The morning project.
07/01/09 22:55, by Lorraine, Categories: , Tags: commentary, diary, introspection, philosophy, reflections, science Link: http://firefliesandbonfires.com/
Sweet Alex begins our day with worship before the alter of our computer, as I indulge myself with this web diary. For those who enjoy the accompaniment of a clear voice select this link. It will continue to play if you go back to the original tab to read. I promise, it's worth the extra 2 minutes.
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The Family
The cats and I have been enjoying my painting. It seems just the right thing to create a companion-able atmosphere. In fact I am just about to the place to let the current painting sit for a while then call it done.
Alex has been examining the waving Buddha Cat I got at the Thai place a couple of weeks ago. It just sits there mindlessly waving. Alex usually sniffs it and walks away though sometimes will reach out a paw or look to me questionably.
Today when we came up to paint, there it was waving away. Alex went up to it and sat, apparently contemplating. Then in one motion raised his fore-paw and.knocked the Cat Buddha all the way across the room, flicked his tail and went to sleep.
You gotta bring something to the family or end up across the room on your belly.
Alex and Buddhacat in Better Times
The Promise of Fall
The beauty of a North Georgia fall brings such joy that it becomes impossible to be silent. I remember my first fall at the lake. It has now been 14 years. That year brought awe and reassurance in change. http://prairietree.net/fall
Change has certainly been with me since that first fall that marked my leaving the working world. This year the fall brings new meanings as I discover more intimately life is at the pleasure of past investments.
The hoarded money is gone.
What began as expenditures, "consumption," has become my most vital investment. Choosing and nurturing a home and pursuing a life-style supportive of a civil society now provides an unexpected harvest. At the time I thought only in passing of it being a "good investment," of "last resort;" mostly to assuage guilt at pursuing a dream. My dorky little home beside the lake.
After all the glitzy career, that home I chose for these last quiet years is now rescuing me from that most terrifying nightmare; dying in and of poverty.
It's called a reverse mortgage. It is another of those liberal government programs intended to address the needs of the aged. First I am grateful for the wisdom and civility of those who have made it possible. In this day of plunder and grasp such an option seems almost out of place.
It is a metaphor that refutes the grasp, plunder and consume atmosphere. When a culture can look beyond persons as profit producing units, accepting each as valuable it becomes grounded in the patterns of nature.
Our planet with its people is our investment of last resort. Appreciation of civility and abundance of resources is investment that enhances value with time.
As harbingers of winter multiply I am grateful for the small scale miracle of peace that comes to me.
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