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  • Jul. 9th, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Arundel Angel
Well, we did it. Only five (or is it six?) years after moving out of our house on the Kitsap Peninsula, the stuff we put in "temporary" storage is finally properly sorted and in a clean, safe place about fifteen minutes from our home base in Seattle. We finished it up today with one last dump run, one last trip to a thrift store and celebrated by visiting friends with two new kittens. They took a few things off our hands and gave us free-range, organic eggs, a pound of organic cherries and two bowls of organic strawberries and raspberries to take with us.

Amazing.

I can't believe it's finally over.

Now the final push to get organized before the tour starts on Wednesday can go forward without that hanging over our heads. What a relief.

I'm really proud of us, too- all that work, the angst of the situation in general, the tears over old photos and memorabilia (who'd guess old, dried bird poop could make your heart break), the struggle to just not give up, gritting teeth over the mold and dust and dead spiders, letting go of so much stuff...

We didn't argue, we didn't lose our tempers, we didn't get snarky... we just put our backs into it and somehow got it done. We were kind to each other, we were patient with mood swings and the occasional melt downs, helped each other remember to eat and drink so we didn't get crazy with blood sugar issues...

"Stuff" is hard. I'm really glad so much of it is gone. And the stuff we kept... well, that's just stuff, too, and someday we'll let go of that as well. We'll shed all this stuff and just float away like thistledown, wonder briefly what the fuss was all about... and be glad to leave the stuff behind.

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Oh, lovely Turnip...

  • Jun. 13th, 2009 at 11:36 PM
Arundel Angel
I saw this article and thought of you:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17301-male-pond-skaters-forced-to-sing-for-sex.html

Other bugophiles may enjoy this also.

Horse alert!

  • Jun. 3rd, 2009 at 10:50 PM

I am a tired bunny.

  • May. 5th, 2009 at 7:40 PM
Arundel Angel
Whew. Long day wrestling with storage stuff. Mostly successful, though our plan of spending three days on the Peninsula fell through- I've got some kind of bug, the weather was rainy with storms predicted for tomorrow, the dump was closed... so we loaded up the Sprinter and came over with a ton of stuff to put in the new unit. It all fit fine, with dadgaderie's creative stacking and my consolidating. I filled a bag with stuff for the thrift store and ended up with two extra plastic bins to use for things I don't need year round, like my heavier boots and other wintery items.

I smell of mice but otherwise I am unharmed- no banged shins or squashed fingers, which is nice. Time for a shower and clean clothes and some chocolate.

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More excitement!

  • May. 2nd, 2009 at 5:01 PM
Arundel Angel
I was actually having a hard time falling asleep last night thinking about things to pack up and put in that nice, new, clean storage unit. )

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Excitement!

  • May. 1st, 2009 at 12:55 PM
Arundel Angel
This may fall under the heading of "It doesn't take much to make me happy" but we finally, after at least five years, got a storage unit that's near the place where we're living. )

Poached from... er, I forget.

  • Apr. 29th, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Arundel Angel


Your result for The Quick & Painless ENNEAGRAM Test...

4- the Individualist

Thanks for taking the test !

you chose BY - your Enneagram type is FOUR (aka "The Romantic")


"I am unique"



Romantics have sensitive feelings and are warm and perceptive.



How to Get Along with Me



  • Give me plenty of compliments. They mean a lot to me.

  • Be a supportive friend or partner. Help me to learn to love and value myself.

  • Respect me for my special gifts of intuition and vision.

  • Though I don't always want to be cheered up when I'm feeling melancholy, I sometimes like to have someone lighten me up a little.

  • Don't tell me I'm too sensitive or that I'm overreacting!


What I Like About Being a FOUR


  • my ability to find meaning in life and to experience feeling at a deep level

  • my ability to establish warm connections with people

  • admiring what is noble, truthful, and beautiful in life

  • my creativity, intuition, and sense of humor

  • being unique and being seen as unique by others

  • having aesthetic sensibilities

  • being able to easily pick up the feelings of people around me




What's Hard About Being a FOUR


  • experiencing dark moods of emptiness and despair

  • feelings of self-hatred and shame; believing I don't deserve to be loved

  • feeling guilty when I disappoint people

  • feeling hurt or attacked when someone misundertands me

  • expecting too much from myself and life

  • fearing being abandoned


  • obsessing over resentments

  • longing for what I don't have



FOURs as Children Often



  • have active imaginations: play creatively alone or organize playmates in original games

  • are very sensitive

  • feel that they don't fit in

  • believe they are missing something that other people have


  • attach themselves to idealized teachers, heroes, artists, etc.

