Life is such a crazy quilt
@sallypup (62289)
Centralia, Washington
July 9, 2016 10:53pm CST
I am tired from just a bit of weeding and watering and tossing the ball to Sally pup.
Such a crazy quilt; time chunks : quilt blocks.
On one quilt block I lived in a big city in a trailer that needed to be taken to the dump yesterday. I worked in the back office of a Veterinarians then and raised a daughter with my husband.
Another quilt block: smell the Puget Sound water; feel its salty life; hear the cormorants as they settled onto the ferry pier. Weary old clunker cars and daughter older and blackberry bushes and worry about exactly what food would go in our mouths. Hubby working on his master's degree. Me walking woods trails with my Mom and tearooms.
Another quilt block: Eastern side of the state. Small town life. Gardening. Tea time in the garden. Adopting too many primitive dressers and such cause I love old wood. Just hubby and me by then; he working a decent job, bringing in real money. Raised us above the poverty level. Generations of fur kids.
And here: three weedy acres. Aging. Back crooked and more crooked. Laying to rest fur persons. Birds. Gardens. A burro named Peter cause we have the room and I must face what I did to my knee and spine when I crashed that horse.
Below it all the crazy quilt of poetry. Always poetry. Some published in that other; that seaside other. Now more winging out into little presses even though I physically moved. My heart didn't.
And I wonder how long will we stitch this quilt block? A set of five more years here? Will it be less? I can't imagine walking the average house lot. I've finally settled into a few acres. But age may force me into that smaller fabric. Poetry will ease me along where ever I go.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
10 Jul 16
Well done! Poetry, whether read or written by ourselves tends to slow the thought process down a little, bring some peace to hectic hours, make bad news recede a bit, like a wave that crashed on our shore, but washes back into the larger ocean.
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@sallypup (62289)
• Centralia, Washington
10 Jul 16
@JamesHxstatic I agrree. Poetry is the poor man's barrow to peace.
@Rohvannyn (3098)
• United States
10 Jul 16
Always see the beauty wherever you are - whether it's three acres or the microcosm in a window box. You taught me that.
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@sallypup (62289)
• Centralia, Washington
10 Jul 16
@Rohvannyn Thank you. I'm glad you got something from me. I do worry at times that I've left you with little of value. At least you are addicted to cats.
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@Rohvannyn (3098)
• United States
10 Jul 16
@sallypup You also showed me a lot about appreciating art and literature. And pies.
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@sallypup (62289)
• Centralia, Washington
10 Jul 16
@Rohvannyn Get over here. I have some fine large art books to gift you.
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@celticeagle (170008)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Jul 16
What a crazy quilt so far. We all wonder about what quilt pieces are to come. I hope yours are good ones.
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@celticeagle (170008)
• Boise, Idaho
11 Jul 16
@sallypup .....It should be good pretty there.
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@sallypup (62289)
• Centralia, Washington
10 Jul 16
Thanks @celticeagle We've just made hotel reservations for Oregon. Could be the next stitch in another quilt piece.
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
11 Jul 16
@sallypup haha... am British.. :p but you are welcome to UK and Ireland :D
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@sallypup (62289)
• Centralia, Washington
11 Jul 16
@Drosophila The Lake Country is very high on my list.
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@sallypup (62289)
• Centralia, Washington
10 Jul 16
@Drosophila Visiting your country is on my bucket list. I have a hand written paper that places my people in Dublin.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
11 Jul 16
I would like something a little smaller, but not tons small
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
12 Jul 16
@sallypup that all depends too! A huge home with horrid layout is worse than a small home with good layout. shade, location, can make a difference too
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@sallypup (62289)
• Centralia, Washington
11 Jul 16
@Jessicalynnt Such decisions! What is a decent sized lot and what about the house the lot sits on?
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@sallypup (62289)
• Centralia, Washington
12 Jul 16
@Jessicalynnt You are right. I tend to want an open floor plan with tons of windows. Guess I was a cat in another life.
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@MarshaMusselman (38864)
• Midland, Michigan
11 Jul 16
Hmmm, you had me musing there along with you. Quilt blocks of life, I'd have enough to make more than one quilt probably if I shared all the place where I've moved in the past. Not sure I could do it so eloquently, though.
This was suggested to me earlier, maybe by Valerie, although I'm not sure who exactly.
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@MarshaMusselman (38864)
• Midland, Michigan
14 Jul 16
@just4him I figured it out eventually, just didn't change that portion of the comment. It was one of the better ones suggested to me.
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@sallypup (62289)
• Centralia, Washington
11 Jul 16
@MarshalMusselman You have me blushing, I'm grateful for your kind words.
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@puddleglum (1380)
• United States
10 Jul 16
What a lovely, unique reflection on your life and experiences.
Thanks @just4him for suggesting this.
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@sallypup (62289)
• Centralia, Washington
10 Jul 16
@puddleglum and @just4him: Thank you. Good to hear from both of you and I am honored and humbled.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
10 Jul 16
Thank you, I loved this piece.
Patches on the fabric of life.
The responses show that you have the gift of seeing and feeling the experience of your surroundings
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@sallypup (62289)
• Centralia, Washington
10 Jul 16
@responsiveme Good to hear from you. I appreciate you taking time to read and then write something. You are my sister even though you live so far from me.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
10 Jul 16
@sallypup Thank you. I like being in the myLot community.
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@GardenGerty (161608)
• United States
10 Jul 16
I think I have found my quilt block lot that could be just the right size. I could stand to reclaim the vacant home next to me, but I believe someone is holding on to it, as we hold on to old linens and china, not from need but from remembrance.
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@sallypup (62289)
• Centralia, Washington
10 Jul 16
@gardengerty: poetry. Your response is pure poetry. That would be lovely if you could reclaim that bit of land lace. (A long, long time ago I knew an old man who "borrowed" the lot next to his house. He raised huge stands of flowers for his wife there.)
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@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
10 Jul 16
your expression of life and quilt is very nice to read. why only poetry?
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@sallypup (62289)
• Centralia, Washington
10 Jul 16
@shivamani10 Thank you for your question. It wakes me and makes me think. Poetry is my link to that Other; the Creator, the One who Is. Through poetry, I breathe, feel, wonder, stretch, see, experience. I am not sure if this is an answer for you or not. My soul is not nourished by the average church pew so I kneel in this Other cosmos.
