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Dollar Store.   No calendars where they had been before.   eee   but then there they were,  two boxes full and it's Puppies, Baby Animals,  Landscapes,  Architecture of Europe,  Seas and Oceans,   many of each  …..no Butterflies.     but too good to be true, but True,  at the back of the second box,   this    ONE   and only This One…..i'm taking it as a sign.   And these last days of silence here….experiencing what that's been like….if there was no more Windthread???   no more of whatever this is /  has become…reading the comments and being unable to respond….MISSING the exchange.   The connection of US.   the pulse of the Thread.  Many thoughts and i ended up thinking in terms of Field Notes…as Deb G references.   Field notes.   I googled.

the researcher's  documentation of events,  conversations and behaviors observed in the field,  and the researcher's  reflections on them.           and then i thought….WHAT? field??????    What's the field?    it's  more than    a   field.   There's the field of this Hill,   the field of going to Town,  the field of citizenship in this country at this time in history,  and then….the field of my Mind/Heart

so…ok.   this for now.  Field Notes.

 

 

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  1. Deb G Avatar

    It’s so good to read this and I love the idea of us all as researchers…there are so many ways to document what we notice. 🙂 Glad you found some butterflies for the next year.

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  2. Beth from Still Life Pond Avatar
    Beth from Still Life Pond

    The silence… It was felt as a loss on this end.

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  3. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    You were missed … you are loved more than maybe you even realize. Wishing you a Merry Christmas Grace surrounded by your family. I always marvel at the thought of your four generations being Blessed with being able to have and hold one another.

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  4. Jude Avatar
    Jude

    Hey!
    Ho…

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  5. Carol Avatar
    Carol

    I would miss you, your thoughts and comments about this living of a “life” are food for my heart.

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  6. Peggy McG Avatar
    Peggy McG

    So glad that you are back and that you found a Butterfly Calendar! Field notes can be broken down to every second of every day.. it is what keeps me in awe and wanting to cram more wonderfulness into a day that is way too short for the fewer days left in my time span on earth. I love this time most of all! I am so grateful for living with technology that keeps us connected.

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  7. Nancy Avatar

    Grace~ Yay! I’m so glad you’re back. I missed you. I’ve always loved Deb’s field notes and yes…yours in your way too.
    Today was 61° and a drizzly rain as I walked at the bridge. It smelled so darn good.
    I’m glad you got your butterfly calendar for the new year.
    Welcome back and Carry on…

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  8. maria Avatar
    maria

    from the egg of a butterfly to carterpillar ,
    transformed to ” butterfly “

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  9. Catherine Avatar

    I’m happy that you are back blogging. And that you found a butterfly calendar. I truly love visiting here. Have a good day ( Christmas!).

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  10. Angie Avatar

    So happy you are back and that the Universe provided your calendar. Happy Holidays dear Grace.

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  11. grace Forrest Avatar

    so good to think of ourSelves this way….research….
    to learn. to know. to
    tell

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  12. grace Forrest Avatar

    on this end too. maybe somedayd, but not now.

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  13. grace Forrest Avatar

    it is a blessing in the true sense of the word….

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  14. grace Forrest Avatar

    i’m so glad that you are along here with me…
    thank you, Love and Love

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  15. grace Forrest Avatar

    the technology, yes….if we learn to use it wisely. But that’s the same as with any and all things.

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  16. grace Forrest Avatar

    carry on. i smile. Yes.
    Carry On.

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  17. grace Forrest Avatar

    and the moments along the way…each
    beauty
    full
    and then, begin again

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  18. grace Forrest Avatar

    thank you for caring….you matter to me

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  19. grace Forrest Avatar

    dear Angie…i am so happy that you are here….

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  20. Deb VZ Avatar
    Deb VZ

    I have deep wanderlust yet my daily commitments keep me firmly planted where I am…so I am a armchair wanderer seeing so many places and meeting such interesting people through this network of blogs and fieldnotes. My life would be so much smaller without this and you. Thank you. Wishing you more just going in the new year.

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