Meredith Kendall's Blog, page 125
May 1, 2011
Sunny Sunday
It was a sunny day. Happy Beltane! Perfect 60 degree temps, new grass and flowers.
I drove to Portland, for a holistic mystic fair. Months ago I'd agreed to meet someone there.
While there I had my aura photographed and a tarot card reading.
My aura was red, "Your spirits are here!" The tarot reader was plain and beautiful. No flash, no bells and whistles, not even a sign with her name. Just a tablecloth and a deck of cards. She had clear skin and shiny hair. She asked, "Are you a healer?" And said, "You know a lot. You should write a book." She said lots of things.
I drove north. Stopped for lunch in Poland. Had a grilled portobella sandwich and sweet potato fries with lots of ketchup. Passed on the pie.
You can rent a bass boat.
Kept going north, to the home of my editor. This house is nearby.
She lives in a great neighborhood. Love this house. Love the view of the White Mountains. People up here act half their age. They sprout notable ideas, careers, and fortunes.
My editor advised. Have a lot of work to do on my next book. Better get to it.
I drove to Portland, for a holistic mystic fair. Months ago I'd agreed to meet someone there.
While there I had my aura photographed and a tarot card reading.
My aura was red, "Your spirits are here!" The tarot reader was plain and beautiful. No flash, no bells and whistles, not even a sign with her name. Just a tablecloth and a deck of cards. She had clear skin and shiny hair. She asked, "Are you a healer?" And said, "You know a lot. You should write a book." She said lots of things.
I drove north. Stopped for lunch in Poland. Had a grilled portobella sandwich and sweet potato fries with lots of ketchup. Passed on the pie.
You can rent a bass boat.
Kept going north, to the home of my editor. This house is nearby.
She lives in a great neighborhood. Love this house. Love the view of the White Mountains. People up here act half their age. They sprout notable ideas, careers, and fortunes.My editor advised. Have a lot of work to do on my next book. Better get to it.
April 30, 2011
Amethyst Grotto & Skully
Met a crystal skull today, Skully.
The skull had a yellow tint with cloudy white inclusions and 3 small black areas that looked like gnats trapped in amber. Skully was life-sized and heavy. Even though it was mostly hollow, with deep eye sockets and a cylindrical space in the center, it was heavy enough on my legs that I worried about capillary compression.
I meditated with Skully for 15 minutes, feeling grief and bliss. I brought my amethyst grotto with me, to charge it up. When I introduced them, the grotto said to Skully, "Yeah, you're old. I'm old too." And to me, "I can do the same thing. Meditate with me."
So that was interesting.
The skull had a yellow tint with cloudy white inclusions and 3 small black areas that looked like gnats trapped in amber. Skully was life-sized and heavy. Even though it was mostly hollow, with deep eye sockets and a cylindrical space in the center, it was heavy enough on my legs that I worried about capillary compression.
I meditated with Skully for 15 minutes, feeling grief and bliss. I brought my amethyst grotto with me, to charge it up. When I introduced them, the grotto said to Skully, "Yeah, you're old. I'm old too." And to me, "I can do the same thing. Meditate with me."
So that was interesting.
April 29, 2011
12,000 types of fern
That's right. 12,000. According to Wikipedia.
Only a few are fiddleheads, again, according to WikiP. Evidently it's the ostrich fern here in Maine. Steam for twenty minutes.
Had to research the fiddlehead, it's a family-of-origin thing.
Only a few are fiddleheads, again, according to WikiP. Evidently it's the ostrich fern here in Maine. Steam for twenty minutes.
Had to research the fiddlehead, it's a family-of-origin thing.
fiddleheads
Spent the day in Farmington.
Started with a 3 hour committee meeting. Missed my yoga classes.
Went to the vet, where Fluff had a venipuncture, injections, and attention to certain glands which I will not describe.
Mailed a book to my new marketing whiz and baby things to prospective parents. Wish I'd remembered to take the scrap of paper out of the package of baby things. It was a list of esoteric websites dealing with the ascension. Yeah, they're going to wonder why I included that. Sorry!
Took a long walk beside the river: Fluff & me. Thought she could process her stress hormones and feel free. We saw people harvesting fiddleheads.
Do you know fiddleheads? Ever eaten them?
They are a spring delicacy from Maine. Fiddleheads are tiny tender fern shoots. They grow beside the river. It is one type of fern, and I suppose there are many types. Hundreds? Anyway, you steam them til al dente and eat with butter and vinegar. yum.
Fiddleheads are really good in quiche.
Then I had a massage, at a place beside the river. There were giant crystals in the room, turkey feathers, and a fountain. She found all my stress points.
It felt like five minutes, but it was 90. How did that happen? Afterwards I was so relaxed I felt blind, and had to look in the mirror to see if my eyes were still there. They were.
I staggered out, into the sunshine. Saw a softball team from Eastern Maine. (OMG- there's a cardinal and an evening grosbeak on my burning bush.)
Then I came home and moved my 10 raspberry canes. I'd planted them in inappropriate locations. Too wet, too formal... I moved them into a raised bed, and planted peas between the canes.
Now all I have left is 1 1/2 raised beds and LOTS of seeds: carrot, zucchini, pumpkin, green bean, and braised greens. ooops.
