Monday, August 1, 2011

august first

first splintless handwriting since april,
the quote is from leslie avon miller: paper has it's own language"
today i drove two hours to lake placid to see my orthopedic doctor.
i can now be splintless during the day, 
as long as i'm not being too rough. 
i wear the splint at night for another three months, until i next visit.
the tendon is healing, 
about 50 percent,
slowly but surely.
 a surprise awaited me in the mail, 
 a drop spindle made by kevin from a morgan kozo shaft, 
and an inscribed whorl
"expressly made for velma, ms. shifu"
and on the very bottom, the morgan logo
susan sent me her first shifu the other day. 
i was so very moved.
(it included a "map" of our workshop learning.)
a repeat today, of tears welling up,
when this lovely memento from the morgan arrived.
the enthusiasm for shifu and spinning kozo continues:
 in cleveland there is a shifu group.
~~~~~
this summer i have seen it happen: 
when someone is sparked by an idea, 
or an idea catches them, 
or something resonates and compels and needs to be explored.
~~~~~
so after lunch i slept deeply, 
adjusting to my finger's allowed mobility is strange
adjusting to being home and quiet for a time
also strange
adjusting to thinking about some books that are 
brewing, brings excitement.
august, indeed.





18 comments:

  1. Some healing takes oh so very long. Take it slowly.

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  2. good to see that you are unencumbered! [or should that be disencumbered?] x

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  3. yay.. glad you are in the middle of it, or something like that.
    Happy August healing.

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  4. p-i'm done with impatience...
    i-better than dismembered!

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  5. oh, MY!!!!!!! i am so glad the day has come! and i knew that drop spindle was being perfected. of course it was going to be on its way to you soon!

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  6. Wishing you a fully functioning finger very soon! I am so pleased you enjoyed the words...they came up from the deep well and made themselves known to me. They are not really "mine" but for all of us. ;o)

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  7. it's so cool, aimee
    and leslie, thanks again!

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  8. Life is so beautiful. Blessings are abundant, when one lives in gratitude for even the littlest things.

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  9. oh such good news. and for home to be strange, isn't it so nice to sense how different a place it is from all other places.

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  10. your august has started in forward gear - may it continue at a moderate, steady pace.

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  11. j & j, strange is ok, i feel like i'm getting acquainted. i like moderate for a change! and steady is necessary

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  12. Glad for you that you are semi-splintless,and able to enjoy some calm time at home. Hope to see you at the market and hear about your trip and teaching.

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  13. i hope writing and making will be good physical therapy

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  14. V I have really enjoyed reading of your travels over west and the joy of family reunions, and now days without the splint - life is good! What a lovely bunch of mail happiness as well...I hope the healing continues and the book ideas keep drifting in and become real.

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  15. Congrats on becoming splintless by day...

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  16. splintless by day, but at night...bwahaha! actually, it's so tender, i'm wimpy by day. thanks l, f, and m.

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