Did a spot of face painting!

Got invited again this year to face paint at a street party in the East End. Took it easy this year and kept it to only two and a half hours. A sign was posted ahead of time alerting the street to the hours, a much better approach as it avoided tears and breaking my back!  Still I have promised some kids to come back next year as they had SO MANY GOOD IDEAS and only one face to paint each.

I had two pumpkins this year.  I never had a request for a pumpkin face before!  Also the usual jungle camouflage, lots of those, several butterflies and angels.  The little girl in the picture showing me the heart she made was my favorite.  They had a painting station with an easel and paints and instead of freaking out when a smaller child put a mark on her page  she took my advice and incorporated it in her composition!  A happy happenstance!

Stuart, A Life Lived Backwards

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Stuart: A life lived backwards

I don’t know when I saw this film.  It was the only thing I ever tried to buy on Amazon.  They gave me back the money.  It never came in the mail. No idea what happened.

There is a wonderful interview with Tom Hardy on YouTube about playing the part of Stuart. Benedict Cumberbatch is no slouch in it either.

What I love the most about the movie is that it doesn’t patronize.  There can be astounding integrity even in a difficult life. And there can be missteps in lives that are quite smooth and unhindered that can seem very cruel.  Missteps in a difficult life can have repercussions that can not be  survived.  As Stuart himself tells his councilwoman “It’s the little things that kill the homeless.”

Thanks to littleqcumber.wordpress.com for the links to the movie.

I would like to say I am feeling better!

Unfortunately, on the days I am not dizzy I am too busy catching up on the things I can’t do when I am. (not)

Oddly, I can blog when I am dizzier than a drunken sailor.  Go Figure.

When in Doubt: Wave Hands Like Clouds!

So until I can get a loaner brain I am hanging out with babies and family pets and avoiding complex questions, like, do I need to wear clothes?  The last time I felt this confounded I had recently fallen on my face metaphorically, I won’t expand on the subject, suffice to say, falling on your face can take time to get over, even when its metaphorically.

I could however ride my bike, not a metaphorical or even a stationary one like those being ridden by the spin class behind me in my heading picture, but a REAL bicycle  and so my youngest and I rode around Ottawa taking in all the great parks and canals and free stuff that our wonderful capital city provides.  After riding until we felt tired we would get off our bikes, lie on the grass and slurp on some box juices and watch the clouds.

There is a wonderful state under a big sky when you feel as if you are falling, or flying or floating.  And nothing moves in your mind faster than the clouds, in fact it almost seems you are thinking the clouds.

This is Wilf.  He is six months old.  I think he noticed the same thing.

Which brings me to the Tai Chi movement, move hands like clouds. I am still sitting zazen, but I am finding tai chi helps the most.  After doing a short set in the morning I can move my head from side to side without feeling dizzy. When I was studying Tai Chi with a group in Ottawa I met many people, including a man who had been severely brain injured by a drunk driver, who found Tai Chi good for their brains.