tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771263351922302652024-03-12T18:16:51.997-05:00mary mary commentaryMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638261544726799069noreply@blogger.comBlogger594125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577126335192230265.post-1249171905856509242020-06-02T17:29:00.001-05:002020-06-02T17:29:23.271-05:00Namaste<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As I finish up my certification for the Restorative Partner Yoga from <a href="https://www.gobodhiyoga.com/">Bodhi Yoga</a>, the world seems to be in complete disarray! Every week there seems to be a new tragedy a new crisis and it feels so heavy. I always hope that through the breaking, there will be space for the positive. With the Pandemic I hope for new ways of running the world, new power structures, new ways of taking care of people, new eyes to see that the old way wasn't really working. With the current protests against police brutality it is the same hope -- new power structures, new ways of taking care of our neighbors, new ways to see that there was so so so much unfairness and violence and it was not ever working for everyone in this country -- basically built for upper middle class white men. Which, I guess, makes sense, since those are the people who founded our country, but! They also claimed to be thinkers and to be Christian, so one would hope that the idea of treating other people who weren't exactly like them with dignity and respect was part of that original equation. Every great religion and philosophy espouses the idea that one should treat others the way that one would like to be treated! It is so basic, it is capital T TRUTH. But basic isn't always simple, apparently. I won't ever understand what it is like to be a black person in this country, but I will do my best to educate myself and my children, and stand in solidarity with my brothers and sisters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I hope that by studying the partner yoga and all of the lovely side paths that go along with it, that I can add to the peace, love, and understanding on this beautiful Earth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Namaste </span>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638261544726799069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577126335192230265.post-10939936502576554282020-05-06T16:33:00.000-05:002020-05-23T13:31:51.344-05:00Spring Flower Garland<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Finished this really cute flower garland from <a href="https://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/2020/04/spring-garland-ta-dah.html">Attic 24</a>! I love it so much. Doing all of the leaves got a wee bit tedious, but really it was a fun little project!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638261544726799069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577126335192230265.post-42300918055635952252020-05-01T16:34:00.000-05:002020-05-23T13:30:27.725-05:00May Day!Received such a lovely bouquet from a friend -- Happy May Day everyone!<br />
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638261544726799069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577126335192230265.post-63630729068829536892020-04-25T16:39:00.000-05:002020-05-23T12:43:34.789-05:00Harmony<span style="color: #050505; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">A variation of the harmony blanket from <a href="https://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/harmony-blanket.html">Attic 24</a> for the family of a dear friend who passed away too soon 💔 color choices based on what I had in the house... It was dicey at times, but I think it turned out okay in the end. Mostly I hope it's cozy and comforting ✨✨✨</span></span><br />
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638261544726799069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577126335192230265.post-34254607707166374432020-04-19T16:26:00.000-05:002020-05-21T17:11:36.895-05:00Happy Birthday to Chiyaruzu<span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Happy Birthday to my life loving son </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Charles</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">! Whose only birthday request was for me to write him a poem </span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-block; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🥰" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tea/1/16/1f970.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">than to wildly descend</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">careening hills without</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">what better way to see</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">solid citizen of the concrete</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">sliding open each new day</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">with a whoop of "ni wa!"*</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">what better way to dream</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">what better way to remember</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">than to relish only the</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">long worthwhile "whee!"</span><br />
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<span style="color: #050505; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Friluftsliv, a new to me word
encountered yesterday in
this cocooned time of slow</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #050505; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
seclusion: "fresh air life," an idea
I can get behind as I tilt my head
to identify the song of a newly
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<span style="color: #050505; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">returned bird, Earth turning to
absorb more light, periwinkles
peeking through waxy greenness,
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<span style="color: #050505; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">sweet blossomy scents
perfuming evening air,
whorls of fern and maple leaf
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<span style="color: #050505; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">stretching and widening, spring
tornadoes and earth shakings,
the still leafless poison ivy blistering
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<span style="color: #050505; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">the tender skin of my inner
arm, microscopic virus
settling into throat and lung.
