Meredith Kendall's Blog, page 135
March 12, 2011
Send reiki to Japan
Hello reiki practitioners. Please join me in sending reiki to Japan.
Ground yourself. Take a deep breath.
Focus on the distance symbol and a group of beings: children, moms, dads, pets, plants, nurses, teachers, water... and send.
Send love and light.
Thank you Mikao Usui, Chujiro Hayashi, and all the other reiki teachers of Japan.
Love & light.
Ground yourself. Take a deep breath.
Focus on the distance symbol and a group of beings: children, moms, dads, pets, plants, nurses, teachers, water... and send.
Send love and light.
Thank you Mikao Usui, Chujiro Hayashi, and all the other reiki teachers of Japan.
Love & light.
Cadbury Creme Eggs
Yes, it's that special time of year. Put away the dark-chocolate covered crystallized ginger and the giant espresso malted milk balls.
Cadbury Creme Eggs are here.
Happy Easter!
Cadbury Creme Eggs are here.
Happy Easter!
love train
Did reiki yesterday afternoon. Saw my energy as a subway train of light, coursing through the recipient's intestines, lighting up each cell.
I went through fast, like a train in a pink tunnel. As I zipped by, cells and tissues opened with light, love, and life.
I went through fast, like a train in a pink tunnel. As I zipped by, cells and tissues opened with light, love, and life.
March 7, 2011
flood watch
Another adventure in home ownership: spring flooding.
After a long cold snowy winter we had 2 days of rain and temps in the 40s. This morning I checked the basement and found 2 tiny puddles. After work I went down to do laundry and found the floor mostly covered with water. Two big rugs were saturated. I could barely lift them, they were so heavy, but managed to drape them over a table.
I turned on a floor fan and a dehumidifier. An hour later I checked again. The rugs are mostly plastic, and drying. There was still water on the floor. I decided to mop.
Mopped up all the water and dumped it down the basement sink. Filthy water, with bits of insulation. Finished, satisfied, I looked around. More water on the floor. It's still coming in. Hmmm. Need a wet vac.
So I google wet vacs. They range in price from $7,700 for a burnisher/charger. Is that a wet vac? The CleanFreak auto floor scrubbing machine is only $3,283. Is that a wet vac? Ah, this one actually says wet vac and is a relative bargain at $2,900. Free shipping! I keep looking.
Hey! The cheapest one is $19.97 for a handheld model. It looks like a DustBuster. There are many models for less than $100. OK, wet vac. Suck it up.
After a long cold snowy winter we had 2 days of rain and temps in the 40s. This morning I checked the basement and found 2 tiny puddles. After work I went down to do laundry and found the floor mostly covered with water. Two big rugs were saturated. I could barely lift them, they were so heavy, but managed to drape them over a table.
I turned on a floor fan and a dehumidifier. An hour later I checked again. The rugs are mostly plastic, and drying. There was still water on the floor. I decided to mop.
Mopped up all the water and dumped it down the basement sink. Filthy water, with bits of insulation. Finished, satisfied, I looked around. More water on the floor. It's still coming in. Hmmm. Need a wet vac.
So I google wet vacs. They range in price from $7,700 for a burnisher/charger. Is that a wet vac? The CleanFreak auto floor scrubbing machine is only $3,283. Is that a wet vac? Ah, this one actually says wet vac and is a relative bargain at $2,900. Free shipping! I keep looking.
Hey! The cheapest one is $19.97 for a handheld model. It looks like a DustBuster. There are many models for less than $100. OK, wet vac. Suck it up.
March 5, 2011
Whoopie Pies: Maine or Pennsylvania?
Have to weigh in on the whoopie pie controversy.
Who invented the whoopie pie? Pennsylvania Amish or enterprising Yankee? Who makes the better pie?
It isn't really a pie, you know. It's more like cake. Or a cookie. With frosting in the middle. It's 2 cakes with creamy frosting holding them together.
The standard is chocolate with white frosting, like a big Oreo. Then there are the variations: pumpkin with cream cheese frosting, chocolate with peanut butter, spice whoopie pies, strawberry, mocha, and on and on.
I don't know about Pennsylvania, but here in Maine you find whoopie pies anywhere food is sold. They're piled on the counter at the mom & pop corner store, at the farmer's market, the local bakery; even the big grocery stores sell them.
If you haven't tried one, now's the time. Find your favorite. Try making them: fun project with kids.
Who invented the whoopie pie? Pennsylvania Amish or enterprising Yankee? Who makes the better pie?
It isn't really a pie, you know. It's more like cake. Or a cookie. With frosting in the middle. It's 2 cakes with creamy frosting holding them together.
The standard is chocolate with white frosting, like a big Oreo. Then there are the variations: pumpkin with cream cheese frosting, chocolate with peanut butter, spice whoopie pies, strawberry, mocha, and on and on.
I don't know about Pennsylvania, but here in Maine you find whoopie pies anywhere food is sold. They're piled on the counter at the mom & pop corner store, at the farmer's market, the local bakery; even the big grocery stores sell them.
If you haven't tried one, now's the time. Find your favorite. Try making them: fun project with kids.
Slush Mountain
A crack in the back of winter: a creak in the streak of storms.
Spring might come. Ice Mountain, the enormous pile of frozen snow in my backyard, was more like Slush Mountain today. A giant slushie: flavored with street salt, sand, and soot.
I put on snowshoes and clomped around the house, raking roofs for maybe the last time this winter. Maybe the snowstorms are over and we'll have rain instead. The rain will melt the mounds of ice and expose the sodden lawns and gardens. Maybe.
