November 3, 2006
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Beautiful Photoblog NOT
This morning as the sun rose I stood with my back to the woodstove
drinking coffee, and watched through the hazy plastic sheeting over the
east window as the warm-colored glow turned from deep red-orange
through brilliant coral to soft peach. Now it is mostly gray,
with just a hint of pink. I know that the warmth of that glow was
far away, about 93 million miles, it seems. The outdoor temp this
morning is about minus four and the indoor temp about fifty thanks to
Doug’s all-night efforts to keep the woodstove full and hot.When I caught my first glimpse of the color this morning, I thought
about grabbing the camera and rushing out there to catch the light
before it faded. I looked down at my sheepskin slippers, and over
to the single sno-jog I’ve been able to find, and opted to stay where I
was. A bit later, as the color not only lasted but intensified, I
felt a twinge of guilt for not hopping to it.I dismissed that feeling immediately. I have been hopping to far
too many and too strenuous tasks lately. The fibromyalgia
self-management course in which I enrolled as a test subject counsels
that we be only as active as we can be without increasing our pain and
fatigue. It is a hard line to discern until I have already passed
it, and I have been passing it quite consistently lately. This
self-destructive behavior has to stop.I’ll do some more poking around in the clutter and try today to
discover where the cats hid my other old sno jog. I know where
the newer pair is, but they are not appropriate for a quick dash out
the door with the camera. The old ones are creased, cracked,
stretched-out and loose, with that extra space filled by two pairs of
felt innersoles to insulate the bottoms of my feet. The new ones
are town shoes, trim and uncreased, and have no room for extra
insulation.So that’s my plan for today: find a boot.
Go ahead and laugh, but it is a bigger job than you might think, and I don’t have a lot of available energy to use.
Comments (4)
I’ve recently discovered that if I don’t slow down relatively soon, I’m probably going to have serious problems. Since I have no health insurance, I have to guard my health very carefully. Reading about your budgeting of your energy helps me keep my work load in perspective.
sometimes, the description is better than a picture could be.
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this would be one of those times.
might think about getting some “clappers” for the boots. then, when the cats drag one off as caught prey, you can just clap and it’ll answer you.
heya.. well im back again.. lol my modem was broke but finally got it fixed.. as for channeling your butterfly i dont really know why i was. but i have pages full of it. then looking at your site i saw that and it was the same.. i was hoping that you could shed some lite on that subject.. well hope you are doing good and hope the blessings of love and light are all around you.. hope to talk to you soon
Very pretty there, but too damn cold for me!