Meredith Kendall's Blog, page 50
February 2, 2014
transitions
Still remember the time. My son had a sledding party.
Little kids, snowsuits, snow, and sleds.
They got cold, they came inside, and took off their snowsuits. Girls wore tight jeans and belly shirts. Boys' eyes were big. They put on popular music and started to dance.
Oh. They weren't kids, they were, like, teenagers.
Get with it, mom. Your child, your baby, is a teenager.
It's years later. That teenager is going to be a father. I'm going to be a grandmother. Transitions.
Little kids, snowsuits, snow, and sleds.
They got cold, they came inside, and took off their snowsuits. Girls wore tight jeans and belly shirts. Boys' eyes were big. They put on popular music and started to dance.
Oh. They weren't kids, they were, like, teenagers.
Get with it, mom. Your child, your baby, is a teenager.
It's years later. That teenager is going to be a father. I'm going to be a grandmother. Transitions.
wind turbines
The ones I saw in Oxford County were surprisingly sculptural, stately, and spiritual. They were slow, graceful, and beautiful.
I was drawn to them. Stopped to watch them. The blades moved so slowly that I had to note their relation to the background to be sure they were indeed in motion. Spiritual? Yeah. Somehow at the time, and still in my memory, they touched my spirit. Weird.
Sometimes I hear about people protesting against wind turbines, but I never hear of people railing against cell towers or power lines. Surely they negatively impact the environment. They are ugly and ubiquitous, but we never protest. They emit EMFs, with possible implications to human health: I'm talking cancer. Where is the outcry against power lines and cell towers?
Wind, solar. Clean and sensible.
I was drawn to them. Stopped to watch them. The blades moved so slowly that I had to note their relation to the background to be sure they were indeed in motion. Spiritual? Yeah. Somehow at the time, and still in my memory, they touched my spirit. Weird.
Sometimes I hear about people protesting against wind turbines, but I never hear of people railing against cell towers or power lines. Surely they negatively impact the environment. They are ugly and ubiquitous, but we never protest. They emit EMFs, with possible implications to human health: I'm talking cancer. Where is the outcry against power lines and cell towers?
Wind, solar. Clean and sensible.
sensations in the skull
my forehead tingles intensely and gently pulses when I send distance Reiki
Chocolate
Sunday morning is decadent inertia after working Tuesday-Saturday.
Sunday morning is coffee, chocolate, and chickadees. Freshly ground and pressed coffee. Lemongrass shrimp stir-fry leftover from birthday dinner last night. Chocolate, milk instead of my usual dark. Chickadees jump around the hydrangea, which wraps six windows on the east side of my house. Read the local paper. Listen to public radio programs.
Should I fold clean laundry, tidy, vacuum, put away clean dishes, wash sheets, or write another book? Jump in the car to go for a hike, skate, visit family, or shop? Or grind another small batch of dark greasy coffee beans and sink deeper into sloth?
Sunday morning is coffee, chocolate, and chickadees. Freshly ground and pressed coffee. Lemongrass shrimp stir-fry leftover from birthday dinner last night. Chocolate, milk instead of my usual dark. Chickadees jump around the hydrangea, which wraps six windows on the east side of my house. Read the local paper. Listen to public radio programs.
Should I fold clean laundry, tidy, vacuum, put away clean dishes, wash sheets, or write another book? Jump in the car to go for a hike, skate, visit family, or shop? Or grind another small batch of dark greasy coffee beans and sink deeper into sloth?
January 28, 2014
front door
was frozen shut this morning. Had to kick it, carefully. Hard enough to get it open, but not so hard that it would shatter and scatter.
Cold again tonight, but clear. I see Orion and Pleiades. Cold enough to scurry back inside and shiver.
Cold again tonight, but clear. I see Orion and Pleiades. Cold enough to scurry back inside and shiver.
dinner
Work all day. Miss lunch with a friend because she is ill: worsening double pneumonia. Get hungry.
Forget it's time to go home because you're meeting with students. Way rewarding, stop and love job. Notice the time: late. Do errands on the way home. Get there. Check mailbox: no mail. Neighbors' lights and TVs are on. No one about.
Invent a reason to deserve pasta instead of fresh raw fruits & vegies. Or maybe should work out instead of eating. A walk in the subzero wind; stumble on ice? Home yoga with Rodney Yee DVD? Love expanding self. Make pasta.
Pinch fresh basil from windowsill plants and cut into fine slices with kitchen scissors. Dice fresh garlic. Drain pasta. Toast garlic in hot olive oil. Mix basil, pasta, and parmesan cheese; add garlic. Eat. Call friend.
Forget it's time to go home because you're meeting with students. Way rewarding, stop and love job. Notice the time: late. Do errands on the way home. Get there. Check mailbox: no mail. Neighbors' lights and TVs are on. No one about.
Invent a reason to deserve pasta instead of fresh raw fruits & vegies. Or maybe should work out instead of eating. A walk in the subzero wind; stumble on ice? Home yoga with Rodney Yee DVD? Love expanding self. Make pasta.
Pinch fresh basil from windowsill plants and cut into fine slices with kitchen scissors. Dice fresh garlic. Drain pasta. Toast garlic in hot olive oil. Mix basil, pasta, and parmesan cheese; add garlic. Eat. Call friend.
January 25, 2014
Kirtan
Kirtan evening. Vegetarian and vegan potluck, chai. Cushions on the floor, no prob for yogis. Muted lighting. Excellent musicians. Spirit, music I feel in my sternum, like-minded souls. Joy, love, community.
Paradoxically I feel judgmental and uncomfortable, rooted in 3-dimensional duality, old jaded and cynical. Long for home. Pretty sure this is good for me.
Paradoxically I feel judgmental and uncomfortable, rooted in 3-dimensional duality, old jaded and cynical. Long for home. Pretty sure this is good for me.
January 24, 2014
breathing, yelling, and stomping
We did relaxation exercises before the test today.
I turned out the lights. Told them, "take a deep breath, pull your shoulders up to your ears and squeeze." Then I told them, "Stretch your hands up to the ceiling. Yell a little! Wave your hands. Stomp your feet!"
Sometimes you need to relax. Sometimes you need to scream.
I turned out the lights. Told them, "take a deep breath, pull your shoulders up to your ears and squeeze." Then I told them, "Stretch your hands up to the ceiling. Yell a little! Wave your hands. Stomp your feet!"
Sometimes you need to relax. Sometimes you need to scream.
January 23, 2014
Reiki and culture
Reiki student this week noted that when we share Reiki we're all equal. There is no race, ethnic, or cultural inequality.
January 22, 2014
black and white
saw a raven eating potato chips in the snow
