Ellen, sends comments to me about every month
and sends 8 to 10 at a time as she catches up
on my sharing....
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Ellen writes on Elderwomen Musings
and I relate to her so deeply
doing
what I have done many times in the past.
This heart feels such a closeness with her.
Hopefully you can pull up some of her sharing
and all about her....
Trying to type this as I wait for rural transportation
to take me to hospital.
Ellen
do some bush hogging
you will not be sorry as it does so much in a couple of hours
that gives you a clear vision of what is surrounding you.
Elderwomen Musings
Self Portrait
I study my feet, shod in these worn slabs of leather, fabric and rubber. For some weeks I’ve pondered the state of my shoes, and my life. Running ragged from one property to the other, I am putting in plants at the new place, setting steppingstones in the ground, mowing down weeds, and, inside my building, dabbing on paint, screwing wood to the floor, setting tile on bathroom walls. I am a madwoman dancing, hair on fire, feet in flames.Only today, when I sit long enough to smile at these shoes, tattered and gaping, lathered with sand, do I see myself anew. Today I will breathe. I will take time to appreciate what I have done. I will shut off the internal engine that seems always to say, “You’ve not done enough, and, besides that, are taking too long.” Today I am a woman, mad about life, in love with dreams, stepping up, bowing down, dancing to the beat of my very own heart.
Ellen Hamilton on May 8th, 2013 | File Under Ellen Hamilton | 4 Comments -
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May 9th, 2013 at 10:25 am I love these shoes.
My old shoes worn on this property surrounding my cottage
are my favorite.
We have much in common
or rather
you remind me of my younger self
a few years ago
May 9th, 2013 at 11:15 pm Love it! Those shoes have served you well and look like they have lots of stories to tell. It’s fun hearing about the work you’re doing and now we have a visual! Thanks for sharing!
May 10th, 2013 at 8:48 am Ellen, I know how you feel. We are now in process of building our new home. I’m wearing that same kind of worn, torn shoes as I traipse around on our new property cutting down and burning junk trees, hauling stone and wood, scavenging in salvage shops, wondering if it will ever end and at the same time not wanting it to end. Ain’t life grand!
May 13th, 2013 at 11:07 am I enjoy hearing about the work you’re doing, too. It sounds like it is a labor of love, the best kind of work to