“Each of us must confront our own fears, must come face to face with them. How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives. To experience adventure or to be limited by the fear of it.” – Judy Blume | Source
To me, mundaneness = magical realism. For a great example of magical realism, see One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez. I’m trying to replicate magical realism in this space.
- Freshly laminated brows happened during this era + A choker I wore when I was an adolescent (which I still wear) + My vocation on floppy disk + A vintage item from the POTUS 41 administration (a tee shirt that says “Me 40? I Demand a Recount“, 11 years before the hanging Chad debacle of 2000. The Baby Boomers were really melodramatic when they turned 40 over 30 but less than 40 years ago !
Precious Moments:
Seeing a mini dragon fly balance on a slim branch on the foot path. And, seeing a turtle float on the surface of the “main retention pond.”
September 3
Listening to the nature in the trees by the juvenile detention facility. Seeing a squirrel. Seeing a beautiful sunset by a pond nestled in a zoned corporate area.
September 22
While driving around Albany – seeing someone at the bus stop. He looked at me and I waved. I also gave a heart and then he gave me a heart back. It was a beautiful moment.
September 22
Seeing a gaggle of geese sleeping together on the other side of an embankment along the Hudson River.
6:54 a.m., Sunday, September 24
The Amtrak train operator just said “mind the gap” when we were approaching Albany.
19:49, Sunday, September 24
As we were leaving on September 25:
“You’ve always been a Sweetie.” (I started crying.)
“Take care of you so I can see you.”
Journal Excerpts:
“I deserve the gift of moving on.”
August 2
“I’m doing the shadow work journal & it’s quite illuminating. I recommend people do this when they are in a good place.”
September 11
“….. but I let it flow off my back. I didn’t internalize it.”
September 17
“I’m going to set up my code of conduct.”
September 17
“I’m looking for meaning in all the wrong places,” I said to them.
September 19
TW: September 11 | 9/11 Memorial Visit, September 24:
“I felt their terror. Someone seeing a plane approach window in their office but it went so fast.”
“Stories that will never be told because people were trapped in the buildings.”
New York City photos will be posted in a subsequent post.