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<span style="color: #050505; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">aaaah, awe
nature</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I felt the weight</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">of snow</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">bending the hyacinths</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">as I brought my</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">first baby home,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">full of love</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and bewilderment;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">the scent of witch hazel</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and the smooth skin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">of a newborn's neck</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">swirling around our little</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">nest, the fluttery chest</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">echoing my own</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">determination to live.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now, as then,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">topsy turvy time,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">reckoned by</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">which window is</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">currently best for</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">sunbathing,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">wondering when</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">was the last</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">time I brushed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">my teeth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">mfs 4.2020</span><br />
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font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; margin-bottom: -4px; margin-top: -4px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">::</span></span><span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j muag1w35 enqfppq2 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto" style="display: block; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; margin-bottom: -4px; margin-top: -4px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j muag1w35 enqfppq2 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto" style="display: block; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; margin-bottom: -4px; margin-top: -4px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Following the crow's</span></span><span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j muag1w35 enqfppq2 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto" style="display: block; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; margin-bottom: -4px; margin-top: -4px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">distant flight, yellow</span></span><span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j muag1w35 enqfppq2 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto" style="display: block; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; margin-bottom: -4px; margin-top: -4px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">treasure dangling</span></span><span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j muag1w35 enqfppq2 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto" style="display: block; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; margin-bottom: -4px; margin-top: -4px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j muag1w35 enqfppq2 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto" style="display: block; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; margin-bottom: -4px; margin-top: -4px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">from its ebony</span></span><span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j muag1w35 enqfppq2 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto" style="display: block; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; margin-bottom: -4px; margin-top: -4px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">beak, I'm grateful</span></span><span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j muag1w35 enqfppq2 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto" style="display: block; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; margin-bottom: -4px; margin-top: -4px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">for the still bare</span></span><span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j muag1w35 enqfppq2 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto" style="display: block; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; margin-bottom: -4px; margin-top: -4px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j muag1w35 enqfppq2 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto" style="display: block; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; margin-bottom: -4px; margin-top: -4px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">branches, grateful</span></span><span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j muag1w35 enqfppq2 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto" style="display: block; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; margin-bottom: -4px; margin-top: -4px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">for the clarity</span></span><span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j muag1w35 enqfppq2 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto" style="display: block; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; margin-bottom: -4px; margin-top: -4px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">that scarce sparsity</span></span><span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j muag1w35 enqfppq2 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto" style="display: block; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; margin-bottom: -4px; margin-top: -4px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j muag1w35 enqfppq2 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto" style="display: block; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; margin-bottom: -4px; margin-top: -4px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">can bring, grateful</span></span><span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j muag1w35 enqfppq2 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto" style="display: block; 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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638261544726799069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577126335192230265.post-75468164639621329702020-03-28T17:26:00.000-05:002020-05-21T17:27:20.162-05:00Happy Birthday to Phin!<div>
