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one of the Janet Chairs.   The other is at B Garden.  

this one props the door open…wind….has been in place for months now.   Weather app says rain all night.   ok.   so it will be the first night of closing the door.   Janet Chair is released.  rain begins at 10.     the big transition.   Goats will have settled hours ago down at the curve in the road up….at Jack's corner.   When rain starts,  they will come….in the dark,  not their best time of day,  to shelter in the Rain House.   it has to happen.     

am trying to meet it with a different sense of Goodness.   it has to happen this way because of   ……..   because of planetary ritual.  For the months ahead,   Rain will seep and soak into this Earth…the roots of things.   Enough to ensure that life continues.  Not like N.Mex,  the summer Monsoons….the Ritual here is the Winter months of Seep and Soak.   The Oaks have waited.   Toyon, Pine,  Manzanita,  Rattlesnake Grass,   Madia,   Plantain,  mosses and lichen,  mushroom and fungus.  So,  tonight we Begin Again.  and I will try to find my place it it.   

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6 responses to “from before”

  1. Deb G Avatar

    You’ve so perfectly described the change of season…

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  2. maria Avatar
    maria

    You do , You will find your way trough place making , isn’t it ,
    sun was comming trough the clouds this afternoon , after 4 gray days , breath again the light , the warm air , i’m grateful , will listen to that song aswell , will look find it at this pc
    blessed day’s for who read these words

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  3. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    This photo reminds me of the Polaroids Patti Smith takes. How very evocative of time and place. I can see Minnow in the webbing of the back of the chair
    Grace, you take such wonderful pictures. Thank you for sharing your life on the hill.

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  4. Carol Avatar
    Carol

    I just did a three day catch up on your words, and I feel like I just put on my cozy, at home, sweater. Comfortable, comforting and reliable for my needs. “Joy” , I am smiling with you and rejoice in the “Hope” for our youth. The soaking. I am at the Carson Hot Springs today as we are also expecting raiin and a soak outside will help keep the “darkness” contained. All around me are wonderful messages of hope. I think of you often and send much ❤️

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  5. Jude Avatar
    Jude

    And here, it it raining leaves.

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  6. Deb Avatar

    I have loved these chairs since you claimed them and named them..

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