tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80507328854991315072024-02-06T23:09:10.865-06:00Pseko Designsa place for airing designs and questions and looking at the wonders of perspectivePsekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917492755071102208noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050732885499131507.post-23677675223676844902012-06-15T20:30:00.000-05:002012-06-15T20:30:07.060-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Making bacon lettuce and tomato sandwiches? Have a couple of pieces of left over bacon?<br />
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well? I made 2 bacon chocolate chip cookies. Ate one shared one with two neighbors. Declared delicious by all .. silly - but nom nom...... mmmmm. I am easy to entertain I guess.<br />
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I see these chairs a time or two every day and I laugh as I see them. I wonder why they are there and wonder who put them there and decided to post them here for an innocent diversion for my readers :-)Psekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917492755071102208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050732885499131507.post-91378092664739100872012-03-12T19:06:00.000-05:002012-03-12T19:06:29.763-05:00The humming tree<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVVkAq_F5YlKRakUE-wsgVI9oVB7p1QU8JCIkXzbbrZHpczyVWjpCgyjATNx8Uo8ZdGjaX-cSXQSejhiMmmd8eyPGEJIFXcvlrRiqz5a_URShAkWrgBWA1a0oJkjm3L3iaAY4C0h_SPQ/s1600/the+humming+tree.tiff" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVVkAq_F5YlKRakUE-wsgVI9oVB7p1QU8JCIkXzbbrZHpczyVWjpCgyjATNx8Uo8ZdGjaX-cSXQSejhiMmmd8eyPGEJIFXcvlrRiqz5a_URShAkWrgBWA1a0oJkjm3L3iaAY4C0h_SPQ/s320/the+humming+tree.tiff" width="168" /></a></div>Yesterday being the warmest day of the year I spent most of the afternoon out at my new property - Late in the afternoon the wind picked up as I was standing under a tall pine tree ( the tallest in the photo above) and I felt a humming vibration all around me and the tree. I realized it was coming from the top of the tree and it sounded almost but not quite like power lines in the wind. I put my left hand palm to the tree and felt nothing - so it must have been just sound (I know every tree has its own wind sound reaction depending on shape - yet had never heard this sound). I know it sounds woohoo and out of there -- but it was truly one of those life changing experiences.<br />
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I hope everyone has had at least one such experience. No brilliant wisdom or thoughts but the feel of connection to the earth and the energy of the universe - science or spirit or both.Psekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917492755071102208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050732885499131507.post-2082307722003725012012-02-26T07:52:00.001-06:002012-02-26T07:54:54.859-06:00Shakespeare's SnowI'm very sorry to possibly offend purists. (maybe) but I love snow and Shakespeare (and cheese curds)<br />
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The snow underfoot doth squeak<br />
I think - not to muffled sound<br />
but doth mayhaps protests the pressure<br />
snow slides along under<br />
rubber shod toes and heels<br />
grasping and letting go-<br />
not the sound of extreme<br />
cold crunch crunch<br />
but a rolling squeak -<br />
Have no fear have no fear -<br />
It's but the squeak you<br />
know from making cheese -<br />
curds bite they surrender<br />
and leave a parting comment -<br />
"I'm ready to be pressed".<br />
Lo how this snow doth follow.<br />
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(To our first real and heavy snow of the winter)Psekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917492755071102208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050732885499131507.post-75272373361433565152012-01-31T18:21:00.001-06:002012-01-31T18:22:00.649-06:00simple & responsible bliss<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDsImdPprUZt2wnn2b6V0n0HghS-qFCW3t0Dal35iwoNC33JYd8hmefJ_S6pNKxyv7U0tekSkxjZQjcDQ8IIj3jNmoGxr-vkjZA2ZKCgH1FrRIjUOUpc4GuWeSGcNmtIbOL23nf7TU07k/s1600/one+folden+valley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDsImdPprUZt2wnn2b6V0n0HghS-qFCW3t0Dal35iwoNC33JYd8hmefJ_S6pNKxyv7U0tekSkxjZQjcDQ8IIj3jNmoGxr-vkjZA2ZKCgH1FrRIjUOUpc4GuWeSGcNmtIbOL23nf7TU07k/s320/one+folden+valley.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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"When you walk across the field with your mind pure and holy, then from all the stones, and all growing things, and all the animals, the sparks of their souls come out and cling to you, and then they are purified and become a holy fire in you."<br />
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Baal Shem Tov's spiritual heir<br />