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638261544726799069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577126335192230265.post-29926941919737944162020-03-26T17:20:00.000-05:002020-05-21T17:20:34.366-05:00Yoga in Place<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My goal was to finish my Restorative Partner Yoga Certification from <a href="https://www.gobodhiyoga.com/">Bodhi Yoga</a> by the end of March (after the "end of the year," "end of the Summer," "end of last March..." goals were not met, eek!) so that I could bring the whole packet with me to Utah when we went for Spring Break. Well! All of our plans have now been dashed as we're being told that the best way to "flatten the curve" of covid-19 is to stay home. We are so sad that we won't be seeing our sweet little families there -- Ella really wanted us to see her pregnant tummy! And Clara is crawling and all sorts of other fun things. But! I would hate to be the cause of the virus spreading all across the United States, or give it to my parents! So we are staying home for now. I have one session left to do and one more blog post after this one! So things are definitely getting close! Hopefully I can use this extra time well to wrap it all up!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So, now to last Saturday. Tonya and I now teach at the same yoga studio. She was so encouraging to me as I started my yoga certification journey at <a href="https://www.gobodhiyoga.com/">Bodhi Yoga</a>.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I was intimidated by her amazing-ness and she would always say, "I have been teaching for a very very long time, AND you're not me, you're YOU!" Which is true, right? And she also pushed me to just get out there and get my teaching hours. Literally made me do it. Yes, I love her. She hardly ever asks for subs and when she does, I had heard that some of her students will get up and walk out when they see another teacher show up! Can you believe that? It is insane! So last Friday when she texted me personally -- not in the main teacher group thread -- to ask if I could sub for her the next morning so that she could attend a retreat in Wisconsin I said, "Sure thing!" (haha) because, even though those stories of students leaving intimidated me, I knew it would mean a lot to her. I planned my class and tried to push down my nervousness, knowing people were getting up extra early on a Saturday morning for her -- for her! And I totally understand, she is a great teacher! </span><br />
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I was hoping that writing it all out would help me flesh out some sort of moral or life lesson, but it hasn't -- it is mostly an amusing anecdote! But I guess what I could learn is to not be a jerk? I'm sure those people are perfectly nice and feel entitled to have a choice in how to spend their money and time, but do they realize how rude they're being? How bad they made me feel? How hard they're making it for their beloved teacher to take a little break sometimes? It is really quite selfish. So, next time you decide to set aside a little me time and do something for yourself -- like attend a yoga class -- remember that it is not only about you. Very few things in life are.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638261544726799069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577126335192230265.post-31641937242192183742020-02-26T19:39:00.002-06:002020-05-21T16:20:38.042-05:00Isabela Phoebe<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm still, STILL, working on finishing up the hours I need for my Restorative Partner Yoga certification from <a href="https://www.gobodhiyoga.com/">Bodhi Yoga</a>, but I am definitely getting there! I think I only need three more! Oh my goodness. I am so so good at procrastinating! It is indeed my greatest talent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In my desperation I have turned to my family to be my guinea pigs. I worked on Ibby for the first time in December and then she let me do it again the other night and there was something so sweet about it! As I worked the sen lines on her legs and pressed the marma points on her arms I was reminded of when she was a baby and I'd rub her little body while she nursed. I enjoyed her infancy so much! We had just moved to this house and I finally felt settled after moving around for many many years. We finally had enough room to stretch out and run around so we didn't feel so much like we were right on top of each other. I also was taking my happy vitamins -- really it is fish oil -- but I was so so worried about experiencing postpartum depression again. I had had it quite badly with both Charles and Lucinda, so I was dreading that baby time. I had read somewhere that fish oil would help so I began to take it quite faithfully and lo and behold! The dreaded depression and panic attacks never arrived! It made such a difference! And she was such a chill baby! But I always wonder if it is a chicken and egg situation. Was she chill because I was more calm? Or was I more calm because she was chill? She still is pretty mellow! It is her personality for sure. And the other two, are, shall we say, not, haha!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Anyway, it was really nice for me to be able to go back to that time, as it were. Through the sense of touch I was able to recall that time so vividly and it was beautiful. She is such a sweetie and I am trying to cherish these last couple of years with her home (sob, sob, sob).</span><br />
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Last night, an owl<br />in the blue dark<br />tossed<br />an indeterminate number<br />of carefully shaped sounds into<br />the world, in which,<br />a quarter of a mile away, I happened<br />to be standing.<br />I couldn’t tell<br />which one it was –<br />the barred or the great-horned<br />ship of the air –<br />it was that distant. But, anyway,<br />aren’t there moments<br />that are better than knowing something,<br />and sweeter? Snow was falling,<br />so much like stars<br />filling the dark trees<br />that one could easily imagine<br />its reason for being was nothing more<br />than prettiness. I suppose<br />if this were someone else’s story<br />they would have insisted on knowing<br />whatever is knowable – would have hurried<br />over the fields<br />to name it – the owl, I mean.<br />But it’s mine, this poem of the night,<br />and I just stood there, listening and holding out<br />my hands to the soft glitter<br />falling through the air. I love this world,<br />but not for its answers.<br />And I wish good luck to the owl,<br />whatever its name –<br />and I wish great welcome to the snow,<br />whatever its severe and comfortless<br />and beautiful meaning.</div>
Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638261544726799069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577126335192230265.post-63728744768193197532020-02-14T19:12:00.000-06:002020-02-26T19:12:42.795-06:00Valentine Sparkle<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I hope that everyone had a sparkly day!