  • become antiauthoritarian or rebellious when criticized or not understood

  • feel lonely or abandoned (perhaps as a result of a death or their parents' divorce)



FOURs as Parents


  • help their children become who they really are

  • support their children's creativity and originality

  • are good at helping their children get in touch with their feelings


  • are sometimes overly critical or overly protective

  • are usually very good with children if not too self-absorbed



Renee Baron & Elizabeth Wagele

The Enneagram Made Easy

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Harper
SanFrancisco, 1994, 161 pages




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    Eilieen the Duck is back!

    • Apr. 26th, 2009 at 7:00 PM
    Arundel Angel
    Today was so warm I put on my bathing suit for the second time this spring and basked in the sun. I was just thinking about going back inside when Eileen the Duck showed up for the first time this spring. I was so glad to see her!

    Eileen is a lame female Mallard duck (no, really) who first came here last summer. She walked right up the side of the houseboat, into the kitchen and right to the cat's dish looking for food. Since they don't eat crunchies (ask me about raw food for your cat!) she was disappointed. We gently herded her outside before she could decorate the floor (not that this would matter after having a parrot as a pet) and then fed her bread. (Really good quality, sprouted seeded bread, for those of you who are interested.) We even have a neat little video of the occasion. Anyway, she stuck around the area, visiting off and on for handouts then she disappeared for the winter. I was a little afraid she'd gotten eaten by something but NO- she's back! We're so happy. She's a very sweet duck.

    Because I'm living dangerously...

    • Apr. 22nd, 2009 at 11:47 PM
    Arundel Angel
    ...though vicariously through my lap top, and because chellebelle74 posted it and for some reason I feel compelled to follow along with her example despite my better judgment...

    1 question.

    1 chance.

    1 honest answer.

    That's all you get.

    You get to ask me 1 question.

    Any question, anything, no matter how crazy, dirty, or wrong it is.

    But I dare you to repost this and see what people ask you!

    Comments are screened.

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    Okay, me, too...

    • Apr. 16th, 2009 at 11:26 AM
    Arundel Angel


    You are The Wheel of Fortune


    Good fortune and happiness but sometimes a species of
    intoxication with success


    The Wheel of Fortune is all about big things, luck, change, fortune. Almost always good fortune. You are lucky in all things that you do and happy with the things that come to you. Be careful that success does not go to your head however. Sometimes luck can change.


    What Tarot Card are You?
    Take the Test to Find Out.

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    Easter...

    • Apr. 12th, 2009 at 3:00 PM
    Arundel Angel
    Easter carol, possibly by J. M. Neal.

    Cheer up friends and neighbors
    Now it is Easter tide
    Stop from endless labors
    Worries put aside
    All should rise from sadness
    Evil, folly, strife
    When with mighty gladness
    Springs the earth to life

    Out from snow-drifts chilly
    Roused from drowsy hours
    Bluebell wakes and lily
    Nature calls up the flowers
    Into life she raisesĀ 
    All the sleeping buds
    Meadows weave her praises
    And the spangled woods

    All is truth and beauty
    All is righteousness
    All our joy and duty
    Bearing this impress
    Look - the earth waits breathless
    After winter's strife
    Easter shows us deathless
    Spring leads death to life

    I love you.

    • Apr. 4th, 2009 at 1:35 PM
    Arundel Angel
    Thanks, dawnd, for this link and the following text:

    http://www.obsessedwithconformity.com/obsessed_with_conformity/2009/03/in-the-name-of-love.html

    EXCERPT:
    When you consider how many songs, poems, paintings, movies, etc. were created with the idea of Love as its core concept, most of us can agree that this one little word has a pretty huge impact on us. On all of us. Across cultures.

