Sunshine
After all the rain of April, May, June and July, and an indifferent August, the sunshine is so welcome and so glorious.
The eldest child made a leap for the branch, pulled himself up, and put his legs over the next branch, which he sat on. It was a beautiful, athletic movement. His father called him to come down, the parents wanted to go further in to the park. A smaller girl made a leap for the branch, and swung from it for a moment, and was called on too. Then the youngest child stood below the tree, looking up at it, touching the trunk. It was lovely: one child assured and accomplished, two children seeing the possibilities, and working on the skills.
I took the train to Vauxhall, and Jilly got on with Mixie, her tiny spaniel. The man beside me, lager can in hand, asked to stroke her, and Mixie took the attention. Changing to the Victoria line, I move rapidly, not really looking around me, and did not notice until I sat down that Jilly was in the same carriage. -May I stroke her? -Of course.
Mixie is three. Not a puppy, a small breed. She enjoys a little petting, and then comes on to my lap. Jilly checks I am OK with this, but I am flattered, delighted with the dog’s trust. “She does not do that with everyone. Some people she avoids.” Well, I am a spiritual healer, I say.
It is not a boast, it is a statement of fact. I am a beautiful and rather special person, radiant with love, and animals can notice such things. I did not say this at the time, I am just saying it to you now, again not a 
boast. It has been quite a stunning 24 hours, still percolating through me.
The train jerks a bit, stopping in the tunnel twice, and I take care to support Mixie. She is wonderful. Jilly had a bad flu, and felt Mixie was looking after her. It is wonderful to be so welcomed on coming home. She often goes to sleep stroking Mixie, who relaxes her so. Do you have a dog? No, I would not want to leave it alone going out to work. Jilly has a dog walker look after her for a few hours each day. Of course I have heard of this, but- Child-care for dogs! Who would have thought it?
Jilly has signed up for a Reiki course, and asks how I got into it.
-I felt it was a Calling. But it has been quite hard accepting it. I find it hard to accept anything which I cannot explain rationally, and chakras have no relation to anything anatomical, the energy may only be felt and not detected.
-That is a very male way of looking at it.
-Well, I am both, though much happier expressing myself female. Oh! It is St Pancras! I get off hurriedly, wishing her well, and walk through the corridor smiling at thoughts, talking to myself:
I accept and celebrate my vulnerability
I accept and celebrate my intensity
I accept and celebrate my mercurial emotions.
At St Pancras, I did not get a chance to play the piano- and recognised I Giorni, Einaudi, as I went up the escalator. On the train, the man opposite takes his glasses apart, and drops them round his neck. They fasten with a magnet above the nose.
-Oh wow, I have never seen glasses like that!
He has lost glasses before, but never lost a pair like this. They look a bit strange.
-Mmm. It is unnecessary, and just Better.
This is my 400th post.
400 posts! Congrats!
Thank you.
talk to you, pretty please
“allow , accept , appreciate”
why, with these words and obvious attached philosophy, would you write a comment on someone you dont even know entitled “nick the prick” thats not very allowing, accepting!!!!
i dont know you, nor do i want to or need to!
i dont appreciate, accept or allow people bitching about others online without knowing both sides of any story!
you are automatically a disgrace for getting involved in an online bullying operation. be very aware, graeme tucker who comments also on that thread “nick the prick” is a known, notorious stalker and cyber bully, he has threatened pregnant women and children off of youtube and you associate yourself with that person due to your comments on nick!
i am not condoning many comments nick makes towards trans people
but equally i am not appreciating your irrelevant input into something that constitutes online bullying more than warning people about the harmful affects of some commenters!
i do hope you have enough intellectual and emotional intelligence to see your error in getting involved in something that you know not enough about!
stick to subjects you like, appreciate and know more about…..maybe wine and paintings…….
and then again maybe not, maybe i , the non painter would know more than you, maybe i know more about wine too
but you are entitled to your opinion but not entitled to join a bully group
and i will report any messages put publicly up that are very distasteful. do u have children???
if so, would u like your own children to be talked about in the ways that you decide to talk about nick!?!?!
of course you would not!
so start thinking about others…..be a good christian, a good citizen, a carer……..
have a heart!
Intriguing. You clearly are aware of Nicky’s insulting comments, including about me. I know that Nicky writes bullying lies about trans women, lies completely divorced from reality, and they got under the skin of my friend Michelle. I am glad you do not condone them. Michelle has deleted her post entitled “Nick the Prick”, but kept the posts refuting and quoting his lies and insults. My comment as I remember was eirenic, telling her not to worry about him. Michelle is not a bully. So I am not involved in any online bullying operation. I am not responsible for other people who comment on her blog.
I see on your own blog, WELCOME AND PLEASE BE HONEST NO MATTER WHAT YOU THINK
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK
YOUR OPINIONS ARE IMPORTANT
THOUGH , PERSONAL COMMENTS WILL BE DELETED
ENJOY MY FIRST EVER OFFICIAL BLOG
I do not care whether you know more about painting than I do. I write what I like.
“It has been quite a stunning 24 hours, still percolating through me.”
I’m so glad you had such a marvelous day, and that you see as you do, and that you have the gift of words to describe it as you have.
Thank you. More on that 24 hours tomorrow.
Clare, congratulations on your 400th post. Being a spiritual healer as well, I find that animals are often (if not always) attracted to me. I get similar comments from their owners – “She doesn’t do that with everyone.” It’s fun!
Of course. It is utterly lovely. And- you do not surprise me.
Just stopped by to say congratulations Clare. God bless and hold you in His perfect will in your post 401.
Thank you. God bless you too. And ongoing to 500, if that be right.
dont talk god bless you unless you are a christian. bullying someone else is not christian!
unless you dont mind calling yourself an unpractising christian. hypocrisy amongst christians is so laughable!
al ham de allah hahahahahaha
By all means, tell me what you think I should do. Thank you for your input.