windthread

ray of light

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my P.O. Box.     I don't usually even open these.  Am automatically enrolled in Medi-Cal because of my age,  but have never used it,  knock on wood,  have never had the need.       And here,   amidst all that is being destroyed and taken away day by day, is this.  

people have opinions about California,  about the  Govenor,   Gavin Newsome.  But look at this,  the state's Health and Human Services.....Human Services...........3......new.....and UseFULL things.  The third being Dyadic Services,  integrated physical and behavioral health screenings  and services for children under 21.

i love this.  that things 
Can Happen    

even when times are difficult.   Necessary things, useful things        CAN     continue to happen.   Doulas even.  Imagine that!

 

the book

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is the gallery cataloge 

Portland Japanese Garden  2011

Lace Lady recently wrote that   "in honor of Earth Day 2025 ,  Curator  Emerita  Diane Durston will be presenting a lecture that revisits a Japanese concept centered on the message of environmental awareness.   As part of a yearlong series of programs on the theme of  "Living in Harmony with Nature" in 2011,  Portland Japanese  Garden hosted a groundbreaking exhibition of bast fiber and recycled folk textiles in an exhibition entitled Mottainai:  The Fabric of Life.  The exhibition showcased some of the remarkable ways in which the Japanese used foraged and recycled materials to cloth themselves in less affluent times..."

i have looked for more but have been limited in my search time battery wise.   If anyone is able to find more,  and leave Us a link?  Maybe even we might find a way to obtain additional copies of the book?

 

 

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Work

those last two lines........  

The bottom portion of each of the legs is missing,  which may be a result of necessity or of happenstance.

 

 

 

 

even everything

an accidental pic..but seeing...,  the beauty.  its form,   its color,   a dirty floor,  dog bowl,  plastic bag,  Minnow's goodwill comforter,  one of her  balls,  my crocks      the beauty.     even this.

every day

beginning

the tiny PurplePinks

pleasure

the things themselves and then the things together.   just stuff on the foot of the bed.   the Boro book,  my new levis from Goodwill,  the Tina quilt,  a plastic shopping bag

 

liminal moment

no words yet

Arnica montana

i did something to my back this last week.  pretty much everything but sitting still was(is) painful.   i thought it would just go away if i took it easy but it wasn't.    In the past,  anything muscle would have immediately gotten Arnica Rub...a cream.   i've been so fortunate with this body,  it hasn't been often..maybe 4 times in my life?  once for sciatica,   but enough to know it works.  Not this time...it's mid back and i can't use topical,  can't reach   i ordered the Oral and first time,  the Boiron Homeopathic.  

 in the past,  words were enough.   But how it is lately,  it's pictures i want  and so.....   this one is from Wikipedia.  with the words....    Arnica is a genus of perennial, herbaceous plants in the         sunflower family         Wouldn't you know??????   I started it yesterday.