Light Before Night | Monterey to Cupertino (Sept. 27, 2021)
Music: Rouge (Instrumental) by TOKiMONSTA [Love this song as featured on Apple's iPhone 12 max pro -- it is truly music that heals the soul!]
Series: Big Sky Country
Photos/Videos: Me
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My husband and I are back in Mt. View this day after dropping our daughter at the airport. It has been a weekend full of emotion--one that was both happy and sad, one full of joy and love as well as one full of sorrow and lost. It was a healing weekend. One of being together with family and friends who came from near and far to remember and celebrate the life of my beloved sister-in-law who lost her battle with cancer a year ago this day.
We are already missing our own daughter too who is heading back to school. But upon arriving at my husband's family home, the masks of civility are off. On this day, my brother-in-law begins his campaign of menacing stares that are filled with growls and snarls. He hasn't started his silence campaign yet, but it is about to begin, which will ratchet up the friction and heat immensely between everyone.
On this day, I see him turning the Wifi on and off and more to recognize his presence near us, I say, "Did the Wifi go down?" He says through his teeth, "Yes, my brother did it" as he stomps out of the room. I laugh fully believing this is one of his off colored jokes about his brother. He yaps back with no laughter in his voice, "That's not funny." It is the first time he subjected me with his meanness ever. The unstated message is loud and clear: You are not welcome here!
The best thing my husband and I can do is stay out of the house as much as possible. And we do. On this day we walk 10 miles!
This video records the beautiful moments of this day. Moments we needed to absorb like oxygen to make it through the ordeal we were about to endure. I felt very much like the buck we see at the beginning of our longest walk this day at Fremont Older Open Space Preserve. In the sights of potentially dangerous forces. You can see him watching us but continuing to graze and carry on with is business of being a deer unless we demonstrated clear and present danger. I decide I must conduct myself like the deer--watchful but carrying on my business of being a daughter-in-law visiting family.
If you ever get out to Silicon Valley, Fremont Older Open Space Preserve is a 739-acre regional park that is located in Santa Clara County, California and operated by the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District. The preserve contains 14.7 miles of hiking trails, nearly all open to equestrians and bicycles. The area has been owned by the district since 1975. (Wikipedia)
It is full of mountain bike riders, some wearing cow bells on their bike so you can hear them coming and get out of their way. this was especially important on the smaller foot trails going down hill for the bikes could come fast and the terrain is very steep without a lot of room to get off the trail so the biker can pass. Except for this necessity to constantly be aware of mountain bike riders, this is absolutely an enchanting place to walk, especially at sunset!
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For more blogs about the healing power of nature, see:
* Wake Up, Wake Up – 2/23/19 (1973 hits) -- https://www.sapience2112.com/wake-up-wake-up/
* A Yurugu Mirror & the Role of Consciousness Warriors for our Time – 4/24/19 (1287 hits) -- https://www.sapience2112.com/a-yurugu-mirror-the-role-of-consciousness-warriors-for-our-time/
* HOPI WOMAN WITH YELLOW SNAKE PROTECTRESS OF THE EARTH – Donna Alena Hrabcakova – 8/28/19 (625 hits) -- https://www.sapience2112.com/hopi-woman-with-yellow-snake-protectress-of-the-earth/
* ECO GUARDIANS – Donna Alena Hrabcakova – 9/3/19 (771 hits) -- https://www.sapience2112.com/eco-guardians/
* PAUSING. REMEMBERING. – Donna Alena Hrabcakova – 9/5/19 (476 hits) -- https://www.sapience2112.com/pausing-remembering/
* WATER AND BONES – Donna Alena Hrabcakova – 10/23/19 (735 hits) – https://www.sapience2112.com/water-and-bones/
* In Times of Crisis, Look for the Lost Bird Tribes – 3/20/20 (301 hits) -- https://www.sapience2112.com/in-times-of-crisis-look-for-the-lost-bird-tribes/
* THE LOST BLUE HORSE TRIBES: OIL SPILL IN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE –– Donna Alena Hrabcakova -- 6/9/21 (308 hits) -- https://www.sapience2112.com/the-lost-blue-horse-tribes-oil-spill-in-the-arctic-circle/
* We Are Losing Time – 11/9/20 (170 hits)-- https://www.sapience2112.com/2020/09/11/were-losing-time/
What will you do with your precious plot of consciousness today? More importantly, what will you do with your unconsciousness?
