{"id":54654,"date":"2021-11-22T10:34:23","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T16:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=54654"},"modified":"2021-11-22T10:39:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T16:39:04","slug":"some-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=54654","title":{"rendered":"Some days&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Samain and the Holiseason Moon<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-54656\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211122_075626-scaled-e1637595089706-420x501.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211122_075626-scaled-e1637595089706-420x501.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211122_075626-scaled-e1637595089706-744x888.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211122_075626-scaled-e1637595089706-1200x1432.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211122_075626-scaled-e1637595089706-768x917.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211122_075626-scaled-e1637595089706-1287x1536.jpg 1287w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211122_075626-scaled-e1637595089706.jpg 1689w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/>Monday gratefuls: Mark Horn. Tree of Life spread reading. Ancient Brothers. Siblings. TJ Henry. All-Clad 12&#8243; skillet. Induction cooking. The Ham. Ruth, Jon, Gabe coming up Wednesday night for Thanksgiving. Mark going to Minnesota. The beautiful Holiseason moon. A splendid morning. Life with Kate. Now. A corner I need to turn.<\/p>\n<p>Sparks of Joy and Awe: Tree of Life tarot spread<\/p>\n<p>Tarot: Eight of Stones, skill. wildwood tarot.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What a day. Ancientrails. Journeymen. (Ancient Brothers?). TJ Henry. Derek and the air conditioner. Late nap. Tarot reading by Mark Horn, Gates of Light Tarot. Lots of love on this day.<\/p>\n<p>The Journeymen. Or, the Ancient Brothers. Yesterday morning Paul, Bill, Mark, and I. We spoke of siblings, how we felt about them, how they were in our lives now. A heartfelt hour plus. In the end we recognized the truth. That we are, and have been for many years, true brothers to each other. Including Tom, absent with Roxann for her mother&#8217;s funeral on Saturday. Siblings are not solely about blood.<\/p>\n<p>Afterward over to Evergreen Comfort Inn Suites. A woman had posted on Nextdoor about being forced out of her house with her two dogs. The guy she lived with shut off the electricity to her area, cut her wifi, and did other things she chose not to mention. Some thought it was a scam, but it felt genuine to me. And, besides, I&#8217;d rather take a chance and be scammed rather than not take a chance and leave somebody in need without help.<\/p>\n<p>Even after I met TJ and her two fluffy snack-sized dogs, I couldn&#8217;t tell for sure. Came home wondering.<\/p>\n<p>Then, I found this posted on Nextdoor this morning.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54657\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-54657\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TJ-Henry-and-me-420x420.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TJ-Henry-and-me-420x420.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TJ-Henry-and-me-744x744.jpeg 744w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TJ-Henry-and-me-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TJ-Henry-and-me.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TJ Henry and me<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"css-77j1dk\" data-testid=\"styled-text-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"css-xrq8e1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span data-testid=\"styled-text\">Strong and Powerful Evergreen Community.<\/span><\/div>\n<div tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><\/div>\n<p><span data-testid=\"styled-text\"><span class=\"Linkify\"> Thank you all so much for your help and support in my blight of late. I cannot thank you all enough. I am putting together a list of all the resources sent to me for someone else who may need them in the future. I will distribute. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-77j1dk\" data-testid=\"styled-text-wrapper\"><span data-testid=\"styled-text\"><span class=\"Linkify\">Charles Buckman-Ellis, who recently lost his wife, left me with these kind words today. \u201cThank you for allowing me to help you today!\u201d A beautiful man with a amazing soul. Rich Wyatt. Thank you for the ride to Walmart. Greatly appreciated. &#x1f98b;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p data-testid=\"styled-text-wrapper\">Not a scam. My heart. Went full.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"styled-text-wrapper\">Later in the day Derek, a true neighbor, came over and helped me remove the single room air conditioner from my front window. It had cooled Kate while she sat in her place working crosswords and playing solitaire. With the mini-splits in place it had become a source of cold air leaking in from the outside and unnecessary. Into the garage.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"styled-text-wrapper\">Also Derek.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"styled-text-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-54658 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211117_102323-scaled-e1637596260395-420x653.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211117_102323-scaled-e1637596260395-420x653.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211117_102323-scaled-e1637596260395-744x1157.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211117_102323-scaled-e1637596260395-1200x1866.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211117_102323-scaled-e1637596260395-768x1194.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211117_102323-scaled-e1637596260395-988x1536.jpg 988w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211117_102323-scaled-e1637596260395-1317x2048.jpg 1317w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211117_102323-scaled-e1637596260395.jpg 1395w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Couple of trees, one dead, too close to the house. He also took down dead trees further back on our lot. A decent symbiosis. He heats with wood. I&#8217;ve lost the strength necessary to do my own logging. (which, btw, I don&#8217;t like) Even when I was able to do it these particular trees seemed beyond my amateur arborist skills. Didn&#8217;t want to drop\u00a0 them on my roof. Derek tied ropes to them and felled them away from the house.<\/p>\n<p>He also offered to build a bench using one of the logs and the two stumps. I said, sure. That&#8217;d be great. Think he&#8217;s doing it right now.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54659\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54659\" style=\"width: 195px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54659\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210317_145121-scaled-e1637598661896-420x753.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210317_145121-scaled-e1637598661896-420x753.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210317_145121-scaled-e1637598661896-744x1335.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210317_145121-scaled-e1637598661896-1200x2153.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210317_145121-scaled-e1637598661896-768x1378.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210317_145121-scaled-e1637598661896-856x1536.jpg 856w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210317_145121-scaled-e1637598661896-1142x2048.jpg 1142w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210317_145121-scaled-e1637598661896.jpg 1427w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kate, about a month before her death<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then, in the evening I had my first ever tarot reading. Mark Horn, of Gates of Light tarot. Gonna go more in depth on this later. Tarot works. How? Not a clue. Well, some clue, but not much.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the big takeaway. In order to move into my next life, next phase, I need to embrace Kate as a presence in my life, a positive, support presence. I need to end the paradox of feeling remorse for feeling good. When I can pull this off, my next life will emerge on its own.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samain and the Holiseason Moon Monday gratefuls: Mark Horn. Tree of Life spread reading. Ancient Brothers. Siblings. TJ Henry. All-Clad 12&#8243; skillet. Induction cooking. The Ham. Ruth, Jon, Gabe coming up Wednesday night for Thanksgiving. Mark going to Minnesota. The beautiful Holiseason moon. A splendid morning. Life with Kate. Now. 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