I
was born 83 years ago today in my Grandmother's house at
approximately seven AM, located at 4144 5th Street in
Columbia Heights, Minnesota.
In
all probability I was born in the bed I am sleeping in now. The
bedstead was made by my Great Great Grandfather who had a wood shop
in Red Wing, Mn.
The
bedstead came into my position in the early sixties, I don't remember
why. We painted it pink and set it up for Laura. When we moved up
here it came with us. Around 1976 we had 100 years of paint stripped
off and refinished it. [Yes, I know one is not supposed to do that to
an antique] I cannot say with absolute certainty that it was the bed
I was born in, but it is most likely. It was the bed in the room I
was most probably born in; unless my Grandparents gave up their bed
for the event. One would have to know my Grandmother to think that
was unlikely.
It
didn't occur to me to nail down this history when my Mother was still
alive. In any case I could die in the same bed I was born in. Wait a
minute- I am way too young to have those thoughts.
Well,
it is a great day for a birthday! It is overcast and only 25 F but
the Sun is shining in my heart and all is well with my world.
We
didn't plan a party, since it is in the middle of the week, and also
the middle of Winter. Actually the middle of Winter is a good time
for a party. We can celebrate that Winter is all downhill from here.
We will take out one of our home-raised chickens from the freezer and
roast it. One of Jamie's key lime pies for desert. Sounds like the
ingredients for a feast.
I
finally got my amaryllis potted. I have five blooming size and five
little ones I am raising up to give away. I always plant the little
bulblets that sometime sprout along side the parent bulb. It takes
about three years for them to approach blooming size. At times past I
have had fifteen or more blooming size plants. That is way too many
for our house. I have a hard time finding five good Sunny locations.
The problem is I don't label them and I have given away some of my
most favorite colors. I would like to obtain a deep red and a pure
white; two that I must have given away. I have a medium red and a
pink and a nice pink and white. I think I have at least one of the
old fashioned salmon color. They will surprise me.
I
have been getting a lot of birthday wishes via Face book. That is
nice! I love it! It is great to be 83 and healthy. So this is the
first day of my 84th day on planet Earth, hmmmmmmmm when I
was young that was old. Now it is any age. I am twenty when I am
sitting down. I suddenly age when I get up and walk. Sometimes I
ambulate around the yard without even thinking about it. Other times
I feel like I am ninety! Amazing! Yesterday, when a storekeeper asked
how I was, I grumbled, “fair to middling.” For some reason I
accentuated the not so good. When I got home I felt on 'top of the
world' and I wondered why I misrepresented myself. Then I remembered
how I had just came from the shop next store where the person behind
the counter was particularly gloomy. This is a person who usually
lights up when he sees me. We commented on it. The feeling must have
been catching.
I
just want to stay around, to the time, when folks realize our
experiment with separation is over. We do love each other after all.
We just have to make a small switch in our minds. We can pursue
Oneness with the same energy we pursued separation. A little love and a lot of forgiveness for the mucking around in the illusion of separation. Most of us are
there already. We just need a little shifting at the top.
It
is happening. We are waking up!
Love
and Peace, Gregg
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