Here and Now...What's Happening?

[RunningDeer]

Took the day off today and hung out. Rather than walk in 90F/32C temps, I did the drive-by into Burger King. Ate food I most never do and washed it down with a medium size Sprite which was large enough to take a bath in.

I figured Sprite was the better choice over Coke. But it tastes like the smell of a cross between Spic & Span and Pine Sol. Similar ingredients? Here & Now waiting for the heartburn medicine to kick in.

Hummm. I found this: 5 Unexpected Uses For Pine Sol
1. Homemade Fly Spray & Wasp Killer
2. Keep Pests Away
3. Pet Pee Deterrent
4. Stain Remover
5. Pregnancy Test

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[Guest]

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom's
have an awesome day and every day.






Love

Nora

[SabreToothMom]

[deleted because I can't read. LOL oops.]

What's happening now: I'm deleting this post, because I can't read.

[ulli]

Posted by SabreToothMom (here)
[deleted because I can't read. LOL oops.]

What's happening now: I'm deleting this post, because I can't read.

Deleting is allowed only
after you discover that you were channelling someone else
whose opinion you didn't agree with....

And I'm not disagreeing with my statement here, so it will remain as is, for all posterity.

[ulli]

Been thinking about doing exercise for the last hour.
Then came across this, and it seemed like the perfect solution

[ulli]

http://higherperspectives.com/palm-reflexology/

[Guest]

Posted by ulli (here)
So nice to see you back here, Nora. Just as I was wondering what happened to the original crowd of this thread, who understood what we were doing, and why.

Thank you Ulli,

Love you.

meant to thank you earlier and I got engrossed here and now.

Still coming back from the tragic loss of my significant other last year...(his death was hard enough, but the loss of him to the lie has been what I grieve the most.)
And then through the course of the year lost five more people. Attending two memorials at the end of the month.

I did my best to stay in touch with PA, The Village and a few contacts I'd made, but every time I came back someone died.

Ouch. I will not give up though. Coming back isn't easy, I feel clumsy, vulnerable and awkward at times, but tell my-self, post anyways....keep going. Love and be inspired.

Feeling wobbly tonight.



Love you all


Nora

[ulli]

Training baby mountain goats to travel with ease over the crevasses of life.
This is what us older Capricorns like to do for our friends...

Although.....Having been at the top once I ended up with a fear of heights. Can't explain why.
I never made it to fly, I guess.
My next task.
Will be visiting Trainee Human's thread some more.....

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=TtUz514rXKo

[Calz]

Last night was special.


Took my first child (18 year old son graduating high school within a couple weeks) to see not only his first rock concert but also his very favorite band ... Rush.


This was akin to a lifetime dream for him and it was so very much fun to be able to share that moment with him (and his best friend who we invited).



Doesn't get much better than that on the prison planet.



Here is the song I enjoyed the most (they didn't play my favorite ... The Trees) but this was outstanding and this vid isn't of the band in concert but rather some awesome eye candy (I love thunderstorms so I may be partial ...).

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=vvsw_Jq4UcE

One other thing from a song they played ... a snippet of a few lyrics that resonated with me tonight even though I had heard the song so very many times (Roll the Bones).


Sometimes you simply have to surrender to the Universe ... and these few lyrics brought that out for me tonight ...



Why are we here?

Because we're here.

Roll the bones.


Why does it happen?

Because it happens.

Roll the bones.

[Calz]

Posted by ulli (here)
Been thinking about doing exercise for the last hour.
Then came across this, and it seemed like the perfect solution

Good one ulli

Come to think on it ... I've been around the block a few times myself ...

[Roisin]

Posted by ulli (here)

Posted by Roisin (here)
Ok ulli, will create one that hopefully will match up to your description wrt "mountains" which in this case will hover somewhere between mountains and hills. I know what you mean on that and the less steep ones can be just as beautiful as the Himalayas or the Rockies too. So we're not so much looking at the rolling hills in a Grant Wood painting and more like the mountains of Scotland which are really more like foothills.

Yeah, and the cottages are what's most important as they reflect our own creativity.
The outside landscape represents the elements we are subjected to.

And since our vision is of a gentler world I was hoping that the elements would just be a leedle less challenging.

The problems the Villagers have to face stem from either natural illnesses,
or from evil empire. So there has to be a shield, of sorts. A dome, or bubble.
And fields, representing organic food production.

What I had in mind was more like the Asterix and Obelix stories where the villagers were tough folk
who could take on the entire Roman army after having taken a sip from their home-made magic potion.

Here's just a concept.... based on what you're talking about above and just wanted to give you some idea on how the bubble idea will sorta look conceptually-wise.
What we're trying to do now is refine on what you want this motif to look like. As for the style of what I'm showing here, this graphic is only very simple mock up of elements placed on a canvas and nothing more.

When it comes to a bubble or a dome, you have to keep in mind how important the perspective of the buildings and everything else is seen in the layout. You can't have an over head birds eye view where you're looking down on the layout of the community and have a bubble or dome too without losing important detail. Nor can you have a worm's eye view either.... it pretty much has to be at or near straight and level.

To give you a better idea on what a dome would look like, here's the graphic for that tv show "Under The Dome". As we can see, with the exception of the barn and the church steeple, we really can't make out too much detail of that town.



