Here and Now...What's Happening?

[TargeT]

it seems funny how I'm often reminded that we are collectively experiencing the same thing ( or at least groups of us are on specific issues, holistically of course the greater experience is also shared) all over this planet with slightly different context to color the experience and make it "ours".

My wife and I ran across this lastnight and it completely sums up the past 6 months of our life


we started a horse rescue (https://www.facebook.com/cruzancowgirlshorserescue) and have been completely financially drained by it, but clearly this isn't my experience alone; I guess that picture was my little reminder that we are all in this together.

GO TEAM!

[Gekko]

Target, my sister is a large animal veterinarian. A few months ago she adopted an older horse to save him from the glue factory, with a good place to stay at one of the farms she works for. Just this morning she sent out an email to everyone asking that all Christmas presents be in the form of donations to help keep him. Said it's very expensive. Did it all up with a plea to "Save the Unicorn" (she went to a Halloween event where she dressed up as an elf and affixed a horn to his head). I don't think she would mind me sharing this snippet...

Unicorns eat. A lot. And it turns out that despite their fantastical horns, the rest of their anatomy is well, quite like any other horse. And that means, well, they crap. A lot. And I am finding that their maintenance is quite expensive, too - they require gold shavings and special feed that can only be found at certain locations at fairytale stores.

[ulli]

"He eats like a horse" ...such a popular saying should have sent a message.
But alas, we, too, had two horses who ate us out of house and home.
And then there were the vet bills, with all sorts of ailments that needed treatment.
Anyway, Spot and Blackie are now with someone who has money to burn, unlike us.

[TargeT]

we are trying to set up a "perpetual horse rescue machine" where we rehabilitate horses, train them to be calm and docile and adopt them out; we will be doing guided horse back tours as apart of their theropy (for the horses that need/are able to exersize, we don't have enough land for them to be able to run much but we are working at fixing that), horsmanship lessons on the weekends for kids & interested adults (we already have a group of deaf kids lined up for some horse time, good animal theorpy ) so we can afford to rescue as many as possible... of course building the machine takes some resources, but the horses love a dip in the ocean and grain/alfalfa and pastures that the rides will provide (well, that I am providing right now.. haha) and once they are shown that humans can be nice and won't just jump on them and ride the SH** out of them they really are seeming to enjoy the life we have provided for the few that were lucky enough to end up with us over the last 6 months.

[Caren]

Hi everyone,
lots of ice and snow here in eastern Canada of late, and more to come. Thank goodness for warm socks
For a number of years now my daughter in-law's aunt has been rescuing horses from different auctions, etc. - bless her kind soul. She has a large farm in Alberta and has cared for many unwanted, neglected animals. Last I heard she had eight rescues, living out their last days in peace and with plenty to eat. They are the lucky ones.
Caren
p.s. transiten: I enjoyed listening to your song and didn't mind you posting it twice at all - your voice is lovely!

[1inMany]

Bless your hearts, all of you, for rescuing animals. At this moment, I am not caring for any strays and I'm happy about that. I am, however, preparing for the rescue of Little One, and Mike and I both hope this will lead to the end of denial on K's part. We have three choices. All will cost any and all contact with K, not our first choice but likely inevitable. One-file suit now. Costly. Financially we just can't do that. Two-wait until something happens. Then it becomes an emergency in the eyes of the courts, would have a more easily determined outcome. The cost would be the same, but we could prepare from now until then. Three-cut her off now. Problem with that choice is that without an event, she could just call up the po-po and say go bring my child home. Which they would do. Hoping Mike keeps his head about him.

After I posted that I had found joy, I realized that just another layer of the same emotional "game" and saw it as just another facet. I sure have learned a lot in the past week. Yes, the key is attaching to that which is eternal. And the more attached one becomes, the less attached one can be to that which is this heavy experience. Still, must live it, yes. But...with what is real as the focus.