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</div>quoted by Annie Dillard in "For the Time Being"Psekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917492755071102208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050732885499131507.post-33331745326158346002011-12-31T10:59:00.000-06:002011-12-31T10:59:40.136-06:00reminder for my sagging memory"If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud."<br />
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Emile Zola<br />
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I had this pinned to my drawing board when I was a late teenager. I wonder if I am? It is related to Gandhi's "Be the change you want to see in the world" and St Francis preaching "Go out to the world and spread the Gospel and use words if you must" (paraphrase).<br />
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I feel vulnerable when I admit I that I use words as a sign post rather than as a 5 page memo for others to understand where I am. The reality of living out loud doesn't seem so romantic now from hindsight. But it is rich in presence.Psekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917492755071102208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050732885499131507.post-42210368618168838352011-11-20T13:23:00.000-06:002011-11-20T13:23:33.432-06:00dyeing and printing fabric with 'eco dyes' from a beginner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRpOSpC1rWv2K0hKJ3v6vdrztp683bH0hvv78nCySpcPB9mcpMZ5o_LWsoUklfRZGL-1EsnYSAH7tRFDhIaymoRx33qKODL-y_gTlSkquKI8Kg03uVcozTutuTP1hGM8yFXafUH0hJ8dA/s1600/spinal+xray+eco+print.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRpOSpC1rWv2K0hKJ3v6vdrztp683bH0hvv78nCySpcPB9mcpMZ5o_LWsoUklfRZGL-1EsnYSAH7tRFDhIaymoRx33qKODL-y_gTlSkquKI8Kg03uVcozTutuTP1hGM8yFXafUH0hJ8dA/s320/spinal+xray+eco+print.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>I recently read India Flint's book Eco Colour and wanted to try something before the great freeze. This is my first large trial - an old cotton dish towel rolled around a copper pipe and a steel engine part (?) I also soaked some leaves in water first since they were a bit dry. There are a few smooshed rose hips and a few thin pieces of steel And a small piece of bark with fungi/lichen on it . Rolled it up tight and tied some wool yarn around the bundle and simmered it in vinegar water. Then left it outside to freeze for a week.<br />
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I'm looking forward to spring now --- it's addicting I suspect! Doesn't it look like a spine & hip xray?Psekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917492755071102208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050732885499131507.post-77718032506338219142011-11-19T19:29:00.000-06:002011-11-19T19:29:18.438-06:00the real vegetable pizza!I'll bet I'm not the only one that made a pizza tonight that had a real vegetable on it! I looked at leftover delicata squash in my refrigerator and then glanced over to the garlic and chive cheese curds and an idea was born - a scathingly brilliant idea (well - sort of) I mashed the squash with a little butter and added pepper and ground nutmeg. Then when the crust was baked I spread the mashed squash and added fried onions and the sliced cheese curds. It really was so good I forgot to take a picture until it was ..... (I make a small pizza) ....<br />
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"Some researchers even suggest that our concepts of free-will and independent agency are but illusions designed to not bruise our fragile egos."<br />
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Doesn't that present a lovely challenge to our religious predicaments. We can't handle much reality.<br />
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Off to buy it (it's on Kindle) and read the whole thing since this quote is from the introduction which is freely available to view.Psekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917492755071102208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050732885499131507.post-17492032643646896352011-10-05T12:36:00.000-05:002011-10-05T12:36:07.158-05:00more hats<a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh271/prairiebutterfly/pseko%20designs%20knit%20hats/">http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh271/prairiebutterfly/pseko%20designs%20knit%20hats/</a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0kUd7r3s3rEQhgl1ndN6zB-TspFsWGt2nSjpjV6SfLZ_EFLfoi7n0LeH8e9ApMdjzmS0oKdH-q2WlzZJqHf2ZU1gacGV6RY4vZXiYZJdbC3ahRsDqn7zffQzp2A461osEHUqfXOQnGzM/s1600/IMG_1917stainglassbeanie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0kUd7r3s3rEQhgl1ndN6zB-TspFsWGt2nSjpjV6SfLZ_EFLfoi7n0LeH8e9ApMdjzmS0oKdH-q2WlzZJqHf2ZU1gacGV6RY4vZXiYZJdbC3ahRsDqn7zffQzp2A461osEHUqfXOQnGzM/s320/IMG_1917stainglassbeanie.