Back Home & Catching Up

Morning temp: 70F
Afternoon high: 81F
Tonight's projected low: 60F
Humidity: 58%
Moon: Waning, 33%
Wind: E at 4 mph

1. Well, the Workshop was a marked success! The Firewalk went especially well. Many people walked; no one was burned. Most importantly, everyone followed their inner guidance, such as it was. It's particularly important to recognize that the people who did not walk were perhaps the most courageous of all. It was clear to everyone that Firewalking is a miraculous event, one in which the everyday laws of nature are over-come or transcended: flesh burns when placed up against 1,100F coals. In fact, iron melts when exposed to such temperatures! So, this was something everyone wanted to do, to demonstrate to themselves that they had this tremendous power within.

Now, we know we can trust every one of our Workshop attendees to follow their guidance, especially those who did not walk. For they followed their guidance even when everyone else was going in some other direction. Wow! Numerous psychological and sociological experiments have shown that this is very difficult for human beings to do, to go against what the group hopes for, expects and does. While they may not have walked themselves, they did witness other people do what seemed impossible, walk on very hot coals and not get burned.

There was also, I believe, a tremendous amount of emotional healing that went on this past weekend. So many of my clients were ready and willing to explore, experience, integrate and let go old emotional memories and wounds, whether from childhood, past relationships or frustrated attempts to discern and live "who they are". In my experience, this can be far more difficult, and require greater courage, than even Firewalking.

What we know is that everyone present at this past Workshop will go home lighter, clearer and more deeply empowered than before, so that as they continue to envision the next portion of their lives as they wish it to be, they'll also see and take the steps necessary to make that a reality! What's amazing is that all of the folks who attended the Workshop were already very successful in one or more aspects of their lives, all were quite powerful, spiritually aware, independent thinkers. So, it's exciting to think what they'll achieve after so much personal growth work!

2. M did a superb job of looking after our growing Suburban Homestead while I was away. That's also impressive, as she worked some 40+ hours and delivered a dozen babies in those 5 days. Wow, again! We've done a good bit of planting and talking since I've returned home, so I'll need to post an updated Garden Layout asap, hopefully this evening.

3. It may rain later this afternoon and into this evening. The forecast calls for brief, heavy showers but only here and there. I learned what might be a bitter lesson this afternoon. Yesterday evening, M and I planted 5 Tomato plants in the newly dug, 3.5' X 30' Bed. We buried a banana peel and a scoop of potting soil + bone meal and dried blood under each plant, and then watered each with worm tea and plain fresh water. Then, it rained intensely late last night. So, this morning I figured that the new plants would be okay, and did not need a morning watering - I have a tendency to over-water plants, as my failed attempt to start seedlings this Winter sadly demonstrated. When I went out to water this afternoon, I found all 5 plants badly wilted!! I watered them immediately, and plan on giving them more worm tea/water shortly. Still, I should have checked on them first thing this morning, and given them plenty of water to make it through the hot daytime sun. Speaking of which, the we have just been upgraded from National growing Zone 7b to Zone 8, due to a steady and consistent increase in our yearly temperature (i.e., global warming). To give you a sense of the difference, imagine moving from Chattanooga, TN to Panama Beach, FL, or from Boston, MA to Norfolk, VA! In any event, we sorely hope our 5 new plants recover. : (

4. I checked the new Tomatoes again just before dark, and all of them had bounced back! : ) I havn't made an ounce of progress of the fence in the three days I've been back. So, if it isn't raining too much or too hard tomorrow, Saturday will be Fence Day.