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Elise — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:38:20 GMT

Deer Hunting

Elise — Sun, 04 May 2008 19:01:42 GMT

I don't have time to re write this so I am re posting it in my blog. You may not know this, actually as bears you probably do, but... deer kill more people than cougars, bears and all other wild animals put together. I got the call after first Friday night at 10:30 ish that Bear Naked.. AKA John was unconscious after impacting and killing a deer on his Honda 1350 on his way home. He came around when a man also named John, from Portland came upon the accident. He was alive and I was grateful. Grateful to a stranger and all of the guardian angels that were with us. I was still downtown with Jiggy & Huggy so I beat the ambulance to the hospital. The ambulance guys had cut off his leathers, taped his helmet to the board and taken care of him. Grateful. They did tests and scans and determined that aside from the road rash, gouges and two broken teeth, his body and brain were in tact and they got to take off the neck brace. The kids got a ride home with Wendy, the ER intake nurse, who lives up the road from us, and I stayed for about 4 more hours, until they moved him up to a room and I determined that I would not get rest if they were waking him up every hour. Oh and my son needed me at home to be reassured. I slept a solid four and a half hours and then woke up and couldn't get back to sleep. Got a sub for Monday and Tuesday, forgot to make coffee or breakfast and headed back down to 208. I stayed for a while, until a coworker showed, and I took off to get some staples for the cupboards and get some more rest and get Huggy to her date for prom. (a different date and a different dress than last year) Bear Naked has a bit of recovery ahead. They found a couple of small bones, one in the ankle, one in the elbow, that are floating around, a couple of snaggle teeth, four or five gashes that will just have to heal including a couple on his lip and a frisbee golf driver size of road rash where the four layers of protection slid up. Two nurses gave him a sponge bath to get the sand and gravel out. I wasn't there but I know he had a shot of morphine before and it still ruined his fantasy of two women in the shower with him. I got home an hour ago with something to eat and our friends on my mind. He's probably coming home tomorrow if he can stand up without getting dizzy. If he can't then they'll do another CT to make sure they didn't miss something. We love you all, and know that you will be sending him prayers/thoughts/light and we are so thankful to be able to receive them. Scarey leaves and recovery takes over. He may take up deer hunting this season.

Shoveling snow

Elise — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:02:31 GMT

Volunteers?? Tick said he was tired of the snow the other day and that was before it snowed another 8 inches on top of the thigh deep snow we already had at our house. I've been in this house for 15 + years and have never seen this much snow. I have to walk down into my shed because we didn't dig a path to it. Birds are glad that I have a covered feeder. The Husky mutt (Angel) is about as happy looking as any one dog can get. The Springer Spaniel (Kona) pup igets covered in dangle balls of snow on her underbelly when we spend a lot of time in the snow outside. She has such fine, soft fur. The matriarch German Shepherd mutt (Aiko) seems to be wishing for spring so her old joints won't ache quite so much, much like me. Tomorrow I want to build a snowman to get rid of some of the snow in my driveway. The fire is warm. There is food to eat. I am beat. And even though I am so over shoveling snow, I feel grateful. I heard that the groundhog did not see his shadow so I know spring is on the way.

Circle Game

Elise — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:19:05 GMT

I was thinking of a good friend that died a long time ago and decided to record his favorite song. I could have tried to get the lighting right but I am just going to keep trying different times of day and different cloud cover (or not in Monday's case) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl88-0J0YTY

My first song for my friends via You Tube

Elise — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:43:09 GMT

I taped this today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_O-z8-ZwNk

Unconditional love affirmation

Elise — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 16:38:02 GMT

I took this from a post in the Intuitive Astrology tribe that took it from a site that I did not copy. I love you as you are, as you seek to find your own special way to relate to the world. I honour your choices to learn in the way you feel is right for you. I know it is important that you are the person you want to be and not someone that I, or others, think you ~should~ be. I realise that I cannot know what is best for you, although perhaps sometimes I think I do. I have not been where you have been, viewing life from the angle you have. I do not know what you have chosen to learn, how you have chosen to learn it, with whom or in what time period. I have not walked life looking through your eye, so how can I know what you need. I allow you to be in the world without a thought or word of judgment from me, about the deeds you undertake. I see no error in the things you say and do. In this place where I am, I see that there are many ways to perceive and experience the different facets of our world. I allow without reservation the choices you make in each moment. I make no judgment of this, for if I would deny your right to your evolution, then I would deny that right for myself and all others. To those who would choose a way I cannot walk, whilst I may not choose to add my power and my energy to this way, I will never deny you the gift of Love. As I love you, so shall I be loved. As I sow, so shall I reap. I allow you the Universal right of Free Will to walk your own path, creating steps or to sit awhile if that is right for you. I will make no judgment that these steps are large or small, nor light or heavy or that they lead up or down, for this is just my viewpoint. I may see you do nothing and judge it to be unworthy and yet I cannot always see the higher picture of Divine Order. For it is the inalienable right of all life to choose their own evolution and with great love I acknowledge your right to determine your future. I bow to the realisation that the way I see as best for me does not have to mean it is also right for you. I know that you are led as ~I Am~, following the inner excitement to know your own Path. I know that the many races, religions, customs, nationalities and beliefs within our world, bring us great richness and allow us the benefit and teachings of such diverseness. I know we each learn in our own unique way in order to bring that love and wisdom back to the whole. I know that if there were only one way to do something, there would need only be one person. I will not only love you if you behave in a way I think you should or believe in those things I believe in. The love I feel is for all of ~God’s~ world. I know that every living thing is a part of ~God~ and I feel a deep love within for every person, animal, tree and flower, every bird, river and ocean and for all the creatures in the world. I live my life in loving service, being the best me I can, becoming wiser in the perfection of Divine Truth, becoming happier in the joy of… ~Unconditional Love~

Lack of Media coverage in the US??

Elise — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 06:44:28 GMT

I just found out about this a few nights ago.A big unstoppable mud flow that has force evacuations... http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-09-27-voa28.cfm Have you heard about it in the media in the US?

Calling the storm

Elise — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 04:26:00 GMT

The magic of life. Definitely. Solitary ceremony circling my firepit today Clearing away, burning winter freeze dried plants Built the fire, stoked it blowing through the didgeridu POOF flame, second note Woodpecker? chattering at me Raindrops answered my unvocalized question about whether or not I'd have to monitor flames Crack of lightning, thunder 5 seconds off Heavy, solitary raindrops Crack of lightning, thunder 3 seconds Rain drops falling in paired thumps then clumps Crack of lighting, thunder 1 and a half seconds Rain has legs and appears to be open faucets Take shelter and be grateful Crack lightning and thunder right on top of it Hail stomping like the grandstands at the championship game Diagonal sheets pour Then slows to rain with legs then dripping couplettes to calm

It Doesn't Interest Me...

Elise — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:54:48 GMT

by Oriah Mountain Dreamer It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive. It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life’s betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain! I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it. I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, or to remember the limitations of being human. It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me is true, I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself; if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul. I want to know if you can see beauty even when it is not pretty every day, and if you can source your life from God’s presence. I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of a lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, “Yes!” It doesn’t interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done for the children. It doesn’t interest me who you are, how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back. It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away. I want to know if you can be alone with yourself, and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.

Elise — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 03:33:49 GMT

I would have my ears filled with the world's music, with all the sounds of life and living --Maya Angelou