Or maybe we'll have another month of arctic air, sideways snow, and icicles. Maybe I'll be scooping fluffy snow and icy slurries until April.
At least we had today: slushie harbinger of spring.
Spring might come. Ice Mountain, the enormous pile of frozen snow in my backyard, was more like Slush Mountain today. A giant slushie: flavored with street salt, sand, and soot.
I put on snowshoes and clomped around the house, raking roofs for maybe the last time this winter. Maybe the snowstorms are over and we'll have rain instead. The rain will melt the mounds of ice and expose the sodden lawns and gardens. Maybe.
Or maybe we'll have another month of arctic air, sideways snow, and icicles. Maybe I'll be scooping fluffy snow and icy slurries until April.
At least we had today: slushie harbinger of spring.
March 4, 2011
Main St
Sitting on a sunny porch, imagining myself as an amethyst quartz crystal, full of light.
It's a heated porch with a wall of windows. There are heaps of pure white snow rolling down to the street, Main St. The sun is bright in my face. People are walking purposefully by, winter jackets and backpacks: huddled against the wind. College students with mittens and boots, businessmen going into the bank, and random people running into the coffee shop and post office. There goes a FedEx truck, now a logging truck, now cars with skis headed to Sugarloaf. Flags are flapping in the breeze. Water drips down icicles on the eaves. The sun is in my face and I'm a crystal.
It's a heated porch with a wall of windows. There are heaps of pure white snow rolling down to the street, Main St. The sun is bright in my face. People are walking purposefully by, winter jackets and backpacks: huddled against the wind. College students with mittens and boots, businessmen going into the bank, and random people running into the coffee shop and post office. There goes a FedEx truck, now a logging truck, now cars with skis headed to Sugarloaf. Flags are flapping in the breeze. Water drips down icicles on the eaves. The sun is in my face and I'm a crystal.
Little Beards
Today is Little Beard Day. Maine women are supposed to put on a little beard at noon, to support environmental legislation and Mother Earth. Show our Governor what we'll look like with little beards.
Gov LePage has done it again, with his comments about BPA.
So today, put on a little beard to support environmental awareness. Drink lots of fresh water. Eat organic fruits and vegetables. If you're ordering seeds for the garden, buy heirloom or organic seeds.
Let's make today about Mother Earth.
Gov LePage has done it again, with his comments about BPA.
So today, put on a little beard to support environmental awareness. Drink lots of fresh water. Eat organic fruits and vegetables. If you're ordering seeds for the garden, buy heirloom or organic seeds.
Let's make today about Mother Earth.
February 27, 2011
Ice Mountain
Wake up, it's snowing. 10 degrees F. The wind is blowing, the sky is white.
There's an ice mountain in the backyard where I dump the snow from the driveway. I use a scoop, not a shovel: load it up and push it over the deck to the backyard. There's a steep slope below the deck, down to the summerhouse. Well there's so much snow, that whole space is full. In fact I have to go uphill before I can dump the load. The snow slides down right into the summerhouse now. I can almost walk onto the summerhouse roof from my ice mountain. Pretty good view of the neighborhood up there.
I like to scoop, it's peaceful and a good workout. My arms, shoulders, and thighs ache from pushing the snow. Yesterday it was wet and heavy.
Snow predicted for just about every day this week.
Just checking... yes, still winter in Maine.
There's an ice mountain in the backyard where I dump the snow from the driveway. I use a scoop, not a shovel: load it up and push it over the deck to the backyard. There's a steep slope below the deck, down to the summerhouse. Well there's so much snow, that whole space is full. In fact I have to go uphill before I can dump the load. The snow slides down right into the summerhouse now. I can almost walk onto the summerhouse roof from my ice mountain. Pretty good view of the neighborhood up there.
I like to scoop, it's peaceful and a good workout. My arms, shoulders, and thighs ache from pushing the snow. Yesterday it was wet and heavy.
Snow predicted for just about every day this week.
Just checking... yes, still winter in Maine.
February 25, 2011
boundaries
How do you shield yourself from negative energy? I'm talking about thoughts, feelings, and statements from people around you. I mean anger, racism, and violence.
When my heart chakra is wide open, those types of energy are shockingly unwelcome. So I shield myself. I set up a boundary. Usually I use a pink bubble. I visualize the bubble around me, filled with love and light. The outer surface is iridescent, and reflects negative energy back to the person who emits it, or sends it into the multiverse to be transmuted back to love energy.
Sometimes, when the negative energy is more forceful, I visualize a brick wall.
I also ask my angels and guides to protect me.
At my earliest convenience I dismantle the wall or pop the bubble. I reach around my body and pull out any stray bits of energy that don't belong to me; I release the energy back to the multiverse. I open my chakras and shift my focus from protection to forgiveness.
Being in nature is a great way to refocus. Wind, bare feet, water, and sunshine are all wonderful energy rechargers. ~ light & love
When my heart chakra is wide open, those types of energy are shockingly unwelcome. So I shield myself. I set up a boundary. Usually I use a pink bubble. I visualize the bubble around me, filled with love and light. The outer surface is iridescent, and reflects negative energy back to the person who emits it, or sends it into the multiverse to be transmuted back to love energy.
Sometimes, when the negative energy is more forceful, I visualize a brick wall.
I also ask my angels and guides to protect me.
At my earliest convenience I dismantle the wall or pop the bubble. I reach around my body and pull out any stray bits of energy that don't belong to me; I release the energy back to the multiverse. I open my chakras and shift my focus from protection to forgiveness.
Being in nature is a great way to refocus. Wind, bare feet, water, and sunshine are all wonderful energy rechargers. ~ light & love
