i am grateful for…
1) chavellas–that cactus is edible
2) openings
3) the thriving christmas tree. (well, thriving for a dead tree)
4) the 13 grandmothers. one of them just had a mountain in oregon named after her. one of them had a prophecy about “water wars,” another’s “passion is seeds.” oh great mother. i can feel her in them. it’s cool.
5) sage
6) women who play steel drums
7) j’s reminder to “feel the lovely”
8) connecting like waters
9) when friends have dreams about you and your psychedelic tom cat baby
10) that i’m suddenly surrounded by gorgeous baby-full women
11) when something shifts. because really, it is so incredibly rare. there is the work, the work, the work. and then, sometimes, it’s just the gentlest thing that makes a difference. sure, the work has gotten you there, but then it’s just the brush of a feather, the stroke of finger, the words of a friend. soft, friendly. and whoosh, or a gentler word for whoosh, and you’re there. somewhere you’ve never quite seen before. you know? sorry, cryptic. and tired. but, change is kinda palpably ineffable sometimes. you know?
12) eggs hardboiled just right so the shell peels perfectly
13) the quiet of the holidays. well, in the holidays, the silences between the fracas are especially silent.
14) cotton
