Out walking

Maybe it’s the Zen girl in me, but I seem to have special collectors in my body that soak up silence and radiate it back to me later. I suspect everyone has these, but I know that I’m aware of mine. Last weekend I spent some time out on Bainbridge Island walking with a good friend of mine and we went down by the marina and stood on the pier listening to the sound of the water flowing and branches swaying in the wind. A kingfisher joined us on a nearby pier. What bliss! It restored so much in so few moments. I’m off for another long walk tomorrow, and I hope to find a place just as quiet. I hope that for you as well—it’ll radiate back such goodness through your entire week!

See you shortly!

Dancing no matter what

I’m back, but my posts will probably be shorter than usual for a while. Like many people, I’m unemployed and things are continuing to get more difficult. I need to spend a lot more time finding work than even before, and that means the blog may be a little sparse for a while.

I’m still working on joy, though, but today I’m not feeling particularly joyful. I’m working towards it. In the middle of my personal stress, a threat was announced in the press to one of the major places where I go dancing. Some wacko is threatening to kill the customers of local gay bars. I found this out right after I opened the book of lesbian short stories I borrowed from the library—there was an insert that someone put in to tell me that “the wages of sin are death” and that I was going to hell. This sort of thing is more stressful at a time when I’m already stressed, but I’ve progressed from sadness to anger. Eventually the joy will return. It always does, especially when I go out dancing. I won’t let this self-appointed vigilante stop me from going dancing, just because s/he doesn’t like gay bars. I will be careful be more careful than usual, however.

Your assignment, should you choose to accept it:

218. Next time you’re in a difficult spot or a difficult mood, keep going. You’ll catch up to joy soon enough if you keep onwards.

Link, should you desire it:

Details on the threats in Seattle made to gay bars,

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/01/06/gay_bars_receive_threatening

Checking in

Happy New Year to you all! Since I haven’t had much internet access this week I seem to have disappeared, but I expect to have more time online this week. I shall be posting more soon. Until then, as Mike Meyers used to say, please talk amongst yourselves.