In my last blog, I mentioned that I might jump and spin the following morning. It wasn't actually the next morning that got me jumping, but this morning at 4:30 a.m., I jumped and spun when the 5.2 earthquake shook me and the dog. Because I experienced our "big one" here on the Madre Fault in Illinois in 1968, I immediately realized what was happening. However, since it wasn't accompanied by the huge explosive sound that I remembered from 1968, I nearly talked myself out of believing it was happening again.
Of course, I then blamed the dog for the fact that my bed was shaking. In the past, she has intentionally bumped up against my bed in order to wake me up, and, this morning, she was clearly up against my bed as closely as she could manage it. Nevertheless, I couldn't really blame her for the fact that something on my dresser continued to rattle.
There is an interesting bit of synchronicity involved in this blogging and jumping phenomenon. That is that my friend, Joanna, on her most recent blog, wrote about our changing weather patterns here in the Midwest and noted that the one weather event least likely to be predicted with a high level of accuracy is the tornado. Granted an earthquake isn't a weather pattern (as far as I know), but it's interesting that while I was thinking about jumping up in the morning to begin the day, she was thinking about the unpredictability of nature's events in the Midwest. If you would like to read her blog and, perhaps, her next prophetic entry, you can find her at http://sceamingyawndog.blogspot.com/.
You can continue to find me here with at least my fingers on the keyboard doing the jumping, spinning, and pouncing ... I hope.
Of course, I then blamed the dog for the fact that my bed was shaking. In the past, she has intentionally bumped up against my bed in order to wake me up, and, this morning, she was clearly up against my bed as closely as she could manage it. Nevertheless, I couldn't really blame her for the fact that something on my dresser continued to rattle.
There is an interesting bit of synchronicity involved in this blogging and jumping phenomenon. That is that my friend, Joanna, on her most recent blog, wrote about our changing weather patterns here in the Midwest and noted that the one weather event least likely to be predicted with a high level of accuracy is the tornado. Granted an earthquake isn't a weather pattern (as far as I know), but it's interesting that while I was thinking about jumping up in the morning to begin the day, she was thinking about the unpredictability of nature's events in the Midwest. If you would like to read her blog and, perhaps, her next prophetic entry, you can find her at http://sceamingyawndog.blogspot.com/.
You can continue to find me here with at least my fingers on the keyboard doing the jumping, spinning, and pouncing ... I hope.
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Well I missed the earthquake. I can't say it was because I would never get up that early in the morning, because here I am. Sleep is an illusive thing for me. I have been doing it more regularly. Just within the grasp of my fingertips the beautiful place called peaceful sleep. And like some will o wisp always just out of reach. Ok I just wanted to write something pretty. I slept tonight for 6 hours and it is quite likely I will take a nap this afternoon. It is quite and all the animals are sleeping. No paws or black noses helping me type. Just me, the keyboard, and the screen. It makes for a prolifigate writer.:) Take care. Heather
If you do read my blog, read the post right before the prediction one. I mention earth tremors (metaphorically ... likening them to laughter gently shaking us up--but then a sort of haiku about "the eath shakes/just enough to remind us" and I was talking about us not being in control!
I did not feel any tremors. But the front half of the house lost power. I was sitting in the light, then I was sitting in the dark with lights in the other room off. Something is bound to shake loose if you shake a 100+ year old house. Studying for my Masters in Psychology has brought out the deep thinker in me. But I used up all my great phrases and words in my last email to another friend. Now I will read another chapter in my life development text and more deep thoughts will come to me. My need to write is being fulfilled by school and I am learning something. When I started this journey 2 months ago I could write 500 words about nothing fairly easily. Now I can write a 1000 words about nothing. I calculate by the end of two years I should be able to write a whole book about nothing.:)
Take care. Love always. Heather
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