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Getting ready for the fall sales -- the one above is old but I have posted a link to my photobucket page showing more recent designs. After I get another bushel of apples turned into juice it's back to 14 hours of knitting a day.Psekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917492755071102208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050732885499131507.post-38758654625424603362011-09-27T09:33:00.000-05:002011-09-27T09:33:13.540-05:00more on adult faith - or adult wisdom"(a) <b><i>Conventional inherited wisdom</i></b> views all learning as passed down from wiser seniors to inferior juniors, and learning is primarily obtaining the wherewithal to function effectively for the benefit of human society.<br />
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(b) <b><i>Embedded codependency</i></b> leaves children and adolescents feeling like passive absorbers in conventional learning settings, while adult aspiration and intelligence are grossly neglected and undermined.<br />
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(c) <b><i>Adult empowerment</i></b> perceives the adult as a full participant in a coeducational process where wisdom is owned by all and the teacher serves as a catalyst facilitating a transformational process of exploration and new discovery.<br />
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Diarmuid O'Murchu in Adult Faith - Growing in Wisdom and Understanding pg. 97<br />
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I'd like to pass this around the US - schools, churches, and especially businesses. This doesn't mesh with our apparent frontier mentality - does it?Psekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917492755071102208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050732885499131507.post-65807229651294287022011-09-26T12:32:00.000-05:002011-09-26T12:32:42.119-05:00clean lungs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrqwTlrRYM9W9oH7klm5-x15RNhPqoGoct6orlB_RSokqMz-QM_QW_0Pcf_VS0K1WTJgxEyV6RVVONlJDnWf1onIm2QIqDsGcDLbcLm8ErfMe4n9e77j_WGbWrvgShgTwQTUanz2caS_I/s1600/MN+fall+water.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrqwTlrRYM9W9oH7klm5-x15RNhPqoGoct6orlB_RSokqMz-QM_QW_0Pcf_VS0K1WTJgxEyV6RVVONlJDnWf1onIm2QIqDsGcDLbcLm8ErfMe4n9e77j_WGbWrvgShgTwQTUanz2caS_I/s320/MN+fall+water.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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why do some Republicans vote against clean air regulations? Don't they have lungs? Don't they love a few people who might die from unclean air? Or don't they understand the physics of a closed ecosystem?Psekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917492755071102208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050732885499131507.post-69445014510455308572011-09-23T09:18:00.000-05:002011-09-23T09:18:39.271-05:00a woman's faith developmentWouldn't this be a strange yet terrifying adventure?<br />
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"Unlike the epic hero, however, the female protagonist does not know her own goal in advance and must discover it through fluid adventure - meditation, memory, prayer, questioning, and associative weavings. And unlike the epic hero, her role is not to support but unravel and rewrite the already-written drama or script of religion and history." (Slee 2004, 98)<br />
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quoted in Diarmuid O'Murchu's <u>Adult Faith</u> pg 113<br />
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but isn't there a better antonym for epic hero than female protagonist? I understand it has been said that women can't be classic heroes - that our task is different (remember Robert Grave's opinion that a woman can only be a muse and never a poet?) - where is the balance?Psekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917492755071102208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050732885499131507.post-1412527117437215242011-09-18T11:38:00.000-05:002011-09-18T11:38:41.080-05:00ParadoxQuote from Diarmuid O'Murchu -<br />
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"This is my favorite definition of a paradox : 'it is a contradiction, with meaning written underneath it.' " <br />
in "Adult Faith" pg. 129<br />
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my own favorite definition has been "For what is balance but a complete contradiction" I wonder - there is acceptance involved in both definitions isn't there?Psekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917492755071102208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050732885499131507.post-36181557825605497632011-09-15T13:58:00.000-05:002011-09-15T13:58:50.836-05:00the reluctant dragon<a href="http://windling.typepad.com/blog/2011/09/dealing-with-dragons.html#comments">http://windling.typepad.com/blog/2011/09/dealing-with-dragons.html#comments</a><br />
