tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post5975617797657024763..comments2023-05-24T07:28:47.004-05:00Comments on Teresa Evangeline: Spartacus, Wordsworth, and YoungTeresa Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-34013130619883903712011-02-25T07:46:00.892-06:002011-02-25T07:46:00.892-06:00Hi Cat, Well, they have no worries with me. Perhap...Hi Cat, Well, they have no worries with me. Perhaps they know that and are comfortable here. Hunting season starts on April 15th. I hope they hang around and find safety in my woods. Thanks and I hope you have a great weekend, as well!Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-39387202485166105662011-02-25T07:32:12.073-06:002011-02-25T07:32:12.073-06:00It is a good thing for those turkeys that Thanksgi...It is a good thing for those turkeys that Thanksgiving and Christmas is over! :)<br /><br />Have a good weekend Teresa!<br />xo CatherineCatherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08885238657002176243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-15396968538679533552011-02-25T06:37:57.947-06:002011-02-25T06:37:57.947-06:00Karen (MG), Nature as healer. It's a valuable ...Karen (MG), Nature as healer. It's a valuable aspect to life. Thank you for your post, too. It's essential to remember the things of true substance. It's not always easy to practice Knowing we live in an abundant universe, but we know it is true. <br /><br />Grethe, I am very grateful for your comments. Your evening practice is a lovely idea. I recently decided something similar - find moments of beauty and grace in each day. It really raises our awareness of all that is so wonderful. We simply must continue to find it and savor it, no matter what dire events are happening around us. Keeping a calm center is an extremely important thing to do and a valuable contribution to the world. I am so very grateful for your comments.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-14702295621139926832011-02-25T05:05:55.594-06:002011-02-25T05:05:55.594-06:00Teresa, how true. It is so important to try to sta...Teresa, how true. It is so important to try to stay calm in this world or we'll loose ourselves. I'm angry or devastated almost every day when I hear the news. Terror,war,hunger,pollution, children in need, animals in need, catastrophes and much more. I feel helpless, because everything could be solved, if only? <br /> <br />I got an advice from a friend last month. Each afternoon, when the day is turning into the blue hour, I sit down and think about, what the day has brought of good things in spite of all the bad things. Remember five good things he said. And lit a candle, take a drink, listen to some music I love, relax and think. Meditate like many do. I'm a little surprised that I sometimes find it so hard to relax and meditate. I was always a good relaxer before! <br /><br />Maybe it's because we know what is happening all over the world in almost the same minute as it happens. The communication is overwhelming, and you'll have to take a stand to so many things during just one day, that your mind suddenly blocks and you feel the helplessness. And if you want to keep ajour, be active thinking and not passive, then you are in a dilemma, because you do not have the physical and mental ressources to cope with it all. I don't know if this sounds crazy or like I'm giving up. I'm not, yet. But this is just how I feel now.<br />GretheThyrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06784021614587470421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-21759919152719233162011-02-24T22:40:07.850-06:002011-02-24T22:40:07.850-06:00I love your openness, and glad to see someone actu...I love your openness, and glad to see someone actually talking it out loud. It seems there are some that just want to be lead like lemmings by the media. Listening to the media makes it all the harder to hear our own internal voice shouting all the answers we need to heal this planet. It's funny...because today I posted about being sweep up by nature as healer. I feel broken by my current financial state...and right now nature is about the only thing that comes free for enjoyment...and it truly has a healing magic. Thanks for this post...karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749464659476217501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-85071990858410854052011-02-24T17:48:55.056-06:002011-02-24T17:48:55.056-06:00Marilyn, Nature is essential to my emotional and p...Marilyn, Nature is essential to my emotional and physical well-being. I hope that those who are having trouble seeing the beauty amid the despair find any small thing that might bring them peace. Moment by moment, building blocks to a better today and thus our future.<br /><br />Nancy, We have some fine models for peaceful action. I hope we keep them firmly in mind.<br /><br />Li, Very well-said. Thank you, so much.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-67130308204833254012011-02-24T17:41:06.238-06:002011-02-24T17:41:06.238-06:00Agreed, Teresa...it's important for those of u...Agreed, Teresa...it's important for those of us who can enjoy a little nature and peace to do so. Foregoing it to simply sit and wring our collective hands does no one any good. I know that I can be far more effective at volunteering, speaking my mind and educating people if I stay calm and rational (which isn't to say that I don't have my moments of shouting at the TV screen). <br />I hate to be pessimistic, but I see an ugly 2 years ahead of us as the housing market continues to bottom out and state budgets hemorrhage. Most people have cut back every single possible way they can by now, and so we will soon be at a crisis point. We can only hope and pray that at some point people start pulling together instead of squaring off, calling each other names, and passing the buck.Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08831231531918915804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-41266269723250685512011-02-24T17:29:08.375-06:002011-02-24T17:29:08.375-06:00It's tricky to remain serene while also gearin...It's tricky to remain serene while also gearing up to take action. It's a worthy goal, though. I remember the twisted hate-filled faces of some of the anti-war activists in the 60s and 70s, and they were not helpful to the cause.Nancy/BLissed-Out Grandmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17223278142557533175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-52563787682786702732011-02-24T17:14:16.507-06:002011-02-24T17:14:16.507-06:00If I don't stop to see and feel the beauty aro...If I don't stop to see and feel the beauty around me then I am lost. For me it's the sunrise or sunset moments, or listening to a plain wee little bird sing with colour and magic in its song, that make me feel whole.<br /><br />I do know that many are experiencing hardship so severe that worries and tiredness, the 'everyday-ness' of just surviving, blanks out all beauty. <br /><br />I agree with you, so much of this hardship and struggle is white-washed.Marilyn & Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00851884880790561276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-85599520263203591612011-02-24T17:08:04.216-06:002011-02-24T17:08:04.216-06:00Lynn! I have kept my TV viewing, particularly the ...Lynn! I have kept my TV viewing, particularly the news, to a minimum, but last night I watched NBC news and the scenes from here and around the world just fed my anger. And so I again and again, choose peace. but once in awhile...<br /><br />Thanks for adding your thoughts.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-10335690629377784172011-02-24T16:48:45.580-06:002011-02-24T16:48:45.580-06:00Timely post! I feel the anger, horror, helplessnes...Timely post! I feel the anger, horror, helplessness these times. I have to meditate, must meditate, so that I remain calm, and able to focus on my life. Without this calm, I would probably add to the problem. I also simply have to turn off the news media. They add fuel to the fears. Nature helps too...and have hopes that Spring will ease much of this.turquoisemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14893008689507282266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-6244787728023119062011-02-24T16:04:07.432-06:002011-02-24T16:04:07.432-06:00Steve, Little gets reported in the way of supporti...Steve, Little gets reported in the way of supporting protesters. In Denver they reported about 250, when in fact a supporter who was there, One Fly at Outtathecornfield, reports there were over 2,000. <br /><br />Thanks for offering your perspective. I appreciate it. BTW: I have eight apple trees on my property. For whatever reason, they seem to like what's is under the big Norway pines. Seeds? Perhaps because the apple trees are surrounded by snow still. I would have left some for them, but the bears took care of any surplus.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-15675738038156963932011-02-24T15:56:34.174-06:002011-02-24T15:56:34.174-06:00Iowa labor unions posted a protest to support Wisc...Iowa labor unions posted a protest to support Wisconsin and recieved little media coverage.400-500 people at the statehouse, no big deal.The economy has hit me hard,I made my simple life simpiler.Page one is only what they want to put out.I write a lot of people who think they are in charge and it is fun to see what generic response they offer or if they give me some solace.I would plant some apple trees to give you and your turkey flock some goodies.Out on the prairiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548162534362532705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-55912122022911909402011-02-24T15:41:22.976-06:002011-02-24T15:41:22.976-06:00Linda M. I agree with All you said. Thank You.Linda M. I agree with All you said. Thank You.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-40202421443281672692011-02-24T14:53:17.641-06:002011-02-24T14:53:17.641-06:00I was at UC Santa Barbara the night the Bank of Am...I was at UC Santa Barbara the night the Bank of American burned to the ground, right around the Kent State time. My dad was a military officer stationed in Vietnam. It was an uncomfortable time, and I emerged from my university experience a person averse to war and violence.<br /><br />I'm one of the lucky ones right now, too. But I read and I listen and there are some things for which I will march when the time comes. I didn't use to think that time would come, but I do now.<br /><br />Last night we got half an inch of snow and I'm still enjoying how it changes the look of things out my back window. I can forget about the bad guys as long as I'm looking out there.Linda Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706455533282204519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-91119568529553496512011-02-24T14:18:50.790-06:002011-02-24T14:18:50.790-06:00I understand, Linda, I do. But, if I don't do ...I understand, Linda, I do. But, if I don't do all I can to find inner peace, and I'm very fortunate to have nature all around me to help, then darkness wins and I refuse to let that be the outcome. We still have to do all we can as individuals to provide our own hope, however challenging that is.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-14908767544409010862011-02-24T13:46:53.270-06:002011-02-24T13:46:53.270-06:00Pleasant alternatives went by the wayside some tim...Pleasant alternatives went by the wayside some time ago. Folks have cinched their belts, are already living with relatives; soup is the main staple of their diet; they're buying and selling or hauling junk to make ends meet; it's the only way most are surviving right now; they're doing it with as much of a smile as they can. Those struggling to eat and sleep find less and less remedy, solace, or peace in nature, discourse, or themselves.Linda Starrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364078667554676592noreply@blogger.com