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Phil'a Trans Health Conference
So much to process ( Read more... ) -
sigh
I'm struggling with work. When I'm on-site, the environment is chaotic and I spend all of my time exception-handling, mostly customer communication, which is hampered by my neurotic anxiety around talking to strangers on the phone. (I can do it, but it takes an inordinate amount of energy and I tend to avoid phones as much as possible, even to the ( Read more... ) -
Intention, heart, growth
I've been thinking about intention recently. And I remembered this post from way back in... 2009. The intentions I set for myself at the time were these:
"1. I would like someday to have my own little piece of ground. I would like that ground to sustain me for the rest of my life. I would like that ground to become a home that brings me joy ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts on Yom Kippur
I went to Synagogue services today for the first time in my life (Reconstructionist). I was surprised by the repetition, each section of prayer being repeated three or four times throughout the day. I was surprised by the casualness of people drifting in and out. I was surprised by the joy. I was gratified that the rabbi always left room for ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts
I needed him to read himself to me like a book. -
How not to end a farming season: a text conversation
A little context: This boss prefers to plan day by day and communicate by text message. So I would tell him what days I could work the next week and he would text me the night before each day to tell me when to come in. If I wanted to have that conversation before 9pm, I would have to text him first. In no case did I ever just show up without first ( Read more... ) -
Moving on
I actually slept last night. I'm feeling better. I feel I have more clarity. I'm starting to see ways I might have been able to work on my relationship problems without bringing it to crisis, but it's too late now. Now I wait for his letter with the promise in my heart that I will truly listen to him. With the intention to be the best friend to him ( Read more... ) -
Miriam Update: Spring 2011 and party announcement
This season finds me once again at B&H Organics in Morgantown, PA. I'm the assistant farmer this year, and after some growing pains, I'm settling into my new responsibilities. Growing pains because my boss and I both expected me to be 'perfect' right from the start, but we've found a good level of expectation and communication. Now I just need ( Read more... ) -
Nature, Rah!
Nature gave me a gift yesterday. Skeins of geese stretching across the sky. I drove by a field where they were circling, touching down, chattering upon landing. White geese with black wingtips. And still, the skeins above, intersecting V's, more geese flying home. -
Gabby Giffords
I heard an NPR story about how well Gabby Giffords is recovering from her head wound. She can open her eyes on her own! For ten minutes at a stretch! The story made me cry. What is left of her now? She can't be the same woman she was before the shooting. Human consciousness is so fragile. We shift, change, grow all the time. We don't think ( Read more... )