Monthly Archives: November 2020

Do the failures matter?

Posted on November 30, 2020 by jenny

I’ve actually been feeling better since I acknowledged that I’m too tired to do much of anything, and stopped making myself wrong for not getting things done.  Stopped pushing myself. from my journal Wednesday, November 25 Another amazing talk with … Continue reading →

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Non-Relationship with Mother

Posted on November 29, 2020 by jenny

I went back to look for the Thanksgiving in 1991 to find out why we hadn’t joined the rest of the family in Florida.  I don’t mention that, just that we did spend Thanksgiving with Dana’s parents.  But I did … Continue reading →

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What I learned from the Retreat

Posted on November 25, 2020 by jenny

This was written the day after the final day of the Courage and Renewal Retreat. Normally, when I post things I’ve written in my journal, I either edit them, or add material to explain some of the references.  Today I’m … Continue reading →

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Persephone, revisited

Posted on November 23, 2020 by jenny

from journal for Saturday, November 21 This was the second full day of the Courage & Renewal Retreat described in an earlier post: We were told to wander around outside or inside your space, find things that are beautiful, find … Continue reading →

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Despair

Posted on November 22, 2020 by jenny

From my journal for Friday, November 20 I wish I didn’t wake up in the morning feeling so tired and discouraged and meaningless.  “May all beings be held in lovingkindness.”  But I have no sense of love, or kindness, or … Continue reading →

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Losing Ground

Posted on November 19, 2020 by jenny

I’ve been losing ground since I first stopped changing the hangings at Neskaya eight times a year, for the holidays of the Ancient Nature Religion of Western Europe.  I didn’t even notice when that began to happen, I guess I … Continue reading →

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Major Trigger

Posted on November 18, 2020 by jenny

I usually type up my journal about one month later.  It often gives me some perspective that I didn’t have when I wrote it.  Recently I typed up this: from October 14 The part of me that’s behind my inability … Continue reading →

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The “Gift” of Life

Posted on November 16, 2020 by jenny

I am doing a Retreat with the Courage and Renewal folks. It’s called “Tending to Our Grief in Autumn” and is similar to the one I did in person in Burlington last January.  Except that this one had to be … Continue reading →

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