman who bakes…
    those pies…how completely satisfying they are…maybe 2 peas, same, carrot 4 potato and the seemingly faux turkey cubes…but just so wonderful and i also magically DID have iceberg lettuce and, AND, Kraft Catalina dressing….!!!!!
    Everything…i had Everything…the lettuce still enough crisp….sometimes stuff is perfect

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  15. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    perfect…and i will remember this and take it with me
    into the next Trust Time…begin that way

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  16. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    and this…to Trust spontaneity, to trust Joy…yes yes and
    yes.

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  17. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    i keep harboring the wish to KNOW. To decide.
    DECIDE
    but…i can’t. What will happen in a moment, will
    happen and then it will all go on

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  18. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    i forgot to remind us on Wednesday night

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  19. Liz A Avatar
    Liz A

    trust here … sitting on the back porch, hearing the crunch of a shovel out front … the public works guys digging to fix a leak in our water line … how we trust that water will come into our house on demand … how we trust it will stay where it is supposed to … but water will do what it will do and go where it will go if even the smallest hole is presented … and then, how we trust there will be good people to help us, to contain the water

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  20. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    🙂 Not on you. I was busy in the head that morning and home w/ J. is different from time alone in my car, even if I am also thinking of my driving.

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  21. joy in az Avatar
    joy in az

    When I lived in Tucson there were monthly meetings of IANDS (Int’l Assoc of Near Death Studies), heard so many accounts that were verifiable.. lives changed, hope given..no punishment or judgment… all life experience is for growth & expanding awareness & love…now part of my deeply held beliefs in place of rigid fundamentalism..lots of good NDE stories on youtube. Beautiful CampStove, May she be a warm & faithful companion to you for years to come

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