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I love this quote -- "Scared and sacred are spelled with the same letters. Awful proceeds from the same root word as awesome. Terrify and terrific. Every negative experience holds the seed of transformation."<br />
- Alan Cohen<br />
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as I wander down the paths of paradoxPsekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917492755071102208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050732885499131507.post-31047447880573818542011-09-05T06:45:00.001-05:002011-09-05T08:15:06.608-05:00talking onare you impatient<br />
to hear someone<br />
talk on and on and<br />
on and on.....<br />
because you want<br />
to talk on and on<br />
and on..... and can't?<br />
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an introvert<br />
might enjoy<br />
that scene.<br />
to not talk on<br />
and on...Psekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917492755071102208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050732885499131507.post-72971491354264916542011-09-01T19:24:00.000-05:002011-09-01T19:24:57.725-05:00commonplacecommonplace?<br />
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this is no<br />
common place -<br />
the wheels that turn<br />
are grinding slowly<br />
to a halt.<br />
deep in muddy fields<br />
with only<br />
red wing blackbird<br />
to console.<br />
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pseko - 1982 or so<br />
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composting reality - don't underestimate red wing blackbirds!Psekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917492755071102208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050732885499131507.post-84014856827962979082011-07-28T16:40:00.000-05:002011-07-28T16:40:32.623-05:00felting wool hats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKntUTeKgW7Eilx_dOHqRbDSMqAt9CJ0vglBXs3hEtQlj-4IaOjG4Y0RhAVuOFirv9RViQfXVAALsOShlCGWTe0AFfry3pkgZNWy9njnMQRow2DF-kp8bbv9OOSYOTb4n0gMM63W63A8o/s1600/heather+rose+cloche.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKntUTeKgW7Eilx_dOHqRbDSMqAt9CJ0vglBXs3hEtQlj-4IaOjG4Y0RhAVuOFirv9RViQfXVAALsOShlCGWTe0AFfry3pkgZNWy9njnMQRow2DF-kp8bbv9OOSYOTb4n0gMM63W63A8o/s320/heather+rose+cloche.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYCONknlSeRs8yTHuslDwiNQ_Jcw9KTjYLNDRBKduM1BG3UcpQMicIvRhpbLxG-KKSzPpEhRKU1_H2H_gLe7l2XHg18KU2nGEIaK9wyLAgMPSMHiru4STbrkBs7dSVImEv0m5G2RUHNA/s1600/royal+felted+cloche.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYCONknlSeRs8yTHuslDwiNQ_Jcw9KTjYLNDRBKduM1BG3UcpQMicIvRhpbLxG-KKSzPpEhRKU1_H2H_gLe7l2XHg18KU2nGEIaK9wyLAgMPSMHiru4STbrkBs7dSVImEv0m5G2RUHNA/s320/royal+felted+cloche.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>I found a stash of clearance wool yarn at a local yarn store ( Hi Prairie Needles) and could afford to test some techniques and styles. Can I admit here that when the hats are freshly felted and rinsed in cold water that they are wonderful personal head air conditioners on these hot days ...Psekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917492755071102208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050732885499131507.post-2356706249713149132011-06-27T18:48:00.000-05:002011-06-27T18:48:17.065-05:00Volunteer violas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDyyVHGXK-PK5kc7QB6YhCIsuXbZ_rw0dYTkddOh2cmBc49fbSe0ZoSqTOVaf48sdIEEPpL3TW_RYtc-ka4rUQOHR_6raOmnqU0RtYXVptmwHSVslZieO62jPgm98keIzOOhjoRA-iXF4/s1600/pied+viola.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDyyVHGXK-PK5kc7QB6YhCIsuXbZ_rw0dYTkddOh2cmBc49fbSe0ZoSqTOVaf48sdIEEPpL3TW_RYtc-ka4rUQOHR_6raOmnqU0RtYXVptmwHSVslZieO62jPgm98keIzOOhjoRA-iXF4/s320/pied+viola.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhue-xdult-6J2zwrkOT4lSKRcsWMkdrPp3L1rU8uzv0RC6D6S9ULLPS-uuunKqet6HozUo8fng2DlW-HJfO3OLXm4iNKegLT1M8_uq0ZXChedodsoHui4w05yJnCIar6MxAyc7juS4ze0/s1600/viola+multicolor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhue-xdult-6J2zwrkOT4lSKRcsWMkdrPp3L1rU8uzv0RC6D6S9ULLPS-uuunKqet6HozUo8fng2DlW-HJfO3OLXm4iNKegLT1M8_uq0ZXChedodsoHui4w05yJnCIar6MxAyc7juS4ze0/s320/viola+multicolor.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Just two of the hundreds of violas that self seeded this year.Psekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917492755071102208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050732885499131507.post-65008255439445166882011-06-20T19:48:00.001-05:002011-06-21T09:53:57.100-05:00unwritten perspective"If we knew the unwritten story of our past, especially the prehistoric past, its fascination would cut the history of kings and queens, wars and parliaments, down to proper size."<br />
- John McLeish<br />
