Meredith Kendall's Blog, page 78
February 3, 2013
kale is amazing
It's winter, it's Maine, and I can still pick and eat the kale out back.
I didn't quite pick it all last fall. I picked most of it. What's left is still good. It's in open raised beds. Frozen, fresh, crunchy, green, & sweet.
I didn't quite pick it all last fall. I picked most of it. What's left is still good. It's in open raised beds. Frozen, fresh, crunchy, green, & sweet.
cardiology conference
Yesterday there was a cardiology conference at the local hospital. Open to the public. Expected audience: 80-100 local people.
The crowd looked about that big. Wired up to a microphone and equipped with a slide advancer and a laser pointer, I addressed the crowd. I had a PowerPoint presentation and an index card with notes: "thank the organizers, introduce the Reiki practitioners."
Eleven wonderful Reiki practitioners joined me. They circulated through the crowd as I spoke. People in the audience raised their hands if they wanted Reiki. They laughed at the slide of a chihuahua getting Reiki, smiling a big dog smile.
Practitioners left business cards and pamphlets on tables in the lobby; people scooped them right up.
I hung out in the lobby afterwards, chatting with my dear Reiki friends. Lots of people from the audience came up to ask questions about classes and sessions. It was a fun morning.
The crowd looked about that big. Wired up to a microphone and equipped with a slide advancer and a laser pointer, I addressed the crowd. I had a PowerPoint presentation and an index card with notes: "thank the organizers, introduce the Reiki practitioners."
Eleven wonderful Reiki practitioners joined me. They circulated through the crowd as I spoke. People in the audience raised their hands if they wanted Reiki. They laughed at the slide of a chihuahua getting Reiki, smiling a big dog smile.
Practitioners left business cards and pamphlets on tables in the lobby; people scooped them right up.
I hung out in the lobby afterwards, chatting with my dear Reiki friends. Lots of people from the audience came up to ask questions about classes and sessions. It was a fun morning.
kirtan, again
Went to Kirtan again last night. It's chanting and singing. Luckily there is enough noise that I can't hear myself sing. Pretty sure no one else can either. So I happily sing and chant, feeling the music in and around me.
Last night there was a guitarist and a percussionist, both excellent, to my ears. Some people clap and sway. I usually sit very still, in my personal meditative bubble, but at one point last night I found myself slightly bobbing my head.
I sang the songs all the way home.
Kirtan: community sound healing.
Last night there was a guitarist and a percussionist, both excellent, to my ears. Some people clap and sway. I usually sit very still, in my personal meditative bubble, but at one point last night I found myself slightly bobbing my head.
I sang the songs all the way home.
Kirtan: community sound healing.
January 30, 2013
so grumpy
today. What's up with that? Um, nothing.
Started with an email last night. "Ice storm. We may have a 2 hour delay in am." Awesome! Sleep in!
Ok. Had the ice storm, no delay. Instead: usual 0520 alarm and resulting continual checking of storm line, storm notifications, and texts. When would delay be posted? Hit snooze x 3 and kept checking. urgh. Evidently no delay. Get up, attempt to transform self to beauty or at least social acceptability, drink water, ease over ice to car: don't fall & break a hip!, get breakfast at D & D, get self to work.
Instruct. Hope students will be open to instruction.
Drive home, miss dog, talk to plants, do laundry, answer work emails, combat grumpiness. Oh- brilliant student posts in online class, super! Oh, peace and safety in my home= peace. Oh, emails from friends, letters from family.... a bit of contentment.
Started with an email last night. "Ice storm. We may have a 2 hour delay in am." Awesome! Sleep in!
Ok. Had the ice storm, no delay. Instead: usual 0520 alarm and resulting continual checking of storm line, storm notifications, and texts. When would delay be posted? Hit snooze x 3 and kept checking. urgh. Evidently no delay. Get up, attempt to transform self to beauty or at least social acceptability, drink water, ease over ice to car: don't fall & break a hip!, get breakfast at D & D, get self to work.
Instruct. Hope students will be open to instruction.
Drive home, miss dog, talk to plants, do laundry, answer work emails, combat grumpiness. Oh- brilliant student posts in online class, super! Oh, peace and safety in my home= peace. Oh, emails from friends, letters from family.... a bit of contentment.
January 27, 2013
another one...
and do we really "send" it, or do we locate and activate the energy where it is?
I sure love to think about Reiki.