Much Love,

[dianna]

Posted by TargeT (here)
we are trying to set up a "perpetual horse rescue machine" where we rehabilitate horses, train them to be calm and docile and adopt them out; we will be doing guided horse back tours as apart of their theropy (for the horses that need/are able to exersize, we don't have enough land for them to be able to run much but we are working at fixing that), horsmanship lessons on the weekends for kids & interested adults (we already have a group of deaf kids lined up for some horse time, good animal theorpy ) so we can afford to rescue as many as possible... of course building the machine takes some resources, but the horses love a dip in the ocean and grain/alfalfa and pastures that the rides will provide (well, that I am providing right now.. haha) and once they are shown that humans can be nice and won't just jump on them and ride the SH** out of them they really are seeming to enjoy the life we have provided for the few that were lucky enough to end up with us over the last 6 months.

I think thats AWESOME what you are doing!

[Flash]

Posted by 1inMany (here)
After I posted that I had found joy, I realized that just another layer of the same emotional "game" and saw it as just another facet. I sure have learned a lot in the past week. Yes, the key is attaching to that which is eternal. And the more attached one becomes, the less attached one can be to that which is this heavy experience. Still, must live it, yes. But...with what is real as the focus.

Much Love,

You definitely have what is needed, and you know deep down who you are. You have shown it all along with your hundreds of posts right here. And you are a wonderful mom, whatever happens, you are, because you have what is needed.

I do not want to seem preachy, I really saw that in you and I do have to write it

Much love

Flash

[1inMany]

Posted by Flash (here)

Posted by 1inMany (here)
After I posted that I had found joy, I realized that just another layer of the same emotional "game" and saw it as just another facet. I sure have learned a lot in the past week. Yes, the key is attaching to that which is eternal. And the more attached one becomes, the less attached one can be to that which is this heavy experience. Still, must live it, yes. But...with what is real as the focus.

Much Love,

You definitely have what is needed, and you know deep down who you are. You have shown it all along with your hundreds of posts right here. And you are a wonderful mom, whatever happens, you are, because you have what is needed.

I do not want to seem preachy, I really saw that in you and I do have to write it

Much love

Flash

Holy crap, Flash. Just...holy crap. You do not seem preachy, first of all. And thank you. I can't even form a response to that....

[ulli]

Posted by 1inMany (here)
Bless your hearts, all of you, for rescuing animals. At this moment, I am not caring for any strays and I'm happy about that. I am, however, preparing for the rescue of Little One, and Mike and I both hope this will lead to the end of denial on K's part. We have three choices. All will cost any and all contact with K, not our first choice but likely inevitable. One-file suit now. Costly. Financially we just can't do that. Two-wait until something happens. Then it becomes an emergency in the eyes of the courts, would have a more easily determined outcome. The cost would be the same, but we could prepare from now until then. Three-cut her off now. Problem with that choice is that without an event, she could just call up the po-po and say go bring my child home. Which they would do. Hoping Mike keeps his head about him.

After I posted that I had found joy, I realized that just another layer of the same emotional "game" and saw it as just another facet. I sure have learned a lot in the past week. Yes, the key is attaching to that which is eternal. And the more attached one becomes, the less attached one can be to that which is this heavy experience. Still, must live it, yes. But...with what is real as the focus.

Much Love,

1inMany, you have reached such an important high point in your journey with this realisation.
Joy, and fun, and even thrills are ok, as we all need a rest from the battles,
but as far as events go they are just as fleeting as any suffering. It all alternates.

[transiten]

Posted by Caren (here)
Hi everyone,
lots of ice and snow here in eastern Canada of late, and more to come. Thank goodness for warm socks
For a number of years now my daughter in-law's aunt has been rescuing horses from different auctions, etc. - bless her kind soul. She has a large farm in Alberta and has cared for many unwanted, neglected animals. Last I heard she had eight rescues, living out their last days in peace and with plenty to eat. They are the lucky ones.
Caren
p.s. transiten: I enjoyed listening to your song and didn't mind you posting it twice at all - your voice is lovely!

Found no horse..Thanx Caren, my last peep before i go, take care-n everyone

[dan33]

LOST HIGHWAY

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=taO1Mt5flvw

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=st-uK5OZ1hk

[ulli]

Posted by transiten (here)

Posted by Caren (here)
Hi everyone,
lots of ice and snow here in eastern Canada of late, and more to come. Thank goodness for warm socks
For a number of years now my daughter in-law's aunt has been rescuing horses from different auctions, etc. - bless her kind soul. She has a large farm in Alberta and has cared for many unwanted, neglected animals. Last I heard she had eight rescues, living out their last days in peace and with plenty to eat. They are the lucky ones.
Caren
p.s. transiten: I enjoyed listening to your song and didn't mind you posting it twice at all - your voice is lovely!

