sunday
Good morning.
It snowed some more last night. Just a bit more to cover the ground nicely again. When winter comes I like to see the muddy ground covered, preferably till spring gets here.
I'm actually getting into xmas shopping this year. More than usual. I thought of a gift for Jules. He is very hard to buy for. Years ago he gave us some really cool silverware with nice big table knives:
We all love these knives. Perfect for spreading stuff on bread. The forks in the set aren't that great - they only have 3 tines but the knives make up for it. I did some searching and research to find what pattern they were and found a set on ebay to give to Jules with 4 knives. The set is missing forks but that is no problem.
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Yesterday at the meeting the topic was gratitude. I felt inspired for a bit to talk about being grateful to be alive. There are billions (trillions and trillions and more) of people and animals before us who have been and gone, but we are here right now. THIS is OUR time. It won't last long. This is our one chance to live. There is so much suffering in the world. I feel guilty when I'm not suffering. Why should I be so lucky? Though my time will probably come (and I have lived through a few times of suffering already). But it's not here now. Now I am fortunate to be alive and well with only a few small ailments. I didn't choose to be healthy and "rich" - they didn't choose to be sick and poor. It's all random. I truly wish there was reincarnation. That would make sense - be fair. Everyone gets a turn. If there was proof of reincarnation and we could remember it there would be no racism, no animal cruelty. We would be able to see that we are just trading skins and be able to see ourselves in our brother's eyes. Anyway... Gratitude. For this life. For being here with these people and these animals and these plants as our companions, these rocks, this sky as our home. For this chance to experience whatever good there is here. Hopefully not cause any more suffering than there already is. Though I can't be "up" all the time and I do spend a lot of time zoned out: napping, escaping, isolating. Which is a shame but I guess that is a part of life too. Life is too intense for me to be present to it all the time. Still the best thing is to strive to Be Here Now as much as possible.
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They have extending deer hunting season to Sunday now! Geez. A person can't even go out and safely take a walk in the woods on a Sunday. The poor deer can't even have a day to recover from the killing that took place yesterday (first day of regular firearms season when there are a million hunters all over the woods - bang, bang all over the place). I give up walking in the woods for these 2 weeks. I heard 3 shots, one right after the other just before dark yesterday in the woods down back. That's dumb. If you didn't kill it on the first shot than the next 2 shots while it's running away will be bad shots and probably just injure it. I am so sorry for the maimed and injured deer limping around. It's awful. I just now heard some more gunshots.
It snowed some more last night. Just a bit more to cover the ground nicely again. When winter comes I like to see the muddy ground covered, preferably till spring gets here.
I'm actually getting into xmas shopping this year. More than usual. I thought of a gift for Jules. He is very hard to buy for. Years ago he gave us some really cool silverware with nice big table knives:
We all love these knives. Perfect for spreading stuff on bread. The forks in the set aren't that great - they only have 3 tines but the knives make up for it. I did some searching and research to find what pattern they were and found a set on ebay to give to Jules with 4 knives. The set is missing forks but that is no problem.
*****
Yesterday at the meeting the topic was gratitude. I felt inspired for a bit to talk about being grateful to be alive. There are billions (trillions and trillions and more) of people and animals before us who have been and gone, but we are here right now. THIS is OUR time. It won't last long. This is our one chance to live. There is so much suffering in the world. I feel guilty when I'm not suffering. Why should I be so lucky? Though my time will probably come (and I have lived through a few times of suffering already). But it's not here now. Now I am fortunate to be alive and well with only a few small ailments. I didn't choose to be healthy and "rich" - they didn't choose to be sick and poor. It's all random. I truly wish there was reincarnation. That would make sense - be fair. Everyone gets a turn. If there was proof of reincarnation and we could remember it there would be no racism, no animal cruelty. We would be able to see that we are just trading skins and be able to see ourselves in our brother's eyes. Anyway... Gratitude. For this life. For being here with these people and these animals and these plants as our companions, these rocks, this sky as our home. For this chance to experience whatever good there is here. Hopefully not cause any more suffering than there already is. Though I can't be "up" all the time and I do spend a lot of time zoned out: napping, escaping, isolating. Which is a shame but I guess that is a part of life too. Life is too intense for me to be present to it all the time. Still the best thing is to strive to Be Here Now as much as possible.
*****
They have extending deer hunting season to Sunday now! Geez. A person can't even go out and safely take a walk in the woods on a Sunday. The poor deer can't even have a day to recover from the killing that took place yesterday (first day of regular firearms season when there are a million hunters all over the woods - bang, bang all over the place). I give up walking in the woods for these 2 weeks. I heard 3 shots, one right after the other just before dark yesterday in the woods down back. That's dumb. If you didn't kill it on the first shot than the next 2 shots while it's running away will be bad shots and probably just injure it. I am so sorry for the maimed and injured deer limping around. It's awful. I just now heard some more gunshots.