tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36832112.post9037279606980699105..comments2023-12-21T06:43:44.756+00:00Comments on Elderwomanblog: Any Thought in a StormUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36832112.post-65694442138160908612008-02-23T13:07:00.000+00:002008-02-23T13:07:00.000+00:00I loved your thoughts.I loved your thoughts.poppyseedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04743299134279414912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36832112.post-24083856222771971282007-12-15T23:18:00.000+00:002007-12-15T23:18:00.000+00:00Absolutely we do "...need 'bad weather'...to wake ...Absolutely we do "...need 'bad weather'...to wake us out of our collective, sleepwalking state and propel us into a better, more mindful way of being in the world." <BR/><BR/>But I find the weather can do that for me when it's in much less than the extreme states you mentioned. In fact, the weather which you described so well does that for me.<BR/><BR/>And, why, I ask do we refer to cloudy, joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36832112.post-3599892299675077832007-12-15T11:36:00.000+00:002007-12-15T11:36:00.000+00:00that sounds like a lovely walk, squelchy boots asi...that sounds like a lovely walk, squelchy boots aside! i love feeling a part of nature, in the 'now' of it all... <BR/>and how lovely that you go for a daily walk, something which i would love to do, and i think the world would be a better place if more people went for a daily walk!<BR/>hope you had a nice change of warm dry footwear waiting at home.<BR/>have a good weekendshadows and cloudshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03620245581727982223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36832112.post-29820604604494249602007-12-09T03:30:00.000+00:002007-12-09T03:30:00.000+00:00Brrr, I was freezing and ready for some hot tea af...Brrr, I was freezing and ready for some hot tea after reading your post today.<BR/><BR/>I could literally feel that trickle of cold water, and shivered a little in contemplation...now that's good writin', darlin'!Cowtown Pattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07384649567351202679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36832112.post-79799368103906097252007-12-08T13:24:00.000+00:002007-12-08T13:24:00.000+00:00I wouldn't exactly call it 'walking in traffic', a...I wouldn't exactly call it 'walking in traffic', as I usually don't encounter more than half a dozen vehicles per hour, but these lanes are only ten feet wide in most places so I need to get out of the way when one does appear. Better to have some warning, rather than leaping suddenly into the nearest ditch.<BR/>And yes, otters are fascinating. And so shy that I never see them, but I live in hopeElderwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04530790093497478269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36832112.post-12039647646937305482007-12-08T13:10:00.000+00:002007-12-08T13:10:00.000+00:00I think I would have "stayed" too, if I was trying...I think I would have "stayed" too, if I was trying to walk in traffic amid rain driven by thirty mile per hour winds!<BR/><BR/>Again, you already have the most important part of the answer you seek--the act of questioning the way your mind works when you leave it to its own agendas.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing the walk. As a youth I had livestock chores that took me out into whatever weather eachJim Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10313001977360684501noreply@blogger.com