having been caught unprepared when the temperatures got so cold,  december,  i used what i had for Minnow's bed insulation.  It had been just all folded and doing nothing in the back room.   so now,  is a denim and    literal    mud cloth    futon (less) cover.   Can hang out here for the next…

more toward fence line above  area of Big Meadow.    The time it takes for Earth to form the floor of a Forest.     Years.   Hundreds of them.   Years for the trees to grow,  years for them to mature and fall.   Years to decompose,  be incorporated into the earth beneath.     How many human beings…

for the most part,  this is how it is.   GREEN.    more than ever before.   Many of the grasses i had become familiar with are not so much.   Others are More.   Different wild plants have taken center stage while others that were in profusion are not.    These last days the Goats,  for the first…

its been so long         warm        Sun    pause again       breathe again door open,   only  screen door      only long sleeve cotton shirt.      Only.       Only  SUN.     only pause      only breathe

"it is the heart……..speaking out loud in the clear air"      David Whyte                  i like to think the Universe says Metta for me sometimes  in the face of things,   i can fall into a place where i think Metta is weak.   that its words are naive, …

i would be like her.   Present.   in any moment.  

i had ZERO memory of this card. i have gotten into the habit of keeping this collection of index cards on the Table.   like now,   there's usually 20 some of them.  I write all manner of things.   words i constantly can't remember and are on the tip of my tongue,  driving me nuts,   like   IDIOM…

Wendy said…. "working with clear energies that are often opposing each other,  to allow for more clarity,  less intensity,  and a clearer  compass towards reconciliation and integration"    integration…..       required. Dee's post.   I was so flooded with gratitude to her for the beautifully crafted presentation of all that i     live  with…..the part…

go read Pattern and Outrage     Dee Mallon.com