Dreamer to a Dream.

I've been a quiet girl lately, though, that doesn't mean the world has stopped spinning beneath my feet, leaving me intoxicatingly dizzy.  Did I just make up a word?  Perhaps I did.  With the headache of finals and school behind me (for now), I've been unwinding into the summer.  The beautiful season of sun and warmth that I have desperately missed.  Unfortunately, it seems that most of my summer has been rainy, then again, this has left time for me to catch up on sleep that I lost during that last month of school.

Not only that, but I've made a dent in the pile of books I've been meaning to read but never found the time to follow their delightful words into lives that are not my own.  Again, I've realized how much I miss my books.  Thankfully, school brought me back to a passion that had fallen by the wayside over the years: poetry.  I've rediscovered the poets that captivated me as a teenager (wow, I'm no longer a teenager, when did that happen?) and found voices that are new to me, that I can tuck away with the familiar.  Though, I lack the skill to sting the perfect words together to mean more than the world of prose, I find myself sighing over the words I read and hearing myself say, "I wish I could write like that," or "I hope someone pauses at the words I write someday."

Of course, I managed a trip to the city I love, Seattle, to visit GracefullyPunk for a weekend.  Lovely, beautiful, I long to be in that city too.  There's something right about a city where the streets seem to smell like coffee and the market in all of its chaotic glory is my favourite place to be.  I'm constantly amazed at how at home I feel when I'm sitting on the waterfront, eating a fresh baked piroshky, sipping an iced coffee, and watching the ferry boats pass by.  It's not even my city, but everytime I'm there, I feel alive again, connected.  Maybe one day I'll get to call it my home.  I miss it everytime I have to leave again.

And now I'm staring down the two weeks....yes, 14 days...until I finally get to see my parents and brother again; the few people I can actually and comfortably be myself around.  When your best friends are a thousand million miles away and you only get to see them for a few weeks once a year, the excitement of an impending visit leaves me nothing but giddy and anxious.  Time can't seem to move fast enough right now and time will move far too fast when they're finally here.  We're hitting the road (and airways) and running amock through a summer of fun...and I can hardly wait.  I've been counting the days for months, and it's finally almost here!

Of course there have been other happenings and mishaps in my life recently, though they will reveal themselves in due time.  Some of them, I'm still waiting to see what happens and hoping that something happens.  Until then, my breath is held and I'm wishing on all the stars I see.

Comments

[GZ Tai-Tai]

Time is quickly passing so won't be long now! It will go quickly for me as we are hosting a farewell party for several people. I am catering it of course so I will be menu planning and shopping. Today is beverage shopping and then next week I will be in final stages of menu planning and shopping. Thursday prep and friday is busy with School ceremony, a lunch and then cooking and party!

We miss you loads and are very excited to see you soon!

Love
Mom

[Kari]

wow seems like I haven't been on here in forever, looks to me like you too! *laugh*

[Roger]

Gerri,Your Tai Chi Animal Frolics DVD is lovely. I enjoy the calm music (without loud aianml noises) as too many students are easily overstimulated. Over the past year I have been using some of Tricia Yu’s principles of Tai Chi Fundamentals, and I have found that they are very calming for children with limited attention or increased stress. I have modified TCF to use successfully for children while seated at their desks, seated on the floor, seated in their wheelchair, or positioned in a stander. Students and I often rename the moves and cues to make them very simple for children as young as 3. They can mirror my movements as I stand right in front of them or they can participate with other friends in a small group setting; some may use only arm/trunk movements, yet still feel connected to the group. I will now use some of your aianml frolic ideas and modify them as I work with students of all abilities. I may try to use part or all of your 2-minute sequence form (Youth Guided Practice with Tai Chi Kids) as a portion of my case study for a young student in one of my doctoral classes. I will keep you posted.I like so many of the principles in using tai chi. Consistency, discipline, slow movement these strategies do help even the youngest learners engage the mind in the present moment.Thank you for your beautiful CD; it is a great addition in making Tai Chi Fundamentals accessible to more people, especially children with disabilities. Thank you,Nancy Lindgren, Pediatric Physical TherapistWisconsin

[Yamaly]

Oh yum! Thank you for the recipe. I adore curry. Also thank you for inirsping me to get on with yoga. I'm not nearly as advanced as you, but want to have it a daily part of my life as well. I just saw this, and thought of you check it out amazing! (I'm not sure if I sent the link correctly, if not Google just as below.)Break ton Neck from Alex Yde on Vimeo.