But here's a graphic ad for that show but once again, it's highlighting the limitations of that concept. (the one on the right is the one I am describing in my first paragraph of this post)

update: Here's another one I put together to see how many houses and and how large they can be within the constraints of a bubble. (note: talking about image directly below)

[araucaria]

Just now a pair of tits brought their nuptial dance to about a foot in front of (slightly above) my face, so close that the slightest move to bring them into view chased them happily off.

Talking of hands Ulli, this is the time of year when I have sore hands after digging the vegetable patch – only this year the digging was done back in November. Either I am crazy (very possible) or this suggests a time-based or memory component to pain capable of overriding the immediate physical sequence. I don’t recall having had any problem in November. Probably just crazy…

I’m not sure about this under the dome symbol of Roisin’s: in Stephen King’s novel, it crystallizes all that is wrong in the world. Funnily enough, I referred to it only last week. https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post958325

[RunningDeer]

Posted by Nora (here)
Thank you Ulli,

Love you.

meant to thank you earlier and I got engrossed here and now.

Still coming back from the tragic loss of my significant other last year...(his death was hard enough, but the loss of him to the lie has been what I grieve the most.)
And then through the course of the year lost five more people. Attending two memorials at the end of the month.

I did my best to stay in touch with PA, The Village and a few contacts I'd made, but every time I came back someone died.

Ouch. I will not give up though. Coming back isn't easy, I feel clumsy, vulnerable and awkward at times, but tell my-self, post anyways....keep going. Love and be inspired.

Feeling wobbly tonight.

Love you all

Nora

Nora, I’ve often thought of you this year and how you were doing with the lost of your significant other. The stages of acceptance are a strange experience. As painful as it can be early on, you’re numb by comparison a few months later. It’s strange how we learn to adapt and accept, though it doesn’t seem like it in present moment. At least it was that way when I’ve experienced it.

They say factors outside ourselves such as stress at home, a job loss, a move or death of a loved one is enough to cause chaos to the psyche. But five deaths in a year, one being a significant other, I can’t begin to imagine.

You’re a caretaker of family and friends on many levels, makes me want to say please continue to take care of yourself. I know you do. I know, too, that you’re one strong spirit woman that touches lives in so many dimensional ways. Thank you for signing up at this time.

Love,
Paula

[RunningDeer]

Recently, I went through my small box of photographs that live way, way in the back of a closet of seasonal gear, blankets and sleeping bag. Most of the people in that box have passed or are left in my past and that includes me.

What struck me was how hard I was on myself. A combination of expectations, perceived imperfections, wrong this, wrong that, young, not so young.

If I condense it to a single descriptor it’d be unrealistic expectations mostly born out of others’ point of view and me buying into them. Fortunately, I didn’t let it stop me.

Reminders here and now:

Embrace change. Carry on with refined versions of growth. And a different kind of path from the many is perfect for me.

<3

[Kryztian]

Posted by ulli (here)
Been thinking about doing exercise for the last hour.
Then came across this, and it seemed like the perfect solution

There's even a theme song for this product:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=a_MnKQPXvs8

[Roisin]

Posted by RunningDeer (here)
Recently, I went through my small box of photographs that live way, way in the back of a closet of seasonal gear, blankets and sleeping bag. Most of the people in that box have passed or are left in my past and that includes me.

What struck me was how hard I was on myself. A combination of expectations, perceived imperfections, wrong this, wrong that, young, not so young.

If I condense it to a single descriptor it’d be unrealistic expectations mostly born out of others’ point of view and me buying into them. Fortunately, I didn’t let it stop me.

Reminders here and now:

Embrace change. Carry on with refined versions of growth. And a different kind of path from the many is perfect for me.

<3

I have no idea what you're saying here Paula.... could you please say it another way so that it's more understandable or coherent??

[Roisin]

On the other hand, there's no question what the person is saying to somebody else in the note below... and the photo of the one after that too. lol

[RunningDeer]

Posted by Roisin (here)

Posted by RunningDeer (here)
Recently, I went through my small box of photographs that live way, way in the back of a closet of seasonal gear, blankets and sleeping bag. Most of the people in that box have passed or are left in my past and that includes me.

What struck me was how hard I was on myself. A combination of expectations, perceived imperfections, wrong this, wrong that, young, not so young.

If I condense it to a single descriptor it’d be unrealistic expectations mostly born out of others’ point of view and me buying into them. Fortunately, I didn’t let it stop me.

Reminders here and now:

Embrace change. Carry on with refined versions of growth. And a different kind of path from the many is perfect for me.

<3

I have no what you're saying here Paula.... could you please say it another way so that it's more understandable or coherent??

The photographs represent slices of my life. The first part is how many loved ones have died, i.e., son, parents, sister, significant other, in-laws, friends, etc. Whole histories and life goals with them have been wiped out.

Photos of Michael, my son, and his dad are in that same box. Michael’s dad still holds his ashes hostage. He’s waiting for me to pay for half the burial. Even though he gave nothing but $25 a week child support and very little time and love with stringent conditions attached.

The second part is that I always walked away from the cliques, the financial security, the homes, the material possessions.

Freedom triumphs controller bastards.

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[Jean-Marie]

Hello Village!

It has been a rainy weekend. The rains here in Chicago have finally subsided about an hour ago and the sun is peaking back out of the clouds for a few hours before sunset. I am listening to the sparrows that nested just outside my bedroom window. I love hearing the birds talk to each other. Thanking Gaia for her wonderful gifts!

-jean-marie

[Roisin]

Thanks Paula. Now I feel awful for asking clarification on that post but I really wanted to know. Now it makes sense.