Monthly Archives: February 2011

Fragile and Lost

Posted on February 13, 2011 by jenny

(Written in March 2009) So how am I feeling?  Fragile and lost.  Not quite as easy to be with as it was on Sunday. I actually felt very strange last night after I got back from dance — lost, not … Continue reading →

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Community & Guidance

Posted on February 11, 2011 by jenny

I went to WREN for a presentation about solar hot water.  The idea is to do it like a barn-raising, get a group of people together and labor is free.  There’s a group of people in Plymouth who do it, … Continue reading →

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Bodymind Work with Kevin

Posted on February 9, 2011 by jenny

(Written in September 2007) Very interesting work with Kevin.  I described the headache.  He decided to be “provocative” — first moving my legs around the hip sockets, then doing some work on the “belly wall” — can’t remember if I … Continue reading →

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Good Day

Posted on February 7, 2011 by jenny

(Written in February 2010) Got up because I couldn’t breathe.  Otherwise it was perfectly comfortable to lie in bed.  So wonderful! To be comfortable in my body — despite the cold which is a small annoyance.  So wonderful not to … Continue reading →

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Feeling like an Abandoned Baby

Posted on February 6, 2011 by jenny

(Written in March 2007) Bleak and cold.  No warmth no love anywhere.  I tell myself this is what an infant feels when Mom is gone. Another possibility is that this coldness represents a defense against a worse pain — I … Continue reading →

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After the Ecstasy, the Laundry

Posted on February 5, 2011 by jenny

I find it very comforting that Jack Kornfield says that even after ecstatic “enlightenment” experiences people have trouble when they go back to “the World.” The wounds of childhood are still unhealed and a lot of spiritual practice is necessary … Continue reading →

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Living with Debilitating Chronic Illness

Posted on February 4, 2011 by jenny

(Written in January 2007) I’ve been thinking more thoughts at R, trying once again to explain what my life is like.  From the perspective that Kayla understood, that what I’m up against is a physiological process, not psychological or emotional, … Continue reading →

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Ground-Candle-Bolc

Posted on February 3, 2011 by jenny

For this holiday I put on my patchwork pants, and get out the glitter cloth and the sacred armadillo candles.  The meaning of this holiday has been revealed to me by remarks that others have made.  My friend Beverly gave … Continue reading →

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Snowed Under

Posted on February 2, 2011 by jenny

I had planned to do a post about Groundhog Day/Candlemas/Imbolc but the snow got deeper and deeper and I couldn’t get across the street to take a picture of the zany centerpiece. Maybe tomorrow. Back Door

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