Soar-Dream-France

Silence

For someone who blogged religiously almost every day from France, being stateside has been a challenge to my blogging. My connectivity is much more limited. I've done some things to improve that situation, but every day is still not in the cards from here. While some things seem to suffer, other special moments and ahas have come my way.

I am regularly searching for silence when I am stateside. Most of the locales on these forays do not lend themselves to that.

 

 

I love the silence in Cadrieu, and have bemoaned its absence here.

Amazingly, my life during the Corona Virus in New Orleans is beginning to come closer to my life in Cadrieu. I woke up early the other morning and just surrendered. I came downstairs and laid under the quilt on the sofa. Fading in and out of sleep, I woke to a strange and bizarre feeling...silence. It took me a minute to realize what it was.

 

There was no outside noise at all. No inside noise either. I wrote it down in my journal later that day.

 

 

Today, I found the silence again. I laid on the sofa soaking up the silence. Silence gives me strength, power, and a nurturing grace that leads me to a power we cannot see.

Wishing you the discovery of nurturing silence

Happy Thursday!

 

Here or There?

 

I love this photo that Eric took of me on their front porch on Dupre Street. Louie kept us company as we sat more than the required 6 feet apart and continued coffee-ing ourselves to death. I told someone that I'm going to bleed coffee and look like an oreo cookie when this is all over-whenever that is!

This voyage or sojourn as it has become, began with the loss of Dad. Then I swung into having two house guests. Then in early March, it was workshop time on Columbus Street. So much for my plans to return to Cadrieu. I did have a ticket for yesterday that I canceled. 

 

I am here for the duration.

 

I am often asked by friends and neighborhood merchants who have become friends, where would you rather be? It's been an interesting question for me. I am grateful that I am in a place that is comfortable, surrounded by friends, and can do everything I need to do for myself easily because everything I need is close and reachable on my bike...groceries, drug store, bank and post office. 

As much as I would prefer to be at the Chatette in Cadrieu, I realize that it is probably best for me to be here now with this pandemic.

First, I believe that it is easier for me here. Second, I know that if I were in Cadrieu, I would be very worried about my friends and family here in the states.

 

With the absolutely tardy and bizarre response of our federal government to this pandemic, I've said before and I'll say it again: I am very grateful to our Mayor and our Governor who were weeks out in front of almost all others.

 

So, I am here, mostly at home on Columbus Street. I ride my bike. I read books. I play my childhood piano that is dead from Hurricane Katrina. I am doing some writing. I am studying my French. I check in with friends by phone and vice versa. I can see those friends here that I love so much at the requisite distance outside of the house. Y'all know me-I'm a kisser and a hugger...no more, or at least not for now.

 

 

I'm just taking it all a day at a time. I'm grateful for this place, wonderful friends and family, circumstances that make this less stressful than it might be otherwise, and my ability to turn lemons into lemonade. And, especially that Louie Boy!

Love to All!

 

Happy Tuesday!

 

To Blog or Not to Blog?

 

Here I am, writing for the first time again from New Orleans...NOT Cadrieu. The last time I wrote here I was heading back to the states for my routine end of the year trip with a planned return in the spring. Well, everyone knows what happened to that. With connectivity a challenge here, I haven't been blogging because of the time it takes and would be expensive since I'm "Tethering" to my phone from home. For 3 months out of the year, it seemed to work.

Now, I may have to rethink my options.

 

I wanted to drop by here today to let everyone know that I am fine. I have heard from readers who were concerned. I plan to be here in New Orleans until something major changes and it is safe enough to travel again. To be honest, it is probably best that I am here under the current circumstances. It is easier here for me to do what I need to do for myself AND, if I were in France I know I would be worried and stressed out about what is happening here in the states and the "hot-spot" status of New Orleans.

 

 

I've said before, I am so proud of our Governor and our Mayor. 

We shall overcome.

I will be back when I can. I blog because it brings me joy and expect to find my way back to those easy, uncomplicated blogging days again.

 

Happy Monday!