How about some love and hug vibes for Doreen!

[judih]

soon, soon, fresh air on your face
sidewalk under your feet
thrill of breathing in crisp air
and returning home for warmth
small steps with each breath

[stilltrucking]

I hope you are feeling better. Thank you for being a friend. I think about you when I write. When I quote or post an image but don't give attribution think about what you would say.
I was thinking about sending you an audio book. Anything on your wish list?

[judih]

outpouring of love. What a sweet idea, jack!
i'm thinking that everyday is a little closer to healing. What brings you nearer is part of the package. May it be good.

[stilltrucking]

what brings me here is friendship/s
practically a religion for me
Friends™ read each other over our shoulders ( I think mean I write as if you are reading over my shoulder.)
keep on keeping on mi amiga
take good care of yourself you belong to us
I was thinking of Kristin Kobes Du Mez, the woman who wrote this book.
Her book — Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
Her style of thinking reminds me of you.
I have the audiobook and I keep listening to it over and over. Maybe it is too heavy now but if you want to read something kick ass, that book is it. Would you like me to send it to you as Kindle™ or audiobook? Or anything else you want to read/listen?

[judih]

studio eight
location of dreams
and space for all

[zero_hero]

Doreen Wrote:
Life is short but important!
I hope it’s important.
We do our best. All of us.

[mnaz]

Home away from home (while sitting at home).
Space for all, between my ears, between
molecules, atoms, quarks and bosons.
Space! the final frontier, the race,
the face of grace ...

(Wish you well with P.T., Doreen.)

[judih]

we love p.t. we love caring and funny caregivers. we love laughter. we love doreen. (i mean 'i' but i think it's a 'we')

[zero_hero]

I have always felt that this poem could have been written for you.

Tea time in Doreen' Peri's garden.
thank you for studio eight.

Tea at Rachel Varnhagen's


Currant bread and current affairs
Strong Assam and rooms hazy with words
Beauty and brain not a contradiction in terms
Salons where male and female minds
Shamelessly mated on plush ottomans
Where sensuous mouths dared breathing hard truths
Where strong wills fearlessly bowed to the
Ingenious stroke of a feathery well-kept hand

June 2006

Ulrike Gerbig
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tea-at-r ... rnhagen-s/

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I was hopping you were going to have a sunny day today. Maybe you can venture forth to catch some rays on your face.

hyperspace jitterbugs of studio8 make me happy to been born as I am.
Thinking about reading...again
this book I have given up on after a 17 year struggle to understand.
The Phenomenology of Internal Time Consciousness — E. Husserl.
all learned so far is:
before space and time there is only melody

ramble ramble hope you feeling better
later today I will go the the chestnut street café and do the times crossword puzzle and drink some vodka and hangout on studio eight.

[judih]

searching weather reports
sun, snow, high moon waning
may the dawn bring fresh birdsong

[saw]

was distracted by family illness, but returned and expanded my scope to see these messages.....though I have followed you on FB....so glad you are coming along OK....happy you have housemates that can pitch in....time flies really....my cardiac rehab was a blink ( 6 weeks )...and you too will be running around before you know it....so keep your chin up...or actually keep it down so you can see the floor....hope it all is smooth, like a baby's ass....

[judih]

"baby's ass" smoothness
wishes from one who knows
may smooth be smoothest

[Doreen Peri]

Hi my sweet dear friends! Thank you so much for your posts and your caring hearts! I am doing well! A week and 5 days since surgery and I’m still using a walker but occasionally using a cane and eventually I will be using no support at all! I stripped the bed yesterday and washed and changed the sheets all by myself plus had a shower, unassisted other than the grab bars. I still have some pain and swelling around the incision but good grief, my progress is nothing short of miraculous! I have PT tomorrow and scheduled 3x a week through Christmas. After that, maybe I won’t need it anymore? We’ll see!

Thank you , judih, for the link to the book... I love Pema Chodren and will listen to it a little at a time! I’ve been listening to Tara Brach’s talks and guided meditations which are very helpful to me! Also some Jack Kornfield (I think that’s his name) and reading a lot of Thich Nhat Hanh... This time in my life calls for peace and spiritual awakening, calmness and mindfulness! I am truly blessed to be recovering so well so quickly and to have all of you as my friends reaching out to me with love and compassion!

Thank you for the poetry, Jack! I don’t have a kindle but I do have my phone so I guess I could listen to any audio book on my phone just as well, so whatever you choose to send would be wonderful!

Nice to hear from you Sasha and Mark (mnaz)! I appreciate your kindness and connection! And thank you, too, Steve Plonk!

Steve, it’s so fantastic that you are doing so well after your open heart surgery! I watch your Facebook posts with photos of your walks in nature with awe! I’m so happy for you and so happy Susan is with you helping you and being a loving companion!

I’m excited to have been given the gift of a new life chapter! I haven’t been able to walk for many months, but I’m psyched for the gift of a new hip and soon I’ll be walking and dancing all over the place! Yay! It is definitely miraculous!

I love you all!!! Thank you for being in my life!

[judih]

Making the bed - independent shower-taking. Oh how sweet to hear. And already experimenting with a cane. You've got this. Slowly with the patience of thich nhat hanh, and the teaching of loving mindfulness, each second is a gift.

[judih]

time to re-visit studio 8 radio shows. Let's post a link. (in your honor, Doreen)
Show 4
https://www.studioeight.tv/radio8/4_sho ... ly2009.mp3