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Tag Archives: self-care
old shoe – June 19
============ 6.19.2018 the old shoe tells its tale worn, inside and out, fabric solid and comfortable a friend in need that has molded to its wearer. replacements compare, but none quite so kind. ==========
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Tagged appreciation, clothes, comfort, familiarity, friendship, kindness, objects, self-care
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wrinkly butts – June 20
6.20.2017 [wrinkly butts] we all have wrinkled butts now sags, lines, cleavages where we lost weight after our skin tone stopped bouncing back a sign of grace though, that when our butts were fat and bulgy we paid attention and … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, aging, bodies, care, changes, grace, humor, self-care
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fixing things – December 4
12.4 (11.23).2015 [fixing things] fixing things repairing maintaining the ongoing ongoing of house car self. —————–
big brown – September 29
9.29.2015 big brown gathers me in soft arms enfolding my body comforter easing my soul. a book and a nap a day made complete. what could be better. ———————————-
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Tagged comfort, furniture, objects, re-creation, Sabbath, self-care
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appreciation – April 6
4.6.2015 breathing slow and measured I lift the shovel now of an age to take time to measure and feel my body, use my body, care for my body thankful for the gift of it. ———————–
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Tagged aging, appreciation, body awareness, Gift, physicality, self-care
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MAINT REQD – September 6
9.6.2014 MAINT REQD MAINT REQD my car dash blinks at me right after my visit to rehab five thousand mile overhaul for us both. ——————–
road to the hospital – December 8
12.8 the road to the hospital is a lonely one when the subject is yourself. you need to do tests, you need to go there right now thank you. so you let out the dog and make sure … Continue reading
two hundred thou – September 15
9.15 we do maintenance on the old car, bicycle, body. At two hundred thou everything needs a checkover and every system shows its age. lube those parts that didn’t used to crink. they do now and so … Continue reading
I do the walk for me – August 15
8.15 I do the walk for me, that’s what I tell the dog anyway. the slow walk tonite, feeling each step, bounce, lurch. I do the walk to feel my body, not natural for me, a head person who … Continue reading
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