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One way to ground and shield
The first thing to do when you need to ground is to breathe consciously. Most people in pain are automatically taking very shallow, fast breaths... you need to pay attention to your breathing and consciously slow it down. Take deep breaths instead of shallow breaths ( Read more... ) -
Noticing the Natural World: mid-December into January
Brrrrrrrrrr.
The doglet is panting constantly now, except when she's out "breaking trail" down our drifted neighborhood sidewalks, good lil mini sled-dog that she is. She bounds along radiating happiness and tossing snow around with her nose as I crunchcrunchcrunch along behind her in my thermals, jeans, 4 shirts, 2 hoodies, 2 pair gloves, jacket, ( Read more... ) -
been so exhausted...
...and yanno it hasn't all been physical...
I've been avoiding my favorite website like the plague lately... I was part of a very public divorce once that split an online community, fragmented it beyond healing. I don't want to be anywhere near this one until the emotions calm down, I really don't.
It's none of my business, yanno? I don't have any ( Read more... ) -
Please don't sneeze in my pudding...
Life with cats is so... interesting... so there I am, perched on the corner of the bed with my magazine and a dish of pudding--butterscotch, no less!--and the cat jumps onto the nearby desk, turns my way, and begins to sneeze. Eeeep!
So I said to him, "Don't sneeze in my pudding," and he obligingly turned away and stopped sneezing.
And then yanno ( Read more... ) -
might I just say....
...that Kansas in the Fall is utterly and completely---well---charming? lol! We don't have the kind of blazing glory that the Cupcakes are so beautifully documenting, but yanno... it is COLD to this Desert Rose and that alone makes it charming! lol! Last night I was struck by how totally wonderful it is in a cool room to feel all warm and cozy in ( Read more... ) -
and now the Earth is screaming....
*sigh* I saw a "news report" about Global Warming, and how people really aren't causing it, so we really have nothing to fix, no need to make any changes.... and what, two days later? Southern California caught on fire.... Global Warming is not some gentle warm breeze on a summer's day, it is a cauldron coming to the boil--not peaceful, but filled ( Read more... ) -
OMGGGGG!!! URSY, look at THIS!!!
Tis Arwen's fault, yanno *impudent grin* she linked to diy dogs and they had a link to Craft and well.... here ya go!!!!!!! And yeah, I surfed and friended and bookmarked a LOT, lol.... I think I may never be offline again, eeep! Well.... at least until we get an ironing board. *angelic grin*
http://www.craftzine.com/blog/archive/2007/08/ ( Read more... ) -
Spoon Theory
There is a website I read sometimes called "But You Don't Look Sick?" and there is an essay that pretty much describes what it's like to deal with chronic illness. http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/navigation/BYDLS-TheSpoonTheory.pdf
I am not as sick as the woman who wrote the essay, but yanno, I am still short on spoons every day. *sigh* That's ( Read more... ) -
This is my official public entry *wink*
Welcome! I keep my LJ locked to "friends only"--so if I know you, friend me and I will friend you back. Please don't be offended that I've screened the comments on some posts. It really depends on the post and how vulnerable I'm feeling when I write, and has nothing to do with the people on my flist.
I look forward to friending you!
Cath