A belated thank you, dear Gino. I’m glad to be home and happy to have had such an adventure through the Pacific Northwest. Look forward to visiting again sooner than later…though I’ll be flying and renting a car next time. :-p Hope you and yours are doing great!
It is not oversharing to speak of our mental health though it may feel like being too vulnerable. I have far too much to say - that I could say - about emotional wellbeing or its times of absence. Dealing with emotional healing is a process, a working process, not needing any lecture or abstraction. Do the work, darling. Some of it will be uncomfortable but there will be times of joy and relief, too. I made a comment on Doug's comment - the opening lines to A Tale of Two Cities. It applies to therapy, too, for many of us. The ending is the best bit of all.
Much love and light, Uncle Ray. I don’t know that I would have the courage to be vulnerable publicly without your support. The work has commenced. More to go, but it’s not a race. Cheers, my dears!
If I am encouraging then that is good to know. I am tuned to spot vulnerability but everyone I see, wherever I see them, has something to feel vulnerable about.
Thank you, Dear Doug. I trucked until I didn’t give a fuck about the muck. And then I enjoyed Grits N’ Gravy. I wonder what you would think of their messy but beautiful breakfast. :-p
I'd try it, just not for breakfast though 🤔🥴 but I had a slice of buttered vine fruit cinnamon bread toasted with a slice of Cheddar Cheese grilled on it for breakie this morning and I guess that would be strange to some folks 🤔 We also get a very sticky Malt fruited loaf (Soreen, brand) Because it's made with Malt Extract liquid it's a sod to slice, even with a bread knife, as it sticks to the knife instead of sliding through it, topped by butter, it's very more Ish. Cheers DougT
Your brekkie sounds fabulous! Sweet and savor? Sign me up! Not so sure about the malt fruit loaf. Sounds like something we have at Christmas that I always skip. But it does leave more for those who love it. Cheers!
Clint, Not too much sharing! I too love Seatle and Portland and have a dear, dear friend in Portland. Looking forward to your adventures there. Fondly, Michael
Having a dear, dear friend in Portland is wonderful. I’m lucky to have my own. And a few other folks I love that live there too. Just didn’t have enough time to see them all this trip. Next time though….
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Recharging in motion makes sense here. Sometimes standing still just gives the brain too much room to start redecorating.
Seattle, Portland, chosen sisters, Chinese takeout, Powell’s, and handsome men with weather caveats feels like a very respectable recovery plan.
A belated thank you, dear Gino. I’m glad to be home and happy to have had such an adventure through the Pacific Northwest. Look forward to visiting again sooner than later…though I’ll be flying and renting a car next time. :-p Hope you and yours are doing great!
It is not oversharing to speak of our mental health though it may feel like being too vulnerable. I have far too much to say - that I could say - about emotional wellbeing or its times of absence. Dealing with emotional healing is a process, a working process, not needing any lecture or abstraction. Do the work, darling. Some of it will be uncomfortable but there will be times of joy and relief, too. I made a comment on Doug's comment - the opening lines to A Tale of Two Cities. It applies to therapy, too, for many of us. The ending is the best bit of all.
Much love and light, Uncle Ray. I don’t know that I would have the courage to be vulnerable publicly without your support. The work has commenced. More to go, but it’s not a race. Cheers, my dears!
If I am encouraging then that is good to know. I am tuned to spot vulnerability but everyone I see, wherever I see them, has something to feel vulnerable about.
To be vulnerable is to be human…for better and worse. :-p
Brian enjoy your two city escapades and keep on trucking. Cheers DougT 🏴🇬🇧
Thank you, Dear Doug. I trucked until I didn’t give a fuck about the muck. And then I enjoyed Grits N’ Gravy. I wonder what you would think of their messy but beautiful breakfast. :-p
I'd try it, just not for breakfast though 🤔🥴 but I had a slice of buttered vine fruit cinnamon bread toasted with a slice of Cheddar Cheese grilled on it for breakie this morning and I guess that would be strange to some folks 🤔 We also get a very sticky Malt fruited loaf (Soreen, brand) Because it's made with Malt Extract liquid it's a sod to slice, even with a bread knife, as it sticks to the knife instead of sliding through it, topped by butter, it's very more Ish. Cheers DougT
Your brekkie sounds fabulous! Sweet and savor? Sign me up! Not so sure about the malt fruit loaf. Sounds like something we have at Christmas that I always skip. But it does leave more for those who love it. Cheers!
Yup the Malt Loaf is a very dense but moist/sticky concoction. It's an item all 🏴🇬🇧 folks know
Sounds like how my doctor describes my body composition: very dense but moist/sticky concoction! lol
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Or an afterthought: maybe a 'Tale of Two Cities' as penned by Charles Dickens 😎 Cheers DougT
"It was the best of times. It was the worst of times."
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Replies could go on and on, on, on as Mrs Doyle would say on Graggy Island Cheers DougT
Clint, Not too much sharing! I too love Seatle and Portland and have a dear, dear friend in Portland. Looking forward to your adventures there. Fondly, Michael
Having a dear, dear friend in Portland is wonderful. I’m lucky to have my own. And a few other folks I love that live there too. Just didn’t have enough time to see them all this trip. Next time though….