Wednesday March 8, 2023 Home at TreeTops, our decades-old log cabin in the Monadnock region of New Hampshire A week ago today was our first morning home after being away for 10 weeks. December 19th I left to visit with loved ones in my family of origin in Australia. January 3rd, after Jamie spent Christmas with his family of origin, he left to travel through India with one of our Buddhist monk neighboring friends. After 5 weeks apart, on Jan 25th, Jamie and I met up again at the Revolution Hotel in Boston—and yes, reunions are fun 💃🕺✨💕
OMGosh, Camilla. "You get the picture." Do I ever. And I love how I feel, reading your words, crafted in a so-you way, with softness and wonder and awareness of all that is, a sense of oneness as a human and oneness as part of all. Not bound to or burdened by. As the quote you share captures so beautifully, “I am the sky, everything else is just the weather.” I had to chuckle a bit about my own journey as I read it. I joke sometimes that I really must be mindful when I pray. I recall once praying for patience. And following that, I received all sorts of opportunities to practice it. Way more than I anticipated. It was as if by asking for that, I got it. But not in the way I'd originally meant. I learned something valuable from that. It now brings to mind the fabulous reticular activating system that we all have that filters in and out what we put our thoughts toward. I learned about that from Suzanne. And, if I may say so, in your words I also here echoes, hints, of our fellow writers. It's as if you've brought them in, and made them your own. I hear Annette's magical way of expressing scene details that convey so much more than merely the visual or sensory, for example. I wonder if you've been able to further with the gift you have from being deep within others' works. Isn't that what life is about too? Of course it is. Keep writing. You're creating something something so magical, so inviting, so human, so you, so ALL, of us, and all that is. Big smooches - JL
OMGosh, Camilla. "You get the picture." Do I ever. And I love how I feel, reading your words, crafted in a so-you way, with softness and wonder and awareness of all that is, a sense of oneness as a human and oneness as part of all. Not bound to or burdened by. As the quote you share captures so beautifully, “I am the sky, everything else is just the weather.” I had to chuckle a bit about my own journey as I read it. I joke sometimes that I really must be mindful when I pray. I recall once praying for patience. And following that, I received all sorts of opportunities to practice it. Way more than I anticipated. It was as if by asking for that, I got it. But not in the way I'd originally meant. I learned something valuable from that. It now brings to mind the fabulous reticular activating system that we all have that filters in and out what we put our thoughts toward. I learned about that from Suzanne. And, if I may say so, in your words I also here echoes, hints, of our fellow writers. It's as if you've brought them in, and made them your own. I hear Annette's magical way of expressing scene details that convey so much more than merely the visual or sensory, for example. I wonder if you've been able to further with the gift you have from being deep within others' works. Isn't that what life is about too? Of course it is. Keep writing. You're creating something something so magical, so inviting, so human, so you, so ALL, of us, and all that is. Big smooches - JL
I love reading about your homecoming Camilla. This story exudes gratitude and joy! xx
I loved reading every word of this! 🥺❤️