tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.comments2024-03-16T14:05:12.642-07:00Record of a Baffled SpiritMike Keytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comBlogger2990125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-29407935477953537422024-03-16T14:05:12.642-07:002024-03-16T14:05:12.642-07:00Was there any explanation as to why they had grave...Was there any explanation as to why they had graves like that?<br />Very curious.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-37764444274985703152024-03-12T04:54:34.262-07:002024-03-12T04:54:34.262-07:00Thank you, Maria, that was so helpful. I've ju...Thank you, Maria, that was so helpful. I've just incorporated it in a chapter. Thing is, my Adepts (including Navajo medicine women) astrally project or 'spirit walk'. I've always wondered how easy it was to spirit walk vast distances eg across America or the Atlantic, so, independently of Vortices I've developed the idea of 'sacred stones' that allow you to 'hop' large distances. It adds to the idea, I think to include sacred spaces like vortices. So, thanks again, collaborator :) Mike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-68832315223626100862024-03-11T06:07:17.375-07:002024-03-11T06:07:17.375-07:00Not knowing how Chenoa plays into this story, the ...Not knowing how Chenoa plays into this story, the red rock reminded me of something else that could take you down another rabbit hole.<br /><br />Sedona, AZ is renown for the vortices scattered among its red rock formations. I hadn't heard of New Mexico having these vortices but it's an option if you're looking for an ethereal element.<br /><br />I can attest that you can definitely feel the vortex when you enter. Greg could not. It felt like I had entered an enclosed place, like a net had come over me even though we were out in the open.<br /><br />Many people find it healing. Some feel angry or sad.<br /><br />I found it fascinating. <br /><br />The one we went to was Cathedral Rock Vortex.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-18436980514171090032024-03-04T07:59:34.194-08:002024-03-04T07:59:34.194-08:00Thanks, Maria. That's an interesting insight/p...Thanks, Maria. That's an interesting insight/possibility. Would it also induce the short lived paralysis? I hope Greg never became all tingly and numb and neither of you ever find a suspicious small piece of cloth outside your front door :)Mike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-9803012545394716312024-03-04T05:46:10.966-08:002024-03-04T05:46:10.966-08:00I was piqued by the description of sweet, sickly s...I was piqued by the description of sweet, sickly smell.<br /><br />Phosgene (today) has a fresh, mowed lawn smell, but I wonder if a less processed version would smell sweet or sickly.<br /><br />It does affect the lungs very effectively.<br /><br />I only know about phosgene because it's one of many deadly chemicals Greg used to handle when he worked in the chemical industry. Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-49664009242765303452024-02-27T10:19:29.431-08:002024-02-27T10:19:29.431-08:00A huge amount. I hope you enjoy the book 😀A huge amount. I hope you enjoy the book 😀Mike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-56561365143845148262024-02-23T13:15:28.288-08:002024-02-23T13:15:28.288-08:00You made me want to hear stories about your father...You made me want to hear stories about your father and grandparents. Do you remember them at all?Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-45961089966797165102024-02-20T09:51:13.461-08:002024-02-20T09:51:13.461-08:00You're a hard-nosed Texan cynic, Maria Zannini...You're a hard-nosed Texan cynic, Maria Zannini :)Mike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-29728442307172104292024-02-20T05:22:01.592-08:002024-02-20T05:22:01.592-08:00He must've been a very good magician, or his p...He must've been a very good magician, or his patrons, very gullible.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-63272225023795561452024-02-13T07:23:11.099-08:002024-02-13T07:23:11.099-08:00That's true. Roman and Egyptian statues were o...That's true. Roman and Egyptian statues were often painted, but I was thinking more of Michaelangelo's work.<br /><br />His work is without equal, but marble is still marble.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-10383269645330086892024-02-13T07:11:04.135-08:002024-02-13T07:11:04.135-08:00The paddling was fine, Maria. The carpark was on l...The paddling was fine, Maria. The carpark was on lower ground, and we were soon out of it. Ref statues, it must have been glorious in a medieval church before the Reformation destroyed a visual culture, wall paintings—sometimes columns, colourful statues and the stained glass. <br />In fairness to the ancient world, I believe those cold marble statues were usually painted too, the traces long since gone before the Renaissance got to work on them.Mike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-22810143729331040332024-02-11T16:16:34.112-08:002024-02-11T16:16:34.112-08:00That's a heck of a lot of water. Hope you were...That's a heck of a lot of water. Hope you were able to get around safely.<br /><br />re: statues<br />I've always had a fondness for painted statues. It lends a touch more humanity than cold, white marble chiseled by demi gods. The painted statue makes you feel that much closer to the artist.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-69655676612927393942024-02-05T11:26:37.509-08:002024-02-05T11:26:37.509-08:00If you're entirely passive as Marie seems to h...If you're entirely passive as Marie seems to have been, luck doesn't have much to do with it or at least directly. Your fate is decided by others. Mike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-91886467996551233262024-02-04T12:34:49.396-08:002024-02-04T12:34:49.396-08:00Not too sure Marie was lucky, but at least her fam...Not too sure Marie was lucky, but at least her family spirited her away so she wouldn't be stuck with him.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-91000704062127184012024-01-27T11:57:08.173-08:002024-01-27T11:57:08.173-08:00Hi Rachel,
I am french and, thