(Yes, this post DID, in fact, go up very late. It happens.)
On our ride yesterday (which I totally forgot to mention) we ended up at a new frozen yogurt place. Dan had googled this a while back, but I told him it probably didn’t exist. (Mostly because I was SURE it wasn’t really where he said it was.) Very good to know, now that we’ve confirmed: I was completely wrong. (Oh well. A yummy snack is still a yummy snack.)
Today’s pedaling errands included a library run. (Yes, that’s the still-ugly building, still not done.)
And while we were downtown, a stop in to visit with Ryon at the gym. (Empress had late grooming appointments, so we didn’t get to see her.) They are making great progress, enough to now start see training clients. Very promising!
Later we had dinner with J.D. And I talked to Hanny about our Family Fun Portland Weekend plans. All very positive. Metaphysically, not too much to report. Our daily draw is very soothing though, and I was glad to see that, after yesterday’s heavy emotions.
(Thank you all for your kind comments the past two days, tomorrow I’ll be back to replying.)
“Silence ~
Rest your mind.
Silence is good self-care.”
One of the suggestions *A* has made, as we work through my grief issues and my food difficulties, is that I have Dan help me put together another healing/grieving space. In the house we lived in before this one, he and I created a Moon Garden area where I could sit at night. For me, this message is a reminder for that project. We just need to make it a priority and talk out some plans for getting it into reality.
Also, interestingly enough, just last night I read this piece that my Hurricane wrote. She was talking about meditation and how it feels like something that she could really benefit from.
JulieLand regulars already know how I feel about taking some Quiet Time for ourselves, and how vital it is to our health, mental as well as physical. Clearly we needed this simple sign from the Universe.
Today’s Deck:
Self-Care Cards by Cheryl Richardson
Foreign Plates Seen From The Bikes:
Alaska, old and new, one of each.
Ah, yes, very good advice, stop fucking thinking!!! Will try.
Well, I’ve got to return to practicing meditation. I’d gotten to 10 minutes and it was finally going better, then I stopped. I need to return to it. The quiet and the breathing are very nice. It would be nice if the apartments were quiet. But there’s the noisy compressor on the fridge, and the noisy AC, and the neighbors and their vehicles …. Silence is golden, that’s for sure, and just as rare.
Love quiet time. In the summer lying on the outdoor sofa on the deck, in the winter in a big chair with the fire burning. The best. I like the Moon Garden idea.
A moon garden sounds wonderful.
Hey – it posted. YaY!!! The computer has not been playing well with others.
I had a place to go outside with a swing. But for awhile I wasn’t able to keep it up and now it’s just grass and weeds. It made me wistful reading about your moon garden.
I like the idea of the card, but the illustration just creeped me out. Poor cat inside a tree and a head lying on leaves. Yes, I know her body is supposed to be under the leaves (I hope), but just eww. It probably doesn’t help, either, that I know what’s crawling around in those leaves.
A moon garden. What a lovely thought.