Found no horse..Thanx Caren, my last peep before i go, take care-n everyone

Llamas are perfectly fine, too.
By the way, the next Chinese year will be the year of the Horse.
Meanwhile, since you are off again, wishing you a lovely festive season,
and that all stay in good health.

[araucaria]

whoever posted pictures of the pyramids under snow was the victim of a cruel hoax. The photo that was photoshopped originally looked like this:

[Flash]

Posted by araucaria (here)
whoever posted pictures of the pyramids under snow was the victim of a cruel hoax. The photo that was photoshopped originally looked like this:

sigh and weeping. That was sooo pretty. It felt just like home. Pyramids at home, great.

[ulli]

Posted by araucaria (here)
whoever posted pictures of the pyramids under snow was the victim of a cruel hoax. The photo that was photoshopped originally looked like this:

Cruel indeed. Now the whole planet will be known in the multiverse as a nest of liars.

[Flash]

Posted by transiten (here)
Perfect Lullabye, love that song, leaving for the Eastcoast and family tomorrow..Going home for Christmas...my dad often reminds me of when i was just a kid of 3 years old and we stayed in the house of my grandmothers sister in Marseille. There was a pond in the backyard and i repeated "Écoute les grenouilles, les grenouilles! "Frogs" for those who don't have a French dictionnary..

http://www.mcv.se/media/artists/soun..._hakansson.mp3
Maybe i was inspired by their song without knowing it 15 years later when the lyrics of "Sailing" popped into my head while picking blueberries in the mountains..

Bonne nuit

You have a very nice voice and the music is nice too. I would have listened to the whole piece anytime. I will have my daughter listen to it too because as she grows older, her voic is starting to sound like yours.

This is nice music and voice, I wish I could undertand the lyrics.

And sorry to have mentioned another sailing song. I had listened to yours not knowing it was that one, missing on the lyrics. And not sure of whom Lilian was.

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my dauhgter Mini Flash just listened to it and tried to sing it. She was getting right into it, same intonations, same rythm and almost same voice. It was quite fun to listen to both of you together.

[DNA]

Posted by dan33 (here)
LOST HIGHWAY

I have just got to ask Dan, do you or does anyone understand this movie?
I used to like David Lynch but after trying to figure out what is going on in his movies I have come to the conclusian that I have no freaking idea.
I was scared to admit this for a while because of the artsy crowd telling me how deep he was and people who don't get him just don't understand symbolic movie making. To this I say so be it, I have no freaking idea what is going on in David Lynch movies

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

Hello Violet. I really enjoyed the movie you posted. After watching it, I found an equally great movie to watch on Siberian trappers. It was really interesting to see the commonalities and differences between the Canadian and Russian trappers. The Film is called "Happy People: A Year in The Taiga" and it is a Werner Herzog film. Highly recommended for anyone who enjoyed "The Last Trapper".

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1683876/
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xw0...ria_shortfilms
https://youtube.com/watch?v=4QXa_...=TL3FyN9-3vp0I

Posted by Violet (here)
Samm, your post reminded me of this one

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=JUTkZ63dHiY

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

Posted by ulli (here)
"He eats like a horse" ...such a popular saying should have sent a message.
But alas, we, too, had two horses who ate us out of house and home.
And then there were the vet bills, with all sorts of ailments that needed treatment.
Anyway, Spot and Blackie are now with someone who has money to burn, unlike us.

My uncle is a true cowboy and still raises cattle and breeds horses for a living. He was telling me how lucrative it can be one moment and then total destitution the next. At one time, he had a stallion from Italy (I know, Italian Stallion) that he would stud with mares. The stallion was young and he was already making a lot of money studding him. The horse itself was worth a ton of money. One night, in a violent storm, the horse broke free from the barn and got struck by lightning. And in a moment, the horse and my uncle's investment was gone in a flash of lightning, literally.