Sharing and a New Look at Abundance in Everyday Ramblings

Yesterday the weather was mild (as summer goes) and clear (there was valley haze) enough to see the mountains. I always think that hydrangeas symbolize the 4th of July, our big summer holiday, and I took this picture yesterday on a mid-morning walk around the neighborhood.

It was so nice to have a holiday. I didn’t do much. I got out on the track early(ish) and did my pony thing and then came home and did some much needed housework and then went for the above mentioned walk and came home and need more much needed housework…

Then, very exciting for the cats in my life, both Kes and Most Honorable came up to visit for a few hours with provisions garnered at Costco and Trader Joe’s and the grocery and bird store. It is such a gift that they are able to pick up things for me when they shop and periodically drop them off. Keeps our net carbon footprint low(ish).

The cats adore my sister and B-I-L and I believe this adoration is mutual so there is much play and of course never with the fancy cat toy, no, yesterday Kes was down on the floor playing soccer with a grape that Diego had extracted from the small hostess bowl of grapes I had on the table.

They live in the path of the upcoming full solar eclipse and are going to have visitors, as is practically everyone in their town. We were talking about the cool new special postage stamp that our postal service is offering for the eclipse that has a picture of our sun and then if you apply warmth (say like with a thumbprint) it goes dark.

We also have a magazine exchange. I get the New York Sunday Times and The New Yorker and then I share those with them and they share them with their neighbors. And when I can get something unique at our Farmer’s Markets (like the incredible moist prunes made from local Parson’s plums) I’ll pick those up too.

I suspect in the current political climate and certainly when I retire we will be expanding this sharing network to more things.

And looking back and seeing that I have basically been a few pounds up over my Weight Watchers goal weight for a year I was thinking I need to get my weight back down those creeping five pounds because I won’t be able to afford to go to Weight Watchers and use their tools when I retire so I need to get back to Lifetime where it is all free.

I currently get vouchers from work on my health care plan.

Monday much to my surprise I had a big class, all older women and it was a cheerful group. We worked gently on our core area. I was watching an online class yesterday by Diane Bondy, she is a big deal in the current yoga world in the West. A woman of color she is big and that isn’t just a euphemism for having a large frame. She carries a lot of weight. She’s been practicing yoga since she was a kid and is very healthy.

She is a compelling advocate for all bodies practicing yoga and she said something like…”and if you have abundance in this area you can move this way…” I liked that and it definitely fits within this idea of abundance being a desirable thing that has been a cultural staple in many communities. Just not ours.

I hope I have at least a couple of students tonight.

Buy in the meantime it is back to the office and the world of work.