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October 20, 2004
Week almost over... energy flagging...
I got to yoga late!
And when I walked into the room, it was like encountering a strange tribe... I could feel them all wanting to kill the new person.
Mm... I had a nice warm breakfast afterward. It's been cold and wet here. Wet's ok, cold's not. So I've been trying to eat warmer and more warming foods, like the congee this morning with cinnamon and ginger.
The morning was kind of frazzled... I was actually going to try to go down to Redway, have my tires changed, and then get back up in time for Conscious Communication Skills. Instead I'm going to have them changed on Friday, and then head to Eureka to get my alignment done. No place closer can do an alignment within my budget anytime soon.
It's good, I need to go to Eureka anyway, to Northern Mountain Supply, to see about backpacks. Large selection, knowledgeable and, most importantly, patient staff who know how to fit backpacks to bodies and such.
My current backpack is a weapon of back destruction. Not to mention acromial loading, which I just learned about in anatomy (basically carrying heavy things with your shoulders). It's not padded, so the contents can poke at me. It does something weird to my center of gravity. It throws my body mechanics out of alignment, making it difficult to practice good posture.
And it's not big enough to hold even more stuff!
Today in CCS I talked about the crazy extremes of resources here. This place is nuts. It has a lot of resources, and a severe shortage of resources.
The resources it has are amazing. Many of them I've never experienced anywhere else, and I wonder how I'm going to be able to create (approximate, rather) for myself when I leave. The food is the healthiest I've ever eaten. The land is powerful; the natural setting is inspiring. The people are possibly the most valuable resource: they facilitate my transformation, honor my processes, love me, hold space for me, and share their knowledge and joy with me... and they are available for me to do the same in return.
The lack of other resources is amazing to deal with. TIME is a major one; it flows oddly here. Postal service more than three times a week. Geography/connection... the closest something (Garberville) is kind of a nothing--stay tuned to witness me embarking on a day trip to get auto work done. Bathrooms that don't require a raincoat to get to.
Yeah, odd juxtapositions. But, sleepytime now.
Posted by Josh A. at October 20, 2004 10:32 PM