I have no such events like these right now, so i guess i can just
say Thank You
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Grace~ Oh yes…where did I learn this? A book…novel? Movie?
I could have told the bees of Mentryville today that we had a birth…best friend’s youngest, our 5th child (the youngest of hers and mine)…she birthed her 3rd, a beautiful baby boy. 💕
And a marriage on the 5th…in Hawaii, my middle niece…married on the beach and expecting their child, as well.
And then there was the passing of one of the men here in the building who was buddies with my J. – He really cared for J. and called him his son, even though they were closer in age than that. A quick hospice for throat cancer and another man who J. saw a lot…died suddenly (heart attack?)…and a woman, who we really did not know, but saw all of the time…the woman with a 4 wheeled walker, a survivor of polio as a child. A large memorial held for her in the community room.
Perhaps I should return to the hive in the tree, for there is much to tell the bees.
And a kind thank you would be good too.
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Sharing seems valuable on all levels don’tcha think? You never know…
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I need to go in search of bees today for I am shocked at the depth of my emotions on learning of the death of Pope Francis this morning. As a long standing ex-Catholic, (I left the church when I was 15) I rarely have felt anything but disgust at the Catholic church. Yet Francis was a rare man, humble, caring, kind, joyful with a superior intellect who did not at all care for the “trappings and pomp”” of his position. He cared about the people, plain and simple. He was a Jesuit, the intellectual branch of the priesthood and the first Latin American Pope. He lived his faith in a way that was true. (The fact that Vance was one of the last people he met with yesterday, sickens me…)
A man is gone, for while he had an exalted title, he was simply a man of strong beliefs and faith; a man not at all afraid to walk his faith and speak out against hatred, etc. A man who said, “Hostility, extremism and violence are not born of a religious heart: they are betrayals of religion.”
I will go and find bees, tell them of this loss and give them thanks for what they provide. This bee ritual has brought up a memory. We had a long honeysuckle vine that went along the length of an entire fence in our backyard. There were times when I would see my Dad standing in front of the vines, bees swirling about, in and out of the vines. Once I asked him what he was doing and he said, “I am saying goodbye to friends.” He did not say anything about the bees but maybe, just maybe, he was also telling them of his loss?LikeLike
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I love that you continue to bring me traditions I’ve never heard before. I love this one!!
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i haven’t heard about telling the bees , fine is that
it is so good to tell to those who hold it for them selfs
i tell what is on my heart when i go to sleep on my plillow and turn it backside afterLikeLike
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I always greet a bee when I find one. 🙂
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Close your eyes and Imagine all the people around the world that
would be Telling today, what it might be for the
bees
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i did not acknowledge. this is from
Facebook Deja HuLikeLike
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so BeautyFull an homage, Marti…i have read it several times so far and am not done
Thank you so so muchLikeLike
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Yesterday, was observing a neighbor maintaining his “bee boxes” for Mason Bees. oh, those amazing pollinators. We talked a bit about “telling the bees”, discussing wikipedia’s article about “telling”. and relating to one another of what we’ve “heard” from the storytellers of nature. I am just thrilled to see this in your journal.
Pope Francis’ death, for me personally, a great loss, and a much larger loss to the world. What is not lost are the examples, the possibilities. I leave religiosity or my own history out of that statement. As to Mr. Vance, there are volumes of unsaid or perhaps better – non-news – that Pope Francis and Mr. Vance “exchanged opinions”. There was an ocean of kindness, courtesy, political savvy, showing the courage of his convictions, his life well-lived, unsaid but with solidly underlying substance, those few words. traded opinions.
I understand Marti’s profound comment completely, grateful as well.LikeLike
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I would love to tell the bees many more heart wrenching, whether happy or sad, events.. they are strong insects, and can carry so much more than we can understand.
There was a reel on facebook that was of a woman who befriended a bee that had lost a wing. She fed it daily honey water, moved it around the flowers and I can only imagine the conversations they had. It lived a whole week in her care.LikeLike
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I think I heard it in a Midsomer Murders episode or the book/movie The Secret Life of Bees 🙂
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