I sure love to think about Reiki.
distance Reiki
does it go right round the world, or through it?
I wonder because I sent Reiki to Australia last night. I thought, from the client's name, I'd be sending to Ireland. Partly correct, Irish, living in Australia. Then today Julia, living in India, offered to send Reiki back home to Maine. Got me thinking.
Up, over, around, or through?
I wonder because I sent Reiki to Australia last night. I thought, from the client's name, I'd be sending to Ireland. Partly correct, Irish, living in Australia. Then today Julia, living in India, offered to send Reiki back home to Maine. Got me thinking.
Up, over, around, or through?
January 25, 2013
national nursing conference
Got the news today. Will present my Reiki research at a conference, a poster presentation. So excited! Have the plane tickets and hotel reservation. A trip, Reiki, holistic nurses.
UK
Thanks for buying my book... hope you enjoy it.
January 24, 2013
wind like a train
It's been cold. It's winter, it's Maine, we don't have a lot of snow, but it's cold. SubZero temps and windy, so it feels like 20 or 30 below or something.
I remember skiing down a mountain in Washington with a wind chill of 80 below. That was too cold. I took just one run. Sat by the fire in the lodge the rest of the day.
So it's cold. Can't believe how much home heating oil I burned last week. A lot. Here's a math problem for you. The tank holds 275 gallons and I burned 1/8 tank, at what, $3.50/gallon. How much is that?
I worked from 6 am til 7 pm today. I walked to work from the parking lot; it was dark and cold. I clutched my cup of hot coffee and walked purposefully, head down, scapulae scrunched. Walked back to my car at 1 pm and it was windy - my sinuses ached, I thought, "oh my goodness!" and scurried as fast as I could.
I taught a class tonight on the fifth floor, top floor: there were sunlights. The wind blasting across the sunlights sounded like rain or pellets. I left the class at 7 pm. The wind was abrasive. "It's so windy," I thought. "The wind sounds like a train." Then I saw the train. Yeah, a real one, going across the tracks."Oh, it sounds like a train because it is a train."
But it was windy. Really windy. And cold. Expecting several more days of this arctic cold. I put my car in the garage and hope it will start in the morning. I'm afraid if I leave it in the driveway it won't; the wind will suck the life out of it.
No need to lock your car right now, no robbers are about. Too cold
Too cold for anything but stay inside, stay warm, read books.
I remember skiing down a mountain in Washington with a wind chill of 80 below. That was too cold. I took just one run. Sat by the fire in the lodge the rest of the day.
So it's cold. Can't believe how much home heating oil I burned last week. A lot. Here's a math problem for you. The tank holds 275 gallons and I burned 1/8 tank, at what, $3.50/gallon. How much is that?
I worked from 6 am til 7 pm today. I walked to work from the parking lot; it was dark and cold. I clutched my cup of hot coffee and walked purposefully, head down, scapulae scrunched. Walked back to my car at 1 pm and it was windy - my sinuses ached, I thought, "oh my goodness!" and scurried as fast as I could.
I taught a class tonight on the fifth floor, top floor: there were sunlights. The wind blasting across the sunlights sounded like rain or pellets. I left the class at 7 pm. The wind was abrasive. "It's so windy," I thought. "The wind sounds like a train." Then I saw the train. Yeah, a real one, going across the tracks."Oh, it sounds like a train because it is a train."
But it was windy. Really windy. And cold. Expecting several more days of this arctic cold. I put my car in the garage and hope it will start in the morning. I'm afraid if I leave it in the driveway it won't; the wind will suck the life out of it.
No need to lock your car right now, no robbers are about. Too cold
Too cold for anything but stay inside, stay warm, read books.
January 23, 2013
subzero
outside, dark and windy.
It's 70 degrees in my living room. Over in the office, the next room over, it's 46 degrees. The office is a converted porch: windows all around and crawl space below. Worked in the office for a little while, rewriting my research article for the 50th time or so, it feels like. Kept jumping up to check the thermometer, put on more clothes, and crank the thermostat up another degree. Got a little work done.
Now feels like the right time to go read in bed.
It's 70 degrees in my living room. Over in the office, the next room over, it's 46 degrees. The office is a converted porch: windows all around and crawl space below. Worked in the office for a little while, rewriting my research article for the 50th time or so, it feels like. Kept jumping up to check the thermometer, put on more clothes, and crank the thermostat up another degree. Got a little work done.
Now feels like the right time to go read in bed.