    So we're proposing a test. On April 4, 2009 (a Saturday), we all post "I Love You" in our social media circles JUST ONCE to see if this innocuous little sentence can have a positive impact on people - and SM as a whole. No, we're not asking you to say you Love Social Media, or Facebook, or Twitter or even your mother for that matter. And we're not asking you to endorse any religion, ethnicity, brand, holiday or any other possible reason you could conjure. We're just asking you to post "I Love You" once in one of your social media streams. In Facebook as a status, in Twitter as a post, hell - you can even post it in Linkedin if you want (it's a Saturday, so no one is going to think any less of you for spreading such a positive message).

    Why? Because with all of the shit in the world today we are curious to see whether Love can still conquer all.


    ...And if you have the time, look up how Estonia got free of the Soviet Union. Music and love rule my life and wow... look what it did for Estonia.

    Huh...

    • Mar. 31st, 2009 at 8:05 PM
    Arundel Angel
    I think this article needs some scientific study by my male friends. Are you up for it?

    http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16872-masturbation-could-bring-hay-fever-relief-for-men.html

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    Home again, home again, jiggety-jig...

    • Mar. 25th, 2009 at 1:29 PM
    Arundel Angel
    We're back in Seattle again after a long but extremely smooth trip. It was just the easiest journey we've ever had from start to finish. I don't know how much of it was just coincidence, like having to leave the house in Birdsedge by 5 AM (for which MAJOR THANKS are due to birdsedge and her Best Beloved) which meant that we missed commuter traffic, the change in atmosphere due to the new US government (TSA people everywhere were actually friendly!!!) or what but it was just great.

    I do think having Reiki to use made a huge difference in our stress levels over-all. Compared to former flights where I was doing anti-anxiety medication and still being really miserable it was like nothing at all. Even the token crying baby who was next to us on the second leg was adorable, had incredibly sweet and loving parents and hardly cried at all and when she did it wasn't loud. I didn't even have trouble with the fact that pretty much everything that was offered to us by way of food was, because of my problems with grains and rice, inedible. A little Reiki, a little EFT, some nuts, a 9 bar (seeds, nuts, honey and carob- yum!) and tea and I was fine on both flights. We did manage to find a salad in Chicago which worked okay to hold us till Seattle, where Mom picked us up and took us home to an amazing Mom Meal of pot roast, baked potatoes and Mom Salad. What a relief...

    I was in bed by 9 PM, I think, and slept pretty much straight through till 10 this morning. So I'm pretty much right back on track again, though a little foggy still.

    Oh, one very fun little crossing of paths: a pretty young couple behind us on the plane started talking with us when we landed in Seattle and were gathering our stuff together. It turns out they are friends of suddenlynaked and siouxiequeue! Adam and Anna say hi, guys! So funny... I just love traveling.

    Okay, time to get into the van and see if I can remember how to drive on the right side of the road.

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    Last day in Birdsedge.

    • Mar. 24th, 2009 at 7:28 AM
    Arundel Angel
    Well, it is* our very last day of this tour in Birdsedge. The chaos of sorting and packing is tamed, bins are stored away until next year, our bags are packed except for the last little bits, the bed is cleared for sleeping... and I'm sorry to go.

    There is so much we love about touring in general but some very specific things to touring in the UK. Roundabouts, for one, rock the Casbah of driving. I adore roundabouts (even the little ones) and always miss them mightily while waiting at traffic lights in the States. Actually, I love pretty much everything about driving over here and I always have to kind of gird my loins for the return to the bedlam of US traffic.

    Folk clubs. Gods, I'll miss the folks clubs. Coffee houses, concert series, festivals, house concerts, they're all good and we love them but folk clubs are special to the UK and there's nothing really like them anywhere else. They're like little families that get together on a weekly basis to sing and play tunes, tell stories, drink, swap lies (and occasionally spouses), sometimes even vacation together. This cohesion makes for a marvelously tight audience. At the worst everyone has a decent time and goes away contented and at the best... well, there's no other high like it in performing.

    Our next tour over here is in May of 2010. Yeesh, that's a weird thing to write... I'm going to miss this country.

    *Was... I'm at Manchester airport now indulging in kick-ass free wi-fi and green tea.

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    Baa!

    • Mar. 20th, 2009 at 9:19 PM
    Arundel Angel
    Extreme shepherding video:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw&feature=player_embedded

    Okay, not maybe as much fun for the sheep as for us but still worth a peek.

    Thanks to birdsedge for this.

    Sandals!

    • Mar. 17th, 2009 at 11:47 PM

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