I was enjoy the water today like I have not been able to for many years. It is mid-August now and the surf is better on the beach. Nice waves that crash over you and almost knock you off your feet.
Of course there is also the fact that I am heading west soon. In Wicca - Water symbolizes the West and is the element of birth, death and initiation. Water also cleanses and renews. Today as I threw myself into the oncoming waves I embraced the element of Water. I became one with the ocean, letting myself dissolve into its energy and to be reborn from it.
I truly am in the third phase of my life now as I head West to begin my PhD.
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Now playing: 03 - Eight Line Poem
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Thursday, August 16, 2007
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Gifts from the past...
I received some precious gifts from the past today. Muriel Chislett (Hulan) brought up two letters and two Christmas cards. Both letters were written in 1931 to my Aunt Rene who was married to my Uncle Frank. One letter was written by my grandmother Jane Swyer and the other by my Aunt Susan Pennell.
The Christmas cards, also to my Aunt Rene were from my paternal and maternal grandparents. One has a picture of my Uncle John as a small child of about three.
My grandmother Jane, who we knew as Nana, wrote Aunt Rene to let her know that she an my mother were taking care of Uncle Frank's grave. He had but recently been drowned at sea, along with his brother Herbert. My mother would have been almost 15 at the time the letter was written.
These are the ties that bind people across the generations.
The Christmas cards, also to my Aunt Rene were from my paternal and maternal grandparents. One has a picture of my Uncle John as a small child of about three.
My grandmother Jane, who we knew as Nana, wrote Aunt Rene to let her know that she an my mother were taking care of Uncle Frank's grave. He had but recently been drowned at sea, along with his brother Herbert. My mother would have been almost 15 at the time the letter was written.
These are the ties that bind people across the generations.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Time to go...
I started sorting through my things today, finding stuff I need to take with me - besides clothes that is.
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Now playing: Iron & Wine - Naked As We Came
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I am sitting here listening to some music and thinking about the coming changes. Next week I have my oral defence for my work and then I am done. I do need to get some paperwork off to the University of Calgary.
I have gone through major changes this summer - it was gut wrenching at times and I am certain in my manic days after turning in my work to the Examiners that I drove many people around the bend. This is an apology - not merely an acknowledgement. I am afraid that proximity bears its own risks sometimes.
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Now playing: Iron & Wine - Naked As We Came
via FoxyTunes
I am sitting here listening to some music and thinking about the coming changes. Next week I have my oral defence for my work and then I am done. I do need to get some paperwork off to the University of Calgary.
I have gone through major changes this summer - it was gut wrenching at times and I am certain in my manic days after turning in my work to the Examiners that I drove many people around the bend. This is an apology - not merely an acknowledgement. I am afraid that proximity bears its own risks sometimes.
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