Two Years Later
HAS no one said those daring
Kind eyes should be more learn'd?
Or warned you how despairing
The moths are when they are burned?
I could have warned you; but you are young,
So we speak a different tongue.
O you will take whatever's offered
And dream that all the world's a friend,
Suffer as your mother suffered,
Be as broken in the end.
But I am old and you are young,
And I speak a barbarous tongue.
—William Butler Yeats
Have been caught up in work (as one must in these, and most, times), life, and dog training. After Flora, we brought Nikolai home as a tiny puppy guy and now he’s a two year old standard poodle guy. The plan was, is, that he would be a service dog for M1. As with all things, it seems, we have a steep learning curve. The more I learn, the more I would change in hindsight. The more you know, and all that.
Yes. I’m kicking up a bunch of dust and changing a bunch of things around here! All for the better, to bring me into alignment with where I’m at broadly in life and consolidate all… or at least a bunch of loose threads. Now and again, time comes in one’s life to take stock of everything and do some pruning and cleaning, mending and tidying.
Why the change from Mythic Librarian back to Phix’s Curiosity?
It's late. Some nights are like that. Listening to the rain on the roof, thinking of friends who are far enough away that I can't just pop in on them. Sometimes across the city may as well be across state and/or country lines in terms of scheduling time... The world doesn't seem to slow down for us, though does it?
It's the time of year when I want nothing more than to hibernate and reflect. It seems as though that is not going to be forthcoming this year and I feel the resistance to having to try to keep up the pace in my bones. It's like moving through molasses. But continue to move, I must. I'm trying to recognize and allow for the fact that I can't get as much done in a day right now as I'd like, and I'm also taking some precautions like extra vitamin D & magnesium, among other things to try to help.
Here it is 1am and I'm settling into reflecting the coming year. Can you reflect something that hasn't come yet? Perhaps anticipating is a better word. Reflecting on this year though. The story arc of this year has been... As the Merriam-Webster Dictionary Word of the Year accurately describes ... surreal. Nailed it - that's been the best way to describe pretty much everything! I'm looking forward to reviewing and wrapping this year up & sending it off. As apprehensive of this new world we find ourselves in as I am, there is no going backwards, so forwards it is!
And that's probably enough midnight rambling from me! I've been tired all day, I will hopefully sleep well tonight. And may you too sleep well tonight.
