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i began the day with cleaning the Altar .    This,  the far corner….Snoop Dog's corner.  I've had a crush on him for so long.  Him and the Our Lady 7 Day candle from New Mex,  long empty          And i thought why not,   i went to YouTube  Doggyland,  his Affirmations Song .   This morning on NPR   headline:  One of the world's most famous stoners has announced he's giving up the ganja

the mission of the day was to see if i could find my mala.   I was thinking of the old old wrist mala.   And i found it  AND the long one that i'd almost forgotten i have…i never used it much,  it's long.   A LOT of repititions,   a LOT of prayer,  a LOT of no distraction .   They were with things in the vehicle Evacuation bin.  Yes.

now i have them both.  Again,  i say.   I am Ready       Tomorrow,  i'll begin.   

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12 responses to “putting my house in order”

  1. Liz A Avatar
    Liz A

    the salt cedar sticks …

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  2. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    What holds meaning- our life altars: and I have to say that I love that Snoop Dog is next to La Virgin, she would approve! Something so satisfying about putting ones house in order; a cleansing of not only the physical but the spiritual, mental, soulful.
    This morning, before coming here, I dusted off my altar area, now my night stand, formerly the dresser. I had found a wonderful almost heart shaped rock, colored the red and sand colors of this land in New Mexico and I needed to do a little chant and place it on my altar.
    What is on my altar besides this newly found rock:
    The altar has a lovely woven green and white Turkish tea towel, a gift from my daughter Erika, that exactly covers the night stand.
    My altar is filled with books, many from Dr. Sharon Blackie as well as from my beloved Irish poet, philosopher, ex priest, John O’Donohue.
    Another very special book from my niece Lee, titled Wise Women and my touchstone book, Voices of Wisdom from Hawaiian Elders.
    For light and comfort, a lovely beeswax taper is in an old garage sale candle holder;a tiny soft green ceramic vase that holds some of the lavender that I dried this year from my garden.
    Above the altar is a soulful painting of a tree against a green backdrop, a gift from my daughter Shelley. Above this painting is a photo of a place that is home to me, the landscape of my heart, the Avoca River and bridge in County Wicklow, Ireland.
    The wall across from my altar is actually my extended altar for it holds 4 cloths that I dyed and stitched this year at the beginning of the year when I was immersed in Celtic myth and lore. The titles of these cloths are as follows: She Rose Ruffled, Resilient, Rooted and with Tay. Every time I see Tay’s name stitched on this cloth, I remember her and my heart smiles. The other cloths are Pathway to Center, Connemara Echoes and Mystic Stream.
    I believe that we carry our altars within us but having a tangible place, a place that holds physical meaning, is like entering a sacred space that we can visit daily.Seeing, touching, holding these tangible items every day, awakens my spirit…

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  3. Saskia van Herwaarden Avatar
    Saskia van Herwaarden

    hi, have missed out on so many posts Grace, your posts don’t arrive in my mailbox anymore (dunno why) and when I checked on my blog I ended up in June, weird, and now there’s too much to catch up with
    but I do think of you, I’ll leave it at that xxxx

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  4. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    my regards to Bird King

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  5. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    What a beautiful comment and practice Marti 🙂

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  6. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    What touches us…and when or how…how that can shift or change over time, yet some things remain sacred always. I find this interesting to consider.

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  7. Yvette Avatar
    Yvette

    Same here Saskia!

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  8. Yvette Avatar
    Yvette

    Thanks for describing you altar, and my heart jumps up with the Tay dress…
    Is it possible to make a picture and sent it to mail?

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  9. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    Yvette, the story behind the Tay cloth is that I was reading Dr. Sharon Blackie’s book, If Women Rose Rooted when I decided to make a cloth to honor what I was reading, to pt on my wall. Most of the simple cloths I naturally dye and stitch go on the walls of my home. During the making of this cloth, grace’s dearly loved Tay died. In Celtic mythology, dogs are very important to women; they are protectors, companions and dearly loved. I had come to know Tay when grace lived in New Mexico, and although I had always been afraid of big dogs, Tay instinctively understood this and was quiet and easy with me and I grew to love her. It just seemed so fitting to stitch her name to this cloth.
    If you would like, I could email you a photo of this cloth so you could see Tay’s name. My email address is:
    weisbrichmarti@hotmail.com

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  10. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    yes…them. i love them so much.

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  11. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    some things here are constant but it also changes, things come and go.
    what has been important to me is that there is a place, in my living space no matter where and how i have lived,
    for Spirit.

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  12. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    interesting and Good
    to consider

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