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When I was doing my Restorative Partner Yoga training at <a href="https://www.gobodhiyoga.com/">Bodhi Yoga</a> I really enjoyed the immersive aspect of the experience. (I did a 10 day intensive course, and Syl Carson, the owner, also offers a course that meets on weekends over a few months). I probably could have stolen away and gone back to my mom's house or had lunch with family, but I loved staying really close to the studio and not getting into my car for the whole day. On the last day of the training, I walked across the street to my favorite little soup place. It felt cold and loud inside the restaurant -- I can never really adjust to air conditioning, brrr! So I took my food outside to have some quiet time (near the road, haha) and feel the sun burrow into my bones. As I sat down, a small blue object caught my eye. I bent down to see what it was and found the remains of a robin's egg! I looked around and could not imagine where it possibly could have come from! It was just lying in the rocky ground cover all by itself. Don't they usually fall from a tree? But there weren't any trees nearby. So, I concluded that it must obviously be a message from the universe! Of course. I took the egg back to the studio and presented it to Syl as a gift, adding it to the objects on the main altar. Later I looked up what the meaning could be and found this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Robin will incite new growth in all areas of your life, areas that have become stagnant and out-dated. You must believe in yourself as you move forward for if you do, barriers will disappear, and confrontations will be for show only. Robin will show you how to do this with joy in your hearts. Their song is a happy one, reminding you to let go of your personal drama and learn to laugh with life.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The robins eggs are powder blue. This colour is associated with the throat chakra in man and is also linked to heavenly inspiration. As the throat chakra’s main function is use as an expression of All That Is and the egg is symbolic of new life, you will be taught how to express yourselves positively in all you do. You will be lead to new beginnings without fear by restoring trust in yourself and your soul. Meditate on Robin and the right path will be shown to you."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I thought that was very applicable as I was ready to start out on this new path -- growing, the need to believe in myself, learning to laugh with life, and finding my voice in this new modality. I still don't see myself as a healer, but as I have gone through this experience of getting my practice hours in, I have loved hearing how good it makes people feel, how restorative the sessions are, and yes, how incredibly healing this Partner Yoga can be. Plus, it's my favorite color! So, that is also a little kiss from heaven telling me I'm on the right track. </span>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638261544726799069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577126335192230265.post-27004709939112071632020-01-22T07:14:00.000-06:002020-02-26T19:14:31.806-06:00January Sunrise<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Taken from the warmth of my bedroom
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<br />Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638261544726799069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577126335192230265.post-5711407982545448662020-01-21T19:15:00.000-06:002020-02-26T19:15:28.525-06:00Mindful(less)ness<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Today I decided to be more mindful as I drove around town and I kept missing my turns! It turns out that I drive better when I'm thinking random things, basically on auto pilot, than when I'm noticing the car next to me and its particular shade of blue </span><span class="_5mfr" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/1f499.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">💙</span></span><span class="_5mfr" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/1f499.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">💙</span></span><span class="_5mfr" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/1f499.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">💙</span></span>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638261544726799069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577126335192230265.post-50873745119798345362020-01-20T15:13:00.000-06:002020-05-21T16:21:52.204-05:00To Realize Life While We Live It<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It has been freezing freezing lately. But it makes it so the radiators keep steaming away and my bedroom gets so hot! It's positively sweltering! And then Matthew wants to cuddle and I just can't take it! There really is no completely comfortable place in my house, temperature wise. Perhaps if I stood in the middle of the stairway between floors... I could set up a cushion for reading.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We saw Our Town yesterday afternoon. Have you seen it? It was amazing! I've read it before and thought it was so boring -- it is, after all, depicting how regular life is -- but seeing it played out was beautiful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We took the day off from school today so it is a rest day for me. I still have the two yoga classes, but no schooling is happening and the boys have friends over. This morning they were being so ridiculous -- just random loud noises for the sake of making a racket and asking questions like, "Mom, how many bowling balls do you see falling from the sky right now?" There were also lovely things like, "How is it possible that the big snowflakes look so much like overripe dandelions?" But I finally had to say that I am so sorry, but I just don't have any capacity for nonsense today. Sometimes that is just how it is!</span></div>
