Month: November 2018

I’m gonna take a shot at your style of postings, you two, with some added and possibly deleted categories. It may be fluid and inconstant for a while. It seems like that’s more who I am anyway.

Dario

Learned: What English sounded like at the beginning of the 19th century (see note on Jane Austen below). This is more of a re-learn, since I was an English major. It’s not as arcane as Shakespeare from 2 centuries earlier, but it still takes getting used to.

3: Friends who take in strays for Thanksgiving. Silly little dogs. Out-of-the-way wineries in the foothills.

Seems: Like I’m drifting without a purpose to give me daily direction. Like I never had any of that in the first place, and I should have. Like my best years are definitely behind me. Like I’m attracted to interesting, non-fiction works but I mostly read dreck, while the other “important” books sit on my nightstand until I give them away.

Thinking about: Death and mortality and legacy.

Accomplishments: Got my ear wax removed today which in CA requires a licensed Audiologist. He told me to start using the drops once a week. Jesus, one more thing to put on my calendar! Have stayed civil so far with my sister-in-law who’s staying with us for 2 weeks from Michigan – only 4 1/2 more days to go. To be fair, she’s a lovely woman, just not my cup of tea. Bought a “pretty” casserole dish to take to Thanksgiving tomorrow night. Trying a new recipe for roasted broccolini. I’ve become a very good cook over the years, and I work well without a net. Never afraid to try a new recipe on company for the first time.

Books, films, TV: Reading Jane Austen’s Emma, having just finished re-reading Pride and Prejudice in preparation for a play next month that takes the characters from that book and moves forward 2 years. Saw Bohemian Rhapsody, the biopic about Freddy Mercury and Queen. Gonna start watching The Kominsky Method on Netflix with Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin. Watched episodes one and two of eight; Arkin has all the best lines – it’s old-fashioned schtick.

The mind replays what the heart doesn’t complete.
– Adapted from trueactivist.com

Learned: What DA’s ThanksTuesday is all about. That my Great Uncle Lonny died yesterday. What a great character he was. A lot of family members exist as a result of his marriage with Great Aunt Myrna. I imagine many of them are suffering over his passing. I am not suffering or upset. I am not even spiritually bypassing. It will be strange without him. I have a ton of respect for anyone who makes it to their death.

3. Rain. The feeling when it’s been an honor. A day with no more appointments. 3.

Seems: Like I used to have this huge capacity for being about a lot of things, and now, not so much. Like Expectations are inherited. Like what I’m really good at is purchasing.

New Habits: Wash face and brush teeth 10am/10pm. More green, less dairy. 15 minutes of auto-writing in the a.m. Meditate more often.

Thinking about: Wondering if I will be traveling to go to a religion funeral in the very near future. All the things I could cook that I don’t need to have for Thanksgiving. I’ll probably make gumbo.

Accomplishments: Made dinner for two. Laundry. Watered plants (then it rained).

Q from last time: If you could take everything you had to do and literally set it completely aside for a weekend, and were appointed as Artist, what might you create? My answer: The weekend part seems like an unwanted limitation, but if I Started, I would designate a room as a studio and become a prolific painter.

Video: https://vimeo.com/300596477 “WARNING: This video may potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised.”

Reading: The Art of Psychic Reiki by Lisa Campion, Automatic Intuition (Textbook) by Slade Roberson.

Clay
“How we go, IT goes.”

Learned: The name of the tall man who is inside the new “Predator Evolved” movie predator costume, Brian A. Prince (@thebaprince Instagram). What Parkour is, thanks to Brian A. Prince. Which musical pieces DA would take with him were he stranded on an island. 3. Bonus: New Router has a tiny power button on the side that can be easily pushed accidentally, turning off internet in the entire house.

3. The seminar I’m in. Cutting the Cord. Cat Heads. 3.

Seems: Like upset is a mode the opposite of present. Like most upsets won’t blow up the world, but some could. Like things could change in an unwanted way while one is indulging an upset. 3.

New Habits: Wash face and brush teeth 10am/10pm. More green, less dairy. 15 minutes of autowriting in the a.m.

Thinking about: Wondering why I am so driven to produce like a beaver even after completing that I have to. Painting catheads. Obsessively.

Accomplishments: Been making minor improvements here and there, nothing huge by most people’s standards, but accomplishments for me. Changing how things like TV comes to the house, methods of banking and access to driving all have been reworked. Integrity still works.

Q: If you could take everything you had to do and literally set it completely aside for a weekend, and were appointed as Artist, what might you create? My answer next time!

Video: https://youtu.be/LGinimRIl04

Reading? The Art of Psychic Reiki by Lisa Campion, Automatic Intuition (Textbook) by Slade Roberson

Clay
“How we go, IT goes.”