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read in Diarmuid O'Murchu's book "Ancestral Grace"<br />
I've read elsewhere about epigenetic stress - the stress that can be passed down in our genes after some horrific experience settling in us an unfocused sense of anxiety that doesn't seem to belong to us or the life around us. And Jung's collective unconciousness - and Teilhard de Chardin's noosphere - systems theory.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEideaZSp7C5r1mgxwhOAMWab9HZksSWfF81qjZOyaXEv6Y6pBi29x-AtD8pFQhAp92qXW-M1ZriXTdX3V5xk4HKi8y-aXqVn05zg0uG8tviBuqonRXL0dZWN3q4nqSEA08xQ_AsyIVWXtg/s1600/orange+peeled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEideaZSp7C5r1mgxwhOAMWab9HZksSWfF81qjZOyaXEv6Y6pBi29x-AtD8pFQhAp92qXW-M1ZriXTdX3V5xk4HKi8y-aXqVn05zg0uG8tviBuqonRXL0dZWN3q4nqSEA08xQ_AsyIVWXtg/s320/orange+peeled.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Are we catching up literally to our own reality? Isn't it fascinating?Psekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917492755071102208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050732885499131507.post-60653600949995259092011-06-18T20:24:00.000-05:002011-06-18T20:24:53.724-05:00Spring frittata when spring is actually here<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUucW55toPJHyyPVPPlN0Kp-sd7L1LOtwI7R4IV5fDxdZsNWnmPGPOIBUvP1GXvqXrUkEGPwmappvoCiVAoR_IpvJPztCCDJXLyFLk4Cuj_NqZKCE6-E9iN4UpbjJVSF6uiYwp7VkQoI/s1600/Spring+frittata.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUucW55toPJHyyPVPPlN0Kp-sd7L1LOtwI7R4IV5fDxdZsNWnmPGPOIBUvP1GXvqXrUkEGPwmappvoCiVAoR_IpvJPztCCDJXLyFLk4Cuj_NqZKCE6-E9iN4UpbjJVSF6uiYwp7VkQoI/s320/Spring+frittata.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>violas and peeled asparagus and chives<br />
maybe spring is here - just in time for summer :-)<br />
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and the peonies are blooming<br />
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Since I was a very young girl I have admired graciousness. I don't think I knew what it was but I remember paying attention to the difference between grouchiness and graciousness. I did wonder later on if it was a character trait for nobility since it was often labeled that way. <br />
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Now in middle age I admire it even more. It shares space in a list that includes politeness. Very cheap insurance along the way to non violent being. Learned while contemplating the steps from reacting to responding during ordinary days. An antidote to snark/sarcasm.<br />
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<a href="http://falstaffwasmytutor.blogspot.com/">Falstaff was my tutor</a> a thoughtful blog including thoughts on characterPsekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917492755071102208noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050732885499131507.post-32349791623724359932011-06-07T18:07:00.000-05:002011-06-07T18:07:39.445-05:003DDo you notice that you are seeing in 3 dimensions?<br />
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I'm housesitting for friends who live in the woods and as I was falling asleep my eyes faded into soft focus and at twilight my perception shifted and I saw the trees as I would looking through an old stereoscope.<br />
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Exquisite details - this is nowhere near the reality light wise<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4RjM5f9ykef0uX74K9OoqAs65IBGbzpvBbrAWvvkK9YH0ktNrjXHcnzE3Qz-JZH5ahj7xOXN6d17ZkuKnczFNVtRwGuVhXQ-_q6M1y_uERtpjpcQAlZv3mNTmZezpd0qxXEIpu-d_DiE/s1600/Folden+pond.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4RjM5f9ykef0uX74K9OoqAs65IBGbzpvBbrAWvvkK9YH0ktNrjXHcnzE3Qz-JZH5ahj7xOXN6d17ZkuKnczFNVtRwGuVhXQ-_q6M1y_uERtpjpcQAlZv3mNTmZezpd0qxXEIpu-d_DiE/s320/Folden+pond.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Psekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917492755071102208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050732885499131507.post-1023591356671545762011-05-30T21:40:00.000-05:002011-05-30T21:40:33.128-05:00don't give up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8trfbiHWXH5sV-wA4lrftEfVEErvNdZYfLzZaxCNdOeEa9E-qqJ9kLfUsfelTiPKRE3ZfP15iu9AFKP6MzwGNfG9f5FDIGMlfaC29J4aIIzlUWFxdZcZOErqDp2_FgW5TlVp8GOZsOA/s1600/lillies+of+the+valley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8trfbiHWXH5sV-wA4lrftEfVEErvNdZYfLzZaxCNdOeEa9E-qqJ9kLfUsfelTiPKRE3ZfP15iu9AFKP6MzwGNfG9f5FDIGMlfaC29J4aIIzlUWFxdZcZOErqDp2_FgW5TlVp8GOZsOA/s320/lillies+of+the+valley.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I almost gave up on some lily of the valley (lillies?) but there is at least one flower growing.<br />
nevah, nevah give up --Psekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917492755071102208noreply@blogger.com0