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638261544726799069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577126335192230265.post-46588612389245766092020-01-16T20:16:00.000-06:002020-01-20T15:16:45.713-06:00Chiron<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
My oldest son is 23 years old and has gotten married and had a baby within the past year. In the last six months or so he has been obsessed with talking to me about the wounds from his childhood that I caused. He's told me not to feel bad (oh, don't worry! I do!) but that he just wants to heal them. Okay, fine. I try to not get defensive and just listen, say I'm sorry, but he does this every time we're together! In September when I went to help with the baby, he'd corner me <span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">and want to talk about it.</span></div>
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I understand that he has real issues -- I was very young when he was little, he's the 2nd of 6 kids so he was there for my grumpy pregnancies and difficult first years of babies, he was the only boy with 3 sisters until he was 12 and he liked to bug them, my husband was in graduate school and we moved often... I'm sure he bore the brunt of my immaturity, impatience, and exhaustion. And yet! I loved him! I cuddled with him, read him stories, took him to the park, traveled the world -- we lived in Japan, France, and Spain (is going to museums a wound, haha), was an advocate for him at school, went to chess tournaments, basketball games, cross country meets, rubbed his feet when he couldn't sleep, I didn't yell when he was smoking pot in his bedroom, have been so supportive of his strange post high school choices, not to mention feeding him and keeping him alive!!!</div>
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This past Christmas we had everyone here and despite a stomach bug, we had a great time being together. But, there he was again, when we were alone, bringing it up. And the last night he says to me, " Mom, I have seen your soul. I know you better than anyone and I know you're more than just a mean person." Uh... I was speechless. Is that supposed to be a compliment? I wouldn't even use that word to describe myself. Moody, maybe <span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4c/1/16/1f642.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">🙂</span></span> but that's obviously how he sees me.</div>
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So I finally looked at his chart last night and the very first thing in his first house is freaking Chiron!!!! I have often said that he was born mad and he really was! And it's aspecting Pluto and the moon? At this point he seems to only be remembering the harder times which isn't accurate, but regardless, he definitely has Mommy problems. He never says anything like this to his dad.</div>
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Did we even have a chance? Is this just our journey together? Can this relationship be saved? <span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t52/1/16/1f923.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">🤣</span></span><span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t40/1/16/1f62d.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😭</span></span><span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t52/1/16/1f923.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">🤣</span></span><span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t40/1/16/1f62d.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😭</span></span></div>
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638261544726799069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577126335192230265.post-23213275885884848602018-10-23T13:27:00.000-05:002020-02-04T13:28:09.162-06:00Tiny Poem Tuesday<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">We've never tried</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">to mend the hole</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">at the end of our drive,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">hoping that avoidance</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">will be enough</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">but it keeps getting bigger</span>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638261544726799069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577126335192230265.post-41028741720295003222018-10-09T13:24:00.000-05:002020-02-04T13:26:51.254-06:00Tiny Poem Tuesday<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I'd really like</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">to speak the language</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">of birds and flowers,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">but I only know crow.</span>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638261544726799069noreply@blogger.com0