Comments on: Chilly Night http://goodboysnation.com/2008/11/12/chilly-night/ A heady and eclectic mix of of the mundane, golf, religion, and politics Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:10:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: The Great White Shank http://goodboysnation.com/2008/11/12/chilly-night/comment-page-1/#comment-357153 The Great White Shank Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:15:01 +0000 http://goodboysnation.com/?p=1529#comment-357153 A lovely entry, Pete - thanks for sending it. That's why Tracey loves the McDougal Nipple Cactus (yes there really is such a thing!) that I planted on the anniversary of the death of her favorite rabbit (Marble). She had saved some of his cocoa puffs for posterity - OK, that's kind of strange - but I convinced her to let me fertilize the bush with them and it has since really taken off. For her the bush is now a part of marble that will always be alive. So now we call it the Marble Memorial McDougal Nipple Cactus. Even though it doesn't look much like a cactus anymore, it's just a happy bush... A lovely entry, Pete - thanks for sending it.

That’s why Tracey loves the McDougal Nipple Cactus (yes there really is such a thing!) that I planted on the anniversary of the death of her favorite rabbit (Marble). She had saved some of his cocoa puffs for posterity - OK, that’s kind of strange - but I convinced her to let me fertilize the bush with them and it has since really taken off. For her the bush is now a part of marble that will always be alive.

So now we call it the Marble Memorial McDougal Nipple Cactus. Even though it doesn’t look much like a cactus anymore, it’s just a happy bush…

]]> By: Pete http://goodboysnation.com/2008/11/12/chilly-night/comment-page-1/#comment-357116 Pete Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:31:14 +0000 http://goodboysnation.com/?p=1529#comment-357116 GWS, Here is a thought by Thich Nhat Hanh from his book: Peace Is Every Step: the path of Mindfulness in Everyday life. It was in my Hospice newsletter. I asked the leaf whether it was frightened because it was autumn and the other leaves were falling. The leaf told me, “No. During the whole spring and summer I was completely alive. I worked hard to help nourish the tree, and now much of me is in the tree. I am not limited by this form. I am also the whole tree, and when I go back to the soil, I will continue to nourish the tree. So I don’t worry at all. As I leave this branch and float to the ground, I will wave to the tree and tell her, ‘I will see you again very soon.’” That day there was a wind blowing and, after a while, I saw the leaf leave the branch and float down to the soil, dancing joyfully, because as it floated it saw itself already there in the tree. I was so happy. I bowed my head, knowing that I have a lot to learn from that leaf. GWS,
Here is a thought by Thich Nhat Hanh from his book: Peace Is Every Step: the path of Mindfulness in Everyday life. It was in my Hospice newsletter.

I asked the leaf whether it was frightened because it was autumn and the other leaves were falling. The leaf told me, “No. During the whole spring and summer I was completely alive. I worked hard to help nourish the tree, and now much of me is in the tree. I am not limited by this form. I am also the whole tree, and when I go back to the soil, I will continue to nourish the tree. So I don’t worry at all. As I leave this branch and float to the ground, I will wave to the tree and tell her, ‘I will see you again very soon.’”
That day there was a wind blowing and, after a while, I saw the leaf leave the branch and float down to the soil, dancing joyfully, because as it floated it saw itself already there in the tree. I was so happy. I bowed my head, knowing that I have a lot to learn from that leaf.

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