Time passes. We change. The external world changes. Among all the shiftings (internal & external), it is sometimes hard to find my footing.
I recently picked up an entrelac hat I’d been happily knitting about 15 years ago & had somehow lost in the back of a drawer.
I’ve done no knitting at all for about 5 years, but still I sat down confidently to complete the hat, remembering what fun it had been to learn the somewhat complicated pattern. I looked at the directions. I looked at the hat. Nothing made sense…… After much procrastination, this week I finally asked for help from the wonderful woman at a local yarn store. I hope I can continue on my own. Wish me luck!
I feel as if something similar is going on in my relationship with WordPress. During my long absences from Trickster’s Hoard, Trickster has been at work and things at WordPress have been changing. I have not yet figured out how to reply to your comments under the new regime. Please know that each comment is important to me. Without your encouragement, I doubt I could find to audacity to keep sending my words out into the world. Thank you, each and everyone, for reaching out over the years. And whether you are an active commenter or prefer to remain silent, you are helping me do this work. You are enlivening me. I am grateful.
In case you missed it, I want to repeat the blessing by John O’Donohue (from To Bless the Space Between Us) that Marti shared in her comment.
“Let us remember within us
The Ancient Clay.
Holding the memory of seasons,
The passion of the wind,
The fluency of water,
The warmth of fire,
The quiver-touch of the sun,
And shadowed sureness of the sun.
That we may awaken,
To live to the full
The dream of the Earth
Who chose us to emerge
And incarnate its hidden night
In mind, spirit and light.”
“And incarnate its hidden night
In mind, spirit and light.”
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Yes, everything keeps changing. Technology is getting crazy. If I don’t blog everyday It gets confusing. New stuff combined with my own forgetfulness. Hang in there.
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Ha! This time the “hovering” over the comment did reveal a “reply” option!!! Why not earlier? Technology seems to want to own us. As my coder son explained, even if the present system works fine, technical things have to keep changing because the project managers and designers need to keep justifying their jobs and companies want to keep selling new things. Ah well, here we are. I love Rabbi Hillel’s comment: “I get up. I walk. I fall down. I get up. Meanwhile, I keep on dancing.” Good advice! 🙂
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Yay!!!
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trial comment
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Several readers have had trouble leaving comments. This morning the process seems to be working. A comment one reader wanted to post to “Singing Our Hearts Out was
“Even in the dark placetimes remember to look for “the crack that lets light in” & know the crack is present even in the most beautiful.
and in the courage to pick up a knitting project that has been waiting so patiently for so long to be finished … perhaps to find it appearing in a mysterious context that it has been waiting for all these years! … or perhaps not?
yes, we must keep entering mysteries within mysteries … with Trickster always present … perhaps as our Guide … or perhaps not?!”
I remember “there is a crack in everything; that’s how the light gets in.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8-BT6y_wYg
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I’m glad the comments seem to be working for you. Your knitting project looks great! The turquoise and orange are exciting together. Good luck finishing it.
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I’m still struggling with the knitting, but I have hope!
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Count me in as one of your silent readers and I’m way overdue on leaving you a note of appreciation! And yet, I just shared an excerpt from your last post in my newsletter https://wonderwise.substack.com/p/back-to-reality . I love what you write and share, Margery— the poems like this one, the stories, the insights. Thank you!
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Thank you, Denise. And thanks for the link to your blog. Beautiful photos!
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