concentric

Concentric?  with center.
Seems like i always check in here when things are reeling.   er, wheeling. tee hee.   So, it may just mean that reeling is the status quo.  Why ever does a body believe otherwise.    And, fact is, my life reels much much less than most lives.  of that i'm sure.

Drama queen.

This pix was taken in the Bicycle Thief restaurant on the waterfront in Halifax Nova Scotia a couple weeks ago.   We had a 2 week trip with Murdoch Johnson and Dianne Tuff to Cape Breton Island taking in the Celtic Colours festival.  An unforgettable sensory experience.   I though Peter and Deandra might like to think about the lights.   New home owners and all that...

and why here today?   Looking for sparkly bits to hang on to, to retreat to, perhaps to shape life around RATHER than what has in past felt like life's structure and life's trappings.   A paradigm shift as they say.   I'm the one who supposedly is fed by angles and shades.   Ok, show your stuff Karen Anderson Hannah.

The parts that used to stay put:  weather, temperatures, the ocean, the pine trees.  presidential leaders. harvests, respect, dialogue, learning, tolerance.

And which would be the parts that now stay put for me?  What can I count on until I'm gone and lean into, expand?

• fierce love for my kids, their spouses and their kids.
• the beauty in things, all things
• the inspiration and company of certain people I know
• words, books
• music 
• creating things
• learning

My immediate task is this:  Distance myself from despair and the immutable, expand the sparkle and question constantly how ELSE I can use my talents.  I likely have 20 years to make a difference.  I'm willing to commit day in and day out from morning to night if I can figure out my way.   Perhaps writing will help...