Fiddleheads. Never tried them? Oh, you should, you should. Try this: Maine lobster, fiddleheads, and blueberry pie. Yeah, that's a meal.
Started with a 3 hour committee meeting. Missed my yoga classes.
Went to the vet, where Fluff had a venipuncture, injections, and attention to certain glands which I will not describe.
Mailed a book to my new marketing whiz and baby things to prospective parents. Wish I'd remembered to take the scrap of paper out of the package of baby things. It was a list of esoteric websites dealing with the ascension. Yeah, they're going to wonder why I included that. Sorry!
Took a long walk beside the river: Fluff & me. Thought she could process her stress hormones and feel free. We saw people harvesting fiddleheads.
Do you know fiddleheads? Ever eaten them?
They are a spring delicacy from Maine. Fiddleheads are tiny tender fern shoots. They grow beside the river. It is one type of fern, and I suppose there are many types. Hundreds? Anyway, you steam them til al dente and eat with butter and vinegar. yum.
Fiddleheads are really good in quiche.
Then I had a massage, at a place beside the river. There were giant crystals in the room, turkey feathers, and a fountain. She found all my stress points.
It felt like five minutes, but it was 90. How did that happen? Afterwards I was so relaxed I felt blind, and had to look in the mirror to see if my eyes were still there. They were.
I staggered out, into the sunshine. Saw a softball team from Eastern Maine. (OMG- there's a cardinal and an evening grosbeak on my burning bush.)
Then I came home and moved my 10 raspberry canes. I'd planted them in inappropriate locations. Too wet, too formal... I moved them into a raised bed, and planted peas between the canes.
Now all I have left is 1 1/2 raised beds and LOTS of seeds: carrot, zucchini, pumpkin, green bean, and braised greens. ooops.
Fiddleheads. Never tried them? Oh, you should, you should. Try this: Maine lobster, fiddleheads, and blueberry pie. Yeah, that's a meal.
April 27, 2011
more test questions
Spent much of the day writing more reiki test questions.
Sister says, "This is a different kind of class. You shouldn't have tests."
Co-workers say, "Reiki class? How can you make that academically rigorous?"
I want to build a class structure that will endure, evolve, and accommodate large or small groups of students. I want to teach reiki. I want the students to learn reiki, communication, self-awareness, self-care, and more reiki. I'll use a variety of teaching and evaluation methods. I just want to do reiki. And light candles of reiki energy.
Sister says, "This is a different kind of class. You shouldn't have tests."
Co-workers say, "Reiki class? How can you make that academically rigorous?"
I want to build a class structure that will endure, evolve, and accommodate large or small groups of students. I want to teach reiki. I want the students to learn reiki, communication, self-awareness, self-care, and more reiki. I'll use a variety of teaching and evaluation methods. I just want to do reiki. And light candles of reiki energy.
dryer sheets
Took the dog for a walk on campus. It's warm and sunny. The kids were wearing T-shirts & shorts, sitting on granite steps and green grass: studying, laptops, crocheting, and laughing. They smell fresh, like dryer sheets.
The leaves aren't out yet, so the trees still look dead. There was one duck on the pond. The huge mounds of snow are melting, black on the edges and puddly bottoms.
My daffodils are still blooming, but the crocuses have gone by. Will plant lettuce and peas this weekend.
The leaves aren't out yet, so the trees still look dead. There was one duck on the pond. The huge mounds of snow are melting, black on the edges and puddly bottoms.
My daffodils are still blooming, but the crocuses have gone by. Will plant lettuce and peas this weekend.
April 25, 2011
tubular
There's a plaza in Auburn.
I went to a birthday party at a bar. Parked my car, walked to the bar. Walked past the river: fast and high. Walked past the plaza and there's this sculpture. It's mauve and pink tubes, twisted tubes, with lights on the ends.
Are you picturing something organic and intricate? Something that stimulates your imagination and gets you thinking about sea creatures or or fireworks? Yeah. It's not like that. It's more like twisted light poles. Pink ones.
Funny thing, it looked a lot prettier after the party.
I went to a birthday party at a bar. Parked my car, walked to the bar. Walked past the river: fast and high. Walked past the plaza and there's this sculpture. It's mauve and pink tubes, twisted tubes, with lights on the ends.
Are you picturing something organic and intricate? Something that stimulates your imagination and gets you thinking about sea creatures or or fireworks? Yeah. It's not like that. It's more like twisted light poles. Pink ones.
Funny thing, it looked a lot prettier after the party.
test questions
Spent much of the day writing reiki test questions.
So challenging: make the questions unambiguous, not too easy and not too hard, focus on the important information. See if the student learned what he/she needs to know. I have 10 and I need probably 150 or 200.
Maybe if I write 2 questions/day.
If you were writing reiki test questions, what would you ask?
So challenging: make the questions unambiguous, not too easy and not too hard, focus on the important information. See if the student learned what he/she needs to know. I have 10 and I need probably 150 or 200.
Maybe if I write 2 questions/day.
If you were writing reiki test questions, what would you ask?
April 24, 2011
No more secrets, no more lies
Reading the 3rd book in Patricia Cori's Sirian revelations trilogy. 
