April 23, 2012.  Izzy DeBig-giantkitty gets to go to the vet today to have the bubble on his back checked out. He’s not happy about skipping breakfast and he may now be tying that to the carrying cage I placed by the door on Friday… If he doesn’t get breakfast yet, I don’t get breakfast yet. It’s only fair.  I took him in 90 minutes early so he could get used to the office before they began poking and prodding him. He needed to have this done, even though the vet makes me bring his shots up to date when he’s treated. I like my cats to be vaccine free as long as possible, except for what the law requires. It’s healthier since they eat a partially natural diet.  Dr. Joiner at Animal Medical Clinic (they rock!) removed the bubble tumor the same day.  I am glad they could do it in one visit for him, Izzy is such a scaredy cat. The tech was having a time getting his long and sleek 20+ lbs into his carrying case, so I showed her how to back him into it.   He slept at the foot of the bed the first two nights. His sutures are healing nicely.  I’ve dabbed them with aloe from the garden. He’s such a trooper, he acts like his back isn’t all stiched up like Frankenstein. Yinnie DeMini-Cow has been leaving him alone for once. Continue reading →

Today was a flurry of luck and synchronistic happenings. There was a leak at my rental home and I called in my friend and master craftsman Tod McNeal.  Together Jeremy and I went over and the two of them went to work upgrading some plumbing fixtures and re-sinking the mail post, plus the hundred and one other things Tod did before we got there.  I was dispatched to Home Depot then they installed a new faucet and new drain assembly and replaced some parts.  Everything came together like clockwork: the parts we got were the right ones, the fixes were obvious and minor.   Within four hours everything had been taken care of and we were on our way back home.  I’ve told Jeremy that he’s a lucky charm.  He’s been working with me while looking for a job close to home.  He signed his truck over to his ex and discovered there’s a real freedom in not driving, not to mention no car payments, no insurance payments.  We live in the Bayside area of SE Palm Bay, where everything is within biking distance: Brevard Community College, all chain stores, boutiques and franchise stores and eateries, Home Depot, Lowes, you name it.  We’ve been joking about what kind of job he could find within a few miles of home.  We mused that he might consider volunteering somewhere just to be doing good work while he waits to see where the Universe directs him.  Home Depot had several positions available and he enquired about that.  Before he could apply, a friend had already offered him some work.  As usual, we were just talking about that.  I love watching synchronicity unfold. Continue reading →

Domino  and I have some lotto tickets and we haven’t checked them yet.   Walking the other day we mused that we may already be winners.  If so, what would we do with the money?  Besides paying off our homes,  there wasn’t really anything we wanted right now other than what we have.  Maybe we’re thinking too small, but it feels like we’re in a giant place when we have all we want and can’t think of anything that would make it better.

Is there someone who is a priority to you?  Are you their priority as well?  I admit, I’m fairly self absorbed. If someone requires a lot of attention, I may fail to meet their expectations.  That’s cool with me.  Then there are some I want to give a lot of attention to because I see the rose within the bud, and it’s fulfilling for me to share in the unfolding.  I know how to tend that garden.  And more often than not, it’s a lesson in contrasts at the same time.  Domino is getting those lessons right now. Continue reading →

Friends on the Path

Say what you want about romantic and sexual love, but sometimes there’s nothing better than a friend on the Path to share space and time with.  It doesn’t even have to be someone who believes all the same things I do, we don’t have to have the same philosophy or theology although it’s cool when that happens.  I’m someone who likes to spend inordinate amounts of time alone.  I’m very selective about who I spend time with because I’m busy with lots of fulfilling projects and always have something I am waiting to do.  Other people don’t always figure into the equation. So it’s beyond cool when I find a friend on the Path who figures so easily into the equation.

I’m noticing a lot of things lately that I do the hard way.  I do it that way because I’m used to it and haven’t taken time to give thought as to what I’m doing and why I’m doing it.  Sometimes a little thought time is all it takes to have a revelation that makes my whole life easier and more fun.  Like I wrote at I am kinking my own hose, I’m my own harshest taskmaster.  However, I’m always in the process of lightening up, once it’s been pointed out to me. Continue reading →

Each evening around an hour before sunset, I go into my yard to hand water the plants.  I keep 3 hoses hooked together and it reaches all the way around the house. Lately the hose keeps getting kinked and the nightly ritual has now become me hauling big lengths of hose around and Jeremy walking behind, untangling and unkinking the hose.  The first time it happened, he asked, “you’ve got three outside spigots with hoses, why use one?”  I told him it was so I can water everything with one hose.  He remarked that I was causing more hassle for myself by being locked into my perception of what I wanted and why I wanted it.  That’s why I keep him around: he’s such a mirror.  He throws my words back at me.  I’m used to throwing, but not so used to catching.  I have a lot to learn. Continue reading →

A person seeking higher consciousness is, in effect, and with intensity, seeking the transformation of his own ego. He is seeking to end the tyranny of the ego and abide in his true nature.