Meredith Kendall's Blog, page 11
July 14, 2018
teaching
Teaching a Reiki class at the university. The students are reading, reflecting, and writing. Their posts are so good. We meet next week for hands-on Reiki.
July 2, 2018
LINT
You could DIE in a FIRE, the guy on the radio said. LINT. You should clean your drier vent TWICE A YEAR, he said. Not the regular lint tray that you probably clean all the time, no, the big tin elephant trunk that goes from the back of the drier to outside. That thing. IT WILL BE PACKED WITH LINT, the guy on the radio said. Ok, wow, I've had the drier 8 years and never cleaned it. So I pulled out the drier, looked in the elephant trunk and I'm here to tell you DON'T DO IT. It's a trick. It was perfectly clean in there. No lint. Here's the trick, it's impossible to get it all back together. Does the elephant trunk go inside or outside the fluted pie plate piece? It doesn't fit, either way. And the clamp, where does that go? Well you know what? This is the exact situation that calls for duct tape. It was invented for this very purpose. Duct tape. It is whole again and I'm safe and lint-free.
July 1, 2018
4 am
I woke up at 4 am and noticed flashes of white light behind the curtains. Not the police then. Went out on the deck with my camera to see if I could get a photo of the lightning. I've never taken a photo of lightning. It was flashing every few seconds off to the east and the birds were singing enthusiastically. I recorded a bunch of short videos and got some lightning. Took a screenshot
June 8, 2018
AmethystHealth.com
Down and up
My domain amethysthealth.com was down for a while, back up now. The domain directs one to this site.
Also down and up, my 8.5 mile bike ride last week. My son took me on a wild ride through Salt Lake City. We rode mostly downhill through three beautiful city parks, stopped for mango smoothies, and rode (and walked) back up. I tried both of his mountain bikes.
This week a friend who is moving gave me her mountain bike. What a nice ride. It's smooth and powerful. It's lighter than the bike I have, so easier to lift onto the car's bike rack. I rode a couple of miles along the river this morning. Lupines are blooming.
My domain amethysthealth.com was down for a while, back up now. The domain directs one to this site.
Also down and up, my 8.5 mile bike ride last week. My son took me on a wild ride through Salt Lake City. We rode mostly downhill through three beautiful city parks, stopped for mango smoothies, and rode (and walked) back up. I tried both of his mountain bikes.
This week a friend who is moving gave me her mountain bike. What a nice ride. It's smooth and powerful. It's lighter than the bike I have, so easier to lift onto the car's bike rack. I rode a couple of miles along the river this morning. Lupines are blooming.
down and up
My domain amethysthealth.com was down for a while, back up now. The domain directs one to this site.
Also down and up, my 8.5 mile bike ride last week. My son took me on a wild ride through Salt Lake City. We rode mostly downhill through three beautiful city parks, stopped for mango smoothies, and rode (and walked) back up. I tried both of his mountain bikes.
This week a friend who is moving gave me her mountain bike. What a nice ride. It's smooth and powerful. It's lighter than the bike I have, so easier to lift onto the car's bike rack. I rode a couple of miles along the river this morning. Lupines are blooming.
Also down and up, my 8.5 mile bike ride last week. My son took me on a wild ride through Salt Lake City. We rode mostly downhill through three beautiful city parks, stopped for mango smoothies, and rode (and walked) back up. I tried both of his mountain bikes.
This week a friend who is moving gave me her mountain bike. What a nice ride. It's smooth and powerful. It's lighter than the bike I have, so easier to lift onto the car's bike rack. I rode a couple of miles along the river this morning. Lupines are blooming.
May 18, 2018
School's out
... for summer.
We had a going-away party for a teacher today. He and his wife are moving to California. They got great jobs and bought a lovely house.
We worked together for 10 years. We shared an office for the first few. When I asked him a question, he told me to figure it out. Sounds harsh, but it made me laugh, and helped me be as independent as I naturally am. His wife worked with us for a bit too. Both are wonderful amazing intelligent teachers and humans.
So today we had a party. We ordered $200 of food: fried rice, vegies, seafood, chicken, spring rolls, and crab rangoons. The seafood dish was loaded with shrimp, scallops, and lobster. Everyone said the chicken was great. Everything I ate was delicious. We gave him presents, suitable for packing up and driving across the country. Coffee cards, coffee mug, toilet paper, dog biscuits, and books on tape.
There were three of us in our department, together for 10 years. Now there will be two.
And two excellent friends are heading west.
We had a going-away party for a teacher today. He and his wife are moving to California. They got great jobs and bought a lovely house.
We worked together for 10 years. We shared an office for the first few. When I asked him a question, he told me to figure it out. Sounds harsh, but it made me laugh, and helped me be as independent as I naturally am. His wife worked with us for a bit too. Both are wonderful amazing intelligent teachers and humans.
So today we had a party. We ordered $200 of food: fried rice, vegies, seafood, chicken, spring rolls, and crab rangoons. The seafood dish was loaded with shrimp, scallops, and lobster. Everyone said the chicken was great. Everything I ate was delicious. We gave him presents, suitable for packing up and driving across the country. Coffee cards, coffee mug, toilet paper, dog biscuits, and books on tape.
There were three of us in our department, together for 10 years. Now there will be two.
And two excellent friends are heading west.
February 23, 2018
October 26, 2017
all one
Today, after a short presentation on the history of racism, and before a quiz, my nursing class meditated on the concept on "oneness." We are all one, all connected.
