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here it's just pinned.   Has since been stitched in place.   10 and 11.    This one will take the Center position on the blanket i make for my self.   It created its self.   chose.   its self.    in order to show     me.   

i spent time wondering about  "new Year".    maybe it doesn't need to continue to have meaning…?….what exactly is the use of its meaning?    does it serve good purpose?,  any purpose?   and on.    There weren't any  answers but it ended up staying.  It's how we organize days and years.   ok.  but this time it was/is different.   Things i've done for so long,  that i took such pleasure in,  just didn't happen.   no fanfare,  just didn't happen.    the crab legs…a once a year extravagance.   i made potatoe carrot soup.    The ritual with the Butterfly Calendar….going through the passing year,  month by month,   bring forward what might be helpful or interesting  as notes on the New Year's.    I sat with January,  2022.   January 23  has one entry on the third.   the rest is blank.  Waiting.  But the Butterfly Calendar is strong.

after a week of,   to be honest,   Miserable Rain  sog and mud,   miserable because Goats still expect, need,  routine…. today was Brilliantly and Elegantly SUN ny.   the day Glowed with green,  with reflected drops of rain,  muchrooms i've not seen before,  and ….and….the tree frogs….my "spring peepers" of the mid west…began their Song.    tomorrow and forecast through the next 2 weeks…more Rain.   the aquifers will fill.  the aquifers will fill.   this could be a song.   but it does not erase the misery.   That will come with February….i smile….a new month marked by calendar.    

i am different.  becoming different~er.   i have no idea,  zero,   exactly what that means.    I'll have to wait and find out as it happens.   is a good feeling.   it all connects with that post of i think 12~16,   about the 77.   that sense of becoming Free.  i look forward to seeing how things

go

Much love to All here,   and every where.   But to all Here.  Much.

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  1. Maria Avatar
    Maria

    Hello dear friendship ,yes look forward to see how i /we go on with 2023 give’s us
    Here the rain go’s on aswell soft and warm for these winter periode and we had the mosted warm year changes in time 15 C .
    Also lots of fun with the connecting thread

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  2. Liz A Avatar

    I love your calendar ritual … something my mom did each year which I haven’t continued, but still it resonates … she would write the anticipated age of each family member for the year to come
    here in Texas there is no rain … will be no rain for some time to come … but the weather is mild, the sun strong even if low in the sky … the reservoir capacity is an integral part of the weather forecast here … it is that important
    wishing you a peace-full new year and gentle weather … and many heart-felt spirals to come

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  3. CatherinE Avatar

    It’s moving to see the center spiral of your blanket take shape. I remembered that you call the #3 patch “warrior” cloth. Yesterday I read somewhere “warrior is often used to describe a bodhisattva.” I thought you would like that. Pretty quiet new year here too. I just put lights on the Christmas tree, no decorations except for one star made out of clothespins by my sister. Easiness…

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  4. jude Avatar

    Happy Free grace, I am headed that way too.

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  5. Nancy Avatar

    Oh, I’ve so been thinking of you in this rain we’ve been having. It’s been so strong and wild and so, I think of you there on the hill.
    This is a beautiful block for Center. Really beautiful.
    My friend and I were just talking about ‘living in the moment’ – but not the trendy, cliche, of that…but just really being focused on a small block of time as you move through it…and Not thinking or planning too far out. I also don’t mean in a careless, superficial carefree way…but a respectful way. As in: I will focus on this next thing, this thing that I am engaged with. Then what comes next, will come next. This feels good.
    I’m glad there was Sun at the end of your sog and mud. There usually is, eh? xo

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  6. Deb G Avatar

    There is something extra special about a sunny day after a lot of rain. Holidays are always a very quiet thing for me, for lots of reasons.

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