Thursday, April 16, 2015

Very Inspiring!

I'm most inspiring when quiet, I suppose...

My much-beloved Christie sent me an award! Thank you!



I have to talk about myself a bit now (7 things you may or may not know):

     1. Generally I dream in black and white..or grey..but with bursts of color - red or green - in one or two places only. And I never have nightmares anymore.

     2. My second child, Ilya Birch was born last month. Growing him has been part of my distraction from blogging. Like his sister, Ilya was born in the caul and in water. Unlike his sister, he was born in daylight, and took a surprising 8 hours to be born. Yarrow was there to greet him and they act as though they've know each other forever.

     3. I'm currently a redhead. Bright, bright red, with black tips..but soon I think I'll be a blond again. Or maybe not. My favorite hair color is black.

     4. My favorite everything color is black. Black is where I'm happiest, most comfortable, and someday, if I'm very, very lucky, I'll get a baby with black hair that stays black. 

     5. I think Joss Whedon is the Best Director Ever. I adore everything I've seen of his and I'm kind of an addict when it comes to Firefly..and Buffy. And his Much Ado About Nothing is pretty much the best movie adaptation of Shakespeare ever made. I love him almost as much as I love Rainer Maria Rilke..and that's saying a lot.

     6. If I could only read one book for the rest of my life...it would be the Bible (as read aloud by my husband, who really captures the story-telling aspects). But if we discount the Bible..it'd be Rilke's Book of Hours. I need that book to feel normal - but in a good way.

     7. I love reading self-help books I disagree with, or badly written fiction, or badly written self-help books I disagree with. Right now I'm reading 'Love & Respect: the love she desires, the respect he desperately needs". I can't help wondering why all the wives in the book sound like monsters and why the husbands can't just 'desire' respect, why they have to 'desperately need' it, which sounds so...pathetic. I also wonder why the wives don't want to be respected, just loved..I don't think these books are written for me at all.

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And now I'm supposed to nominate others...but really, I'm best at talking about myself, not others, so I'll keep this short:

Jenna, dear, please! Your blog is inspiring because you're beautiful and honest and back again trying to write with too many commitments in life.

Loretta..I can't wait to see how your life grows back in the States. I miss seeing you, chica!

Little brother, you inspire me because you try and you dream and you hope. Keep seeking, you're a blessing to know.

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And now that I've begun again, maybe this will be the year for consistency. If you're reading this, you've been incredibly patient with me. Blessings on you and yours in this long-awaited spring!

6 comments:

  1. Loved this.

    1. How. Neat. Now i"m going to try to pay attention and see if I dream in color or not. I've been frequenting the same places in my dreams lately, especially the childhood house in Ohio that I lived in from ages 4 to 8.

    2. Oh my, BOTH children were born in cauls? That makes so much sense to me, they're such CHARMED children. Especially Yarrow, so I'm looking forward to Ilya becoming more and more himself, so I can get to know him!

    LOL to #7!

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  2. 3. I really want to take a page from Y's book and dye my hair blue. With the extra money coming in from cash benefits and Afon's disability, maybe I can use some of my tutoring money and go to a professional!!!

    4. I want a black-haired baby for you!!!

    5. He NAILED Shakespeare's humor in that film; I mean, S.'s drama takes a special person, but his humor is the hardest to capture of all!

    6. This tells me I need to re-read my Bible with a different attitude and a different inner voice!

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    1. 6. Right! I've never heard the Bible read the way Seth reads it, the whole thing is alive, and the humor is really evident! I'm hearing parts I've missed forever as well! It's fantastic!

      2. Ilya wasn't born in a complete bubble like Yarrow, but his caul broke when he hit the water and stayed over his head!! I'm so thrilled, and kind of intimidated..two psychic kids is an overwhelming thought - though I feel like his will be more internal than Yarrow's. Who knows..

      1. Ooh that's interesting? Do you think you're seeking some sort of comfort or stability, or trying to heal something from childhood? Or something else altogether? Or just missing a cozy place? My dreams have been so fragmented recently I can hardly remember them..Ilya loves being all wake up in the night.

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  3. 6. Idea!! Maybe I should read the Bible aloud to Roan as part of his early-reading experience. I haven't been as good about that as I was with Afon. And it would give me an excuse without making it awkward that I'm just reading aloud to myself in my room . . . hey, wait, reading aloud was the norm back in the Middle Ages, right? Pfft, I'm just vintage, that's all!

    2. <3

    1. I think it's the place I was "happy" before I developed depression and pre-adolescent anxieties. It wasn't terribly beautiful, in itself, but I do think the Cincinnati area, if my memory serves me, is much prettier than Indiana or Florida. At least to my aesthetic!

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  4. Seventh-Heaven is also the most gorgeous -
    beyond belief, assa matter of fact.
    Perhaps you might wanna let your friends see this
    and they can send it to their friends ...
    and so on till we ALL know of Jesus.
    That'd be our dream...

    Nevertheless, Q: Who’s the extraordinarily GODy, par excellence,
    with no expiration date, and an IQ higher than K2?
    A: Lemme tella youse a de-facto-story filled with elixir:

    High, girl.
    I gotta lotta tantalizing, mellifluous illustrations on 21 blogs…
    and I’m more than happy to share,
    to give to you what God has granted me - a steward
    in this finite existence, this lifelong demise:

    faith, hope, and love,
    the greatest of these is love -
    jump into faith...
    and you'll see with love.
    Doesn’t matter if you don’t believe
    (what I write);
    God believes in you, girl.
    God. Blessa. Youse -Fr. Sarducci, ol SNL
    Meet me Upstairs where the Son never goes down…

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  5. Seventh-Heaven is also the most gorgeous -
    beyond belief, assa matter of fact.
    Perhaps you might wanna let your friends see this
    and they can send it to their friends ...
    and so on till we ALL know of Jesus.
    That'd be our dream...

    Nevertheless, Q: Who’s the extraordinarily GODy, par excellence,
    with no expiration date, and an IQ higher than K2?
    A: Lemme tella youse a de-facto-story filled with elixir:

    High, girl.
    I gotta lotta tantalizing, mellifluous illustrations on 21 blogs…
    and I’m more than happy to share,
    to give to you what God has granted me - a steward
    in this finite existence, this lifelong demise:

    faith, hope, and love,
    the greatest of these is love -
    jump into faith...
    and you'll see with love.
    Doesn’t matter if you don’t believe
    (what I write);
    God believes in you, girl.
    God. Blessa. Youse -Fr. Sarducci, ol SNL
    Meet me Upstairs where the Son never goes down…

    ReplyDelete