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it's only been some days but feels like a LONG time.    and i should say,  it's not a laptop…it's a chrome book.  It's the exact same one as the other one but it

works.         and i guess has internal updates.    the thought came….the blog is like the house of  my mind.   ?      i think about this thought.   in a way it is that,  maybe,  but also more.   It's where i am with Us.   i will keep thinking about this…

there was extra time.  to reconsider.   i brought out the rolled walnut cloth with these pinned on…..spread it out as best i could and realized things.   There was no way i was going to be able to do what would be necessary to complete a Blanket,  let alone 3.  The reality of my space is too small.   so i   "sold out"  .   Alyssia and i had been looking at these things on FaceBook….Many sizes and this is the Throw size.   50X70.    100% Muslin.  Soft.  has Lift.   expensive.   but   POSSIBLE.   She picked the color…earthy grey.   I'll need to take it to her house to lay it out on the floor,   figure out the placing of the pieces,   pin securely enough so i  can roll and unroll through these next months.   this is good.   And if it works,  save up for a second one.     and part of the other thing that has taken root in me during this time….that came from the Gathering at the Well…..  words that Wendy gave me….Radical Acceptance….

There are  no school buses here.   You take and pick up your kids.   Julian has a half day on Wednesday and Alyssia had an appointment in Chico.   Jeff picked up the girls but that left Julian…so i did.   We decided to go to Panda Express…his fav,  they don't go often,  too expensive for all of them,   i wasn't sure where it was.   So he googled Maps and we DID IT tho i somehow got us lost on the way back but not so lost that we were really lost and we were happy about that.   It was GOOD.   really GOOD.  I think he has agreed to be my wandering partner.   Maybe that will be on his half day Wednesdays?   I want to find GoodWill. on my own.   he is really kinda cheating,   but  again…that Radical Acceptance and what that can bring….      But what came of this was driving back up CarefreeWay   i saw,  along the edge of the road by the creek

Plantain          bright.   vibrant.   viable plants      after the All Summer Dust Covered ones       From the couple days of Rain in the last week or so?   But Vibrant enough  to be harvested and used to begin learning how to make Plantain salve.    Minnow and i can walk down

so….I'm Glad to be back….i Thank You for coming here,  listening to these things and responding and me then,  responding to your response and maybe that can ripen….?    

Love to you All

Love to me

Love to the Planet

 

 

 

 

 

 

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17 responses to “return”

  1. Deb Avatar

    Welcome back. Little Chromebooks get the job done. A wandering partner is a wonderful thing!

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  2. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    I’ve spoken of this before,:how my beloved Dad would say, when one door closes, another opens. The laptop closed your world for a time,, the chrome book brought it back. In between this time, you saw with new eyes- saw how the beautiful spirals could become more; saw the beauty of place, saw the healing bounty of the plantain and found a way to spend some good time with your navigator Julian…sleepovers with Emrie, now and then, Wed. afternoons with Julian- life goes on in such fulfilling ways and we come knocking at the door, eager to see how it goes… Bienvenida querida grace, Welcome home dear grace.

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  3. Deb G Avatar

    Looks good and yes, I think a good solution. We need to do what works, what makes things happen…

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  4. Liz A Avatar

    Wednesdays with Julian … what a grand plan … and how chuffed would he be to navigate you to Goodwill? … a gift for both of you

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  5. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    Love back at ya … Grace I’m ready happy to see your blocks again. I love how scrappy comes together so beautifully … every time. How fun for you to have adventurous alone time with Julian. Going thrifting will be such fun and having lunch out now and again. Sounds like fun fun fun.

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  6. jude Avatar
    jude

    Ok then

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  7. CatherinE Avatar

    I was so happy to see your cloth back on the blog again. I didn’t really understand what you are going to purchase that’s expensive – is it a premade blanket? My garden quilt is 53 x 75 more or less, not much bigger than yours. I’m close to finishing the top. Then – the back & the quilting. I don’t want to get stuck again, but Radical Acceptance has to cover stuckness as well. I feel chatty now that you’re back!

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  8. Margery Avatar

    So good to see you back, Grace — to hear your Voice again!
    Your description of the Blog as the “House of the Mind” struck me hard and has continued to resonate & raise questions about why my own blog has been silent for so long. Thank you, as always, for your insights. Your time with Julian, the quilt, the bright green life of the plantain…. So much in your post to lift our hearts in this complicated, difficult time….

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  9. grace Forrest Avatar

    i think so much of you and Charlie

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  10. grace Forrest Avatar

    the home…where We All can be

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  11. grace Forrest Avatar

    i have feelings…but most…it’s True. Do what works.
    This will work and the work is good

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  12. grace Forrest Avatar

    don’t know about “chuffed”….but we’ll see.

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  13. grace Forrest Avatar

    it’s GOOD. He liked it in his reserved way. There were
    smiles.

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  14. grace Forrest Avatar

    Yes. Ok. OK then. OK

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  15. grace Forrest Avatar

    Radical Acceptance very MUCH about stuckness
    it IS. a premade blanket. With the walnut sheet, i would need a third layer…an inner…. and there’s just no way
    i can maneuver all that on my lap. My lap is small. By hand
    needs space. i simply do not have space. I can stuggle
    forever..OR do what works.

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  16. grace Forrest Avatar

    i check in with Trickster all the time…one of these days you
    will be there, when it’s Time…i can wait
    Love and Love to you

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  17. Nancy Avatar

    All of this goodness…discoveries, plans and getting through…
    I feel a shift over there. šŸ™‚

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