tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post64241650495434075..comments2023-12-27T22:26:20.552-05:00Comments on synch-ro-ni-zing: mud, branch and skyRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-64329003799087138032010-11-17T14:42:16.634-05:002010-11-17T14:42:16.634-05:00Thank you.Thank you.Katehttp://omnicrone1.typepad.com/katethoughts/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-36058525807654778922010-11-16T21:17:32.703-05:002010-11-16T21:17:32.703-05:00Authority of your attitude, yes indeedy!Authority of your attitude, yes indeedy!Loring Wirbelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11764834150305763077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-10701693946757133702010-11-16T09:24:54.755-05:002010-11-16T09:24:54.755-05:00you know, I would like to have a book of so many o...you know, I would like to have a book of so many of these posts. to keep on my bedside table, or here at my computer , or on the coffee table in the front room, or in a bag in the car for long waits, or ....<br /><br />I want to be able to hold this in my hands as well as my heart. To read and savour and gaze and gasp and clutch it to my heart and think... yes. Yes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924061349390319473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-49873091917122777402010-11-16T07:09:18.722-05:002010-11-16T07:09:18.722-05:00Dear Oh of the also-red chair, I hear your flight ...Dear <b>Oh</b> of the also-red chair, I hear your flight in its silent reverberation with my post! Thank you, unique bird.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-29305121467056488942010-11-16T07:08:08.891-05:002010-11-16T07:08:08.891-05:00Jeanie, thank you. It must be in the air then, the...<b>Jeanie</b>, thank you. It must be in the air then, the need to adjust our attitude. Life's circumstances have gotten harder and more complicated for most of us. It takes constant adjustment to keep our minds and hearts free.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-81773165959239753492010-11-16T07:07:00.566-05:002010-11-16T07:07:00.566-05:00Peter, oh so beautifully said and felt . . . YES! ...<b>Peter</b>, oh so beautifully said and felt . . . YES! It is truly and wonderfully beautiful to be human, even though it is also hard. Amen, my friend.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-75184169219893315372010-11-16T07:05:39.161-05:002010-11-16T07:05:39.161-05:00Babs, I know. Once I posted these eggs, and someon...<b>Babs</b>, I know. Once I posted these eggs, and someone in another country (maybe England, was it you?) did not know what bird's they were, not having robins. I was so surprised! I thought everyone knew and had robins. So this time I labeled them.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-74744699685027274572010-11-16T07:04:07.757-05:002010-11-16T07:04:07.757-05:00♥ Kathy, hello, fellow Leo. Let's be queens of...<b>♥ Kathy</b>, hello, fellow Leo. Let's be queens of hearts together.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-10260070455207466382010-11-16T07:03:08.366-05:002010-11-16T07:03:08.366-05:00Terresa, is anything more beautiful than robin'...<b>Terresa</b>, is anything more beautiful than robin's egg blue? Tiffany's knows.<br /><br />I'm glad you received something you needed here, so glad. I'm sorry for the turbulence though.<br /><br />De nada.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-45669347203095205512010-11-16T05:38:36.635-05:002010-11-16T05:38:36.635-05:00Oliag, what a deeply lovely thing to say. Thank yo...<b>Oliag</b>, what a deeply lovely thing to say. Thank you. Yes, attitude is a choice. I find that when I keep focusing on the thing in the mud (or the nest) that is causing me indignation or grief, I have to shift my focus away, and this is best done from the air.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-17570150567400650652010-11-16T05:28:10.527-05:002010-11-16T05:28:10.527-05:00My dear Susie. I hold your praise in my heart, alw...My dear <b>Susie</b>. I hold your praise in my heart, always. It makes me happy that you like how I write. As for intelligence, maybe it is heart intelligence? I just go inside and listen. But I do like tweaking the writing until it says what my heart says as closely as I can get it.<br /><br />What you wrote about deserved arrogance is kind, and quite interesting if you think about all of us. Maybe we each have something to be arrogant about, in the sense of being supremely confident. I am arrogant about my friend Susie.<br /><br />I know you'll let me know about Barred Owl and how he is doing.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-39561608836308219902010-11-16T00:25:18.530-05:002010-11-16T00:25:18.530-05:00Aha! so they DO sound different in flight. I have ...Aha! so they DO sound different in flight. I have often wondered. The turtle dove is one noisy flier. But not the finch. But the owl? you can "feel" it - difference in the size of the wings that makes it so. I love this.<br />ANd TS eliot and his axle tree...and your thoughts about "authority" and how glad I was to hear this "aloud" wondering wondering wondering about so many such things myself as I sit in my chair, and it is also a red chair!!<br /><br />Fabulous photos, too, Ruth.Ohhttp://westcobich.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-83595560972337905732010-11-15T21:59:47.425-05:002010-11-15T21:59:47.425-05:00I recently heard someone say we can't always c...I recently heard someone say we can't always control our lives, only our attitudes about the things that happen. I liked that, and I like this post, very much. A good deal of food for thought here -- and some lovely poetry, too!Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-56435462984586848772010-11-15T18:59:46.754-05:002010-11-15T18:59:46.754-05:00The difference with the birds, who do things insti...The difference with the birds, who do things instinctively, is that we have to think, hesitate, take the initiative to get up in the morning or not... This is perhaps what makes life sometimes tough and frustrating, but sometimes, fortunately, also passionate. Or...?PeterParishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-15885107480035834912010-11-15T16:54:37.278-05:002010-11-15T16:54:37.278-05:00Wow! If I had seen that photo on Google images, I ...Wow! If I had seen that photo on Google images, I would have thought the eggs had been painted that beautiful blue.Babs-beetlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10309239308633895951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-57235186997480154592010-11-15T13:31:58.831-05:002010-11-15T13:31:58.831-05:00I'm a Leo too Ruth! I just loved this post...a...I'm a Leo too Ruth! I just loved this post...as usual. You speak to my heart so often!♥ Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14591559212770014981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-44811996712595909402010-11-15T13:15:50.075-05:002010-11-15T13:15:50.075-05:00What breathtaking blue. And this:
