The Sound Of Silence

My wife has complained that what I write here is not fit for public consumption, & also hurts people, so the end has come.

Hot House; Relaxed Woman; Avatar Meditation

At the request of my wife, I cranked up the output of heat from the wood stove today, all day, & wow are we cookin' *:-) She is very relaxed, her joint & muscle pain is reduced, & the healing that only wood heat can bring has come our way, & we are grateful *:-)

I hung out in 2nd Life again today for awhile, & my avatar actually found a place with zafus that have pose-balls built in, that when sat upon, immediately put the avatar into a meditative posture. Very cool. I want one of those pose balls, but I don't really understand how to use them yet, so I will do the research.

WoodMan; ChiliMan; WarMan; GarbageMan

Well, at least I am a man *:-)

Woodman: I brought wood to the near-the-front-door wood pile today, replenishing the stock that we used up last week keeping the place warm. Some of it is perfectly dry & perfectly split madrone, & it is beautiful, not just because it will warm us well, but because of its visual beauty also. We are grateful for it.

ChiliMan: I got to eat some more of my wife's chili today, & I love it. I added a little Jarlsburg cheese as nibbles with each bite of chili, & that is awesomely good *:-)

WarMan: We have been watching Ken Burn's The War, & it is very powerful for me, because I was born just as the USA entered the war, & also because I am also a veteran, so I believe I have a keen & deep understanding of what I am seeing.

GarbageMan: Yes, today I took out the garbage & placed clean containers in the house where we stow our trash until the weekend. Not a big deal, I know, but I am happy to be able to do it *:-)

Weakies; Maddies; Quitties; Kiddies

Slaka (South Swamp) overflows with weak ones, including some of the "space invaders" who are renting space from us. I am finding that state employment attracts such folks, & it frightens me that I might end up as one of them...kinda like an alien biting me & injecting alien crap into my blood *:-(

Some of the weakies are also maddies, & are looking for any excuse or slight failing of others to down the organization, & they don't realize they are destroying their own opportunity for employment at the same time, instead believing in an arbitrary goodness that is some sort of golden rule. It doesn't exist mate.

Fortunately, rumors are beginning to rise that some of the weakie/maddie crowd are going to leave of their own volition sometime soon, which would be quite cool. Let's accept that if it happens.

Many others in Slaka are just kids who do not know how to grow up, nor have they been shown what it is to be a grown up. Not that any of us has mastered adulthood, but some of us at least are aware that we aren't doing all that we could & continue to move in the "more adult" rather than "less adult" direction.

Firewood; Good DVDs; Good Food; Good Day

A Sunday in the mountains that followed a pattern that we are comfortable with, & used to. We like it here where we live, & also were fortunate enough to have a couple good meals today & some very good entertainment. We appreciate it *:-)

Aprons; Rain; Success

Today was Apron day. The Apron Lady (my wife), set up her sales booth at a local Waldorf Holiday Fair today, & took a large number of very cool aprons to sell, along with a few other things. People loved her work & bought a lot of aprons, & asked a lot of intelligent questions, & gave her lots of compliments, so her day was a success. I helped set up & tear down *:-)

A brief but heavy (at least up here in the mountains) rain fell today, but didn't cause the cancellation of the holiday fair because apparently the rain did not fall as heavily at the fair location.

Any day that is a success for my wife is a success for me *:-)