Meredith Kendall's Blog, page 72
April 9, 2013
define that
Some definitions.
Alternative: instead of, or a rejection of western biomedicine.
Complimentary: free.
Complementary: along with.
Integrative: merge together.
Pretty sure that if you suddenly experience bowel obstruction, you're going to want western biomedicine. A bowel obstruction is excruciatingly painful and is frequently resolved with relatively simple surgery. For sure you'll want some Reiki before, during, and after surgery. Let's integrate.
Alternative: instead of, or a rejection of western biomedicine.
Complimentary: free.
Complementary: along with.
Integrative: merge together.
Pretty sure that if you suddenly experience bowel obstruction, you're going to want western biomedicine. A bowel obstruction is excruciatingly painful and is frequently resolved with relatively simple surgery. For sure you'll want some Reiki before, during, and after surgery. Let's integrate.
sugar explosion
A former student, now a friend, made me shortbread cookies, liberally doused with powdered sugar.
I was eating one this morning. Working online, nibbling cookies. Was I eager for the sugar or avidly engaged in an intellectual conundrum?
The cookie exploded. Powdered sugar arced and landed on my clothes and glasses. My fingers were poised as if still holding the cookie, likewise covered with white dust. My mind remained online: reading and writing; face glued to computer. Mind engaged, body frozen. Sugared.
The Chairman of the Board walked in to my office. Oh, hello.
I was eating one this morning. Working online, nibbling cookies. Was I eager for the sugar or avidly engaged in an intellectual conundrum?
The cookie exploded. Powdered sugar arced and landed on my clothes and glasses. My fingers were poised as if still holding the cookie, likewise covered with white dust. My mind remained online: reading and writing; face glued to computer. Mind engaged, body frozen. Sugared.
The Chairman of the Board walked in to my office. Oh, hello.
Poodle ferret
Sun just came out. Feel like a ferret on steroids.
Dylan
in Lewiston tomorrow.
Music of my life.
Music of my life.
Garden
I'm ready for spring and my garden.
I want to haul cement blocks, bark mulch, soil, and plants. I want to watch the leaves emerge and the robins build nests. I want sun, wind, and warm drizzle. Seeds, bulbs, and perennials. Tulips and lilac blossoms.
It's coming.
I want to haul cement blocks, bark mulch, soil, and plants. I want to watch the leaves emerge and the robins build nests. I want sun, wind, and warm drizzle. Seeds, bulbs, and perennials. Tulips and lilac blossoms.
It's coming.
Transitions
are traumatic.
I remember a child, perhaps a son, perhaps not. He hated transition. Wherever he was, that's where he wanted to be. No where else.
When it was time to move on, he cried and howled. I tried explaining. Described the new locale and why we had to move. OK, he was 2 years old. Explanations were useless. So I would pick him up and plop him, howling, into his car seat and off we'd go.
But I feel for the guy. Feel the same way. Transitions are traumatic.
Right now I'm moving from spring semester to summer. I was teaching 5 classes, now 3. I said goodbye to students. I'm in the office more. I have a cold.
I find myself getting irritated over small things. I'm inflexible. Smells, attitudes, and noises bother me. I feel far from center. It's transition. Time to meditate, do self-Reiki, spend time alone or with people who nourish me. Time in nature. Time to move: twist, stretch, hike, dig, and haul.
I remember a child, perhaps a son, perhaps not. He hated transition. Wherever he was, that's where he wanted to be. No where else.
When it was time to move on, he cried and howled. I tried explaining. Described the new locale and why we had to move. OK, he was 2 years old. Explanations were useless. So I would pick him up and plop him, howling, into his car seat and off we'd go.
But I feel for the guy. Feel the same way. Transitions are traumatic.
Right now I'm moving from spring semester to summer. I was teaching 5 classes, now 3. I said goodbye to students. I'm in the office more. I have a cold.
I find myself getting irritated over small things. I'm inflexible. Smells, attitudes, and noises bother me. I feel far from center. It's transition. Time to meditate, do self-Reiki, spend time alone or with people who nourish me. Time in nature. Time to move: twist, stretch, hike, dig, and haul.
April 8, 2013
daffodils
are blooming in front of my house. Just buds this morning, open bright yellow announcements of spring this afternoon.
conference
Going to a conference this summer. Booked bus, plane, car, hotel, & conference workshops.
Checked out local sights. Am presenting my research. Note to self: remember to pack poster.
Leave house at 5 am. Car, bus, plane, plane, arrive 2 pm, car, hotel, conference, return car, plane, plane, bus, car. Home.
Checked out local sights. Am presenting my research. Note to self: remember to pack poster.
Leave house at 5 am. Car, bus, plane, plane, arrive 2 pm, car, hotel, conference, return car, plane, plane, bus, car. Home.