"I am the...What breathtaking blue. And this:<br /><br />"I am the authority of my attitude." I needed to hear/read/feel that this morning more than anything. It will be my mantra today, after a turbulent weekend. Thank you, Ruth.*https://www.blogger.com/profile/06484208765656281917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-8927376975469895602010-11-15T12:41:32.284-05:002010-11-15T12:41:32.284-05:00I am afraid that I don't fly very much...I am ...I am afraid that I don't fly very much...I am either digging in the dirt or working on the nest. When I sit down and read your blog though...then I often do feel some wind under my wings and get a better glimpse of a bigger picture. <br /><br />Another blogger I visit just wrote about attitude saying..."We have the choice to create a good day with our attitude." I like the idea of having the authority over my attitude....GailOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556665956317683667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-61838518413449579672010-11-15T07:41:42.101-05:002010-11-15T07:41:42.101-05:00Grounded in mud or mired in it can be a fine line....Grounded in mud or mired in it can be a fine line. I think even if you found yourself in the latter category, you would find something profound in that as well. Is there anything on which you can't speak or write intelligently? If there is, it must be very obscure. <br /><br />Arrogance? I think a certain amount of it is required for this level of creativity. In your case, your gracious, deserved arrogance is balanced by your understanding and compassion and love for your fellow human beings. <br /><br />Your passage about the owl was simply beautiful. I still haven't heard about its condition. Maybe I will call today.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14201860227400017841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-40666593637045719522010-11-15T06:19:36.618-05:002010-11-15T06:19:36.618-05:00Oops, Dana, sorry, I jumped you in queue. You are ...Oops, <b>Dana</b>, sorry, I jumped you in queue. You are like my friend Inge. She longs for the sky, maybe more even than for the nest. I hope you find time and energy for both.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-83965112137706698922010-11-15T04:44:18.697-05:002010-11-15T04:44:18.697-05:00Boots, I imagine that some persons are naturally m...<b>Boots</b>, I imagine that some persons are naturally more balanced than you and I, and live closer to the nest, with equal parts earth and sky tugging them in a soft, natural swing. I don't mind being more comfortable in the air, I really do relate to birds. It's the farm though, that has pulled me down into the mycelium roots.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-90517820751955037102010-11-15T04:33:30.469-05:002010-11-15T04:33:30.469-05:00Char, how wonderful that is, for a child to notice...<b>Char</b>, how wonderful that is, for a child to notice such a thing. And yours in turn reminds me of my friend's great niece, who at age two begs her parents to read her anatomy books. She can't get enough anatomy! The other day, after a bad, messy diaper, her mom asked, "Wow, how did <i>that</i> happen?" The toddler replied, "The food went into my stomach, through my intestines and came out my rectum."<br /><br />:|Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-67767713922864578352010-11-15T04:28:39.549-05:002010-11-15T04:28:39.549-05:00Pat, thank you for those heart tingling words.
An...<b>Pat</b>, thank you for those heart tingling words.<br /><br />And I just have to thank you here, as well as at <i>A View from the Edge</i> for recommending the film <a href="http://www.filminfocus.com/babies" rel="nofollow">"Babies"</a>, which I watched last night. I laughed, sat with my jaw dropped, felt exhilarated, and was completely convinced that I would have been a better more laid back mom if I had seen it before my kids were born. I am loving the genre of film I've seen lately, documentaries without commentary. Besides "Babies" I've watched "Baraka," which is incredible, and "Ashes & Snow" which is something else altogether . . . a meditation.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-5166279515116982532010-11-15T04:22:12.506-05:002010-11-15T04:22:12.506-05:00Gwei Mui, what you say so very well is the precise...<b>Gwei Mui</b>, what you say so very well is the precise reason that I try not to think of anyone I know as the same person they were the last time they did something disappointing or silly or crazy. If I want people to think of me as an evolving being, one who may not make the same mistakes I've made before and to give me a new chance, I have to offer the same grace to others.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-18138679613255391142010-11-15T04:12:33.590-05:002010-11-15T04:12:33.590-05:00As an Air sign, sister, I can totally relate to be...As an Air sign, sister, I can totally relate to being up in the sky so much of the time. Astrid, as an Earth sign, helps to bring me back down to groundedness. Then, perhaps, as we build a life together, we meet somewhere in the middle, in that nest, to balance each other out. I do like how you have pieced this together because in the end it really IS about balance. But there's no balance unless you go back and forth between the extremes? I wonder....Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.com