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Down the Rabbit Hole

by MD Maurice

Rated: 18+ · Book · Writing · #1197218

Reflections and ruminations from a modern day Alice - Life is Wonderland

Reflections and ruminations from a modern day Alice - Life is Wonderland

Welcome to the place were I chronicle my own falls down dark holes and adventures chasing white rabbits! Come on In, Take a Bite, You Never Know What You May Find...

"Curiouser and curiouser." Alice in Wonderland

I'm docked at Talent Pond's Blog Harbor, a safe port for bloggers to connect.

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Lyn's a sly fox

Apr 7, 2024 at 1:08am
In response to "Buzzing Bumbles and Soaking Rains "

I had the most amazing experience with a honey bee. I was sitting outside when I was still in Jersey. A honey bee was flitting around my strawberry plants and I was waiting to water the plant after the bee moved. It finally did and when I began watering it came back and flew in and out of the spray. When I stopped it landed on my hand with the hose in it. I didn't dare move. For those few seconds I felt the bees energy. The wings were like a soft caress.
I don't know if it was the same bee that visited again when I watered but the bee was never afraid of me.

Joy

Mar 26, 2024 at 10:45am
In response to "Buzzing Bumbles and Soaking Rains "

Watching the monsoon from indoors must be some experience! Coffee and a good book is always a nice choice. I like rain and sunshine, both in bearable doses, however.

Prosperous Snow celebrating

Mar 25, 2024 at 9:03pm
In response to "The Faith in our Skies & Those Early Spring Markets "

Don't worry about a prayer limit, there isn't one. We could say a thousand prayers a day for a year and still not reach a prayer limit. God's mercy is unlimited and so is the amount of prayers we say.

Joy

Mar 25, 2024 at 2:54pm
In response to "The Faith in our Skies & Those Early Spring Markets "

Awww! Northeast Spring! Lucky you!

You took me back to 30 plus years ago, plus the five senses...
Everything seemed to come alive after the cold winters, there.

And yes, I used to love autumn, too. We don't have that array of colors when the leaves are changing here in down south, at all. I think I miss northern autumns more than its springs.

Lyn's a sly fox

Mar 14, 2024 at 10:43pm
In response to "Pies and Intimidation "

I've worked with a lot of men over the years, I found they appreciated me being open about what I knew and what I didn't.

Lemon meringue and key lime were my grammy's specialty. I never mastered making them myself. I agree with your hubby about Maine blueberries, they're the best. I'm prejudice about blueberries, I'm a Mainer or as we call ourselves Mainacs.

Joy

Mar 14, 2024 at 12:42pm
In response to "Pies and Intimidation "

I had a hard time to figure out what intimidates me, also, and I could only point a finger to myself.
Working with men has its good points, I think. Mostly, anyway. In my dealings with men, I found out that they appreciated it when I told the truth instead of faking any know-how.

Princess Megan Rose GOT Fox

Mar 14, 2024 at 12:02pm
In response to "Pies and Intimidation "

It is no fun to be intimidated by people. Working with men. That would be rough. Good entry.

Lyn's a sly fox

Feb 29, 2024 at 3:18pm
In response to "Truths & Leap Year Musing "

The love between a mother and child is phenomenal. A gift that never stops giving and receiving.

My friend was born on leap year in 1956. She celebrates more on the 28th but when it's a leap year, she has two birthday celebrations with different cakes and friends. She says it's a double dose of joy.

Princess Megan Rose GOT Fox

Feb 28, 2024 at 1:11pm
In response to "February Musings & Nature's Perserverance "

I am fascinated by thunderstorms. Nature is relentless and persists. Good call

Joy

Feb 27, 2024 at 1:01pm
In response to "Tears and Stars to Bring Life Forward "

Sometimes, tears are good and necessary for the soul.
You cried at your friend's performance because you have a great heart and you felt empathy for her.

May 9, 2019 at 12:21pm

#958617

Away but not Always Afar...

30 Day Blogging Challenge
PROMPT May 9th
What is the farthest you've ever been from the place you call "home?"

When I was seventeen, I traveled to Australia and New Zealand as part of the People to People Youth Science Exchange. It was as far geographically as I have been from home. It wasn't until I was waylaid by a stomach virus for a few days, that I realized how emotionally far I was from the home and the people who would normally comfort me.

I came down sick during my time in the field at Kangaroo Island. Kangaroo Island is a rustic nature preserve off Australia's Southern coast, perched at the edge of the vast Pacific ocean. It was a mile walk from the barracks to the island's only payphone. My wonderfully compassionate friend Jamie, accompanied me on the journey that took us down a red clay path, tailed by a few of the island's resident red kangaroo population. Relatively docile, kangaroos are surprising large animals. They followed closely behind, close enough to be intimating in my already fragile state. I remember how long it took my call to connect, and how distant my parents sounded over the line. I felt a world apart from them.

Oddly enough though there have times when home has not been a physical place, but I have felt that same spacial distance from it. I have felt cleaved from my sense of home and abandoned in my dark places. I have felt alone and apart, even if in geographical terms, I am within inches of that "home". This scenario is marked by the same despair I felt that day, all those years ago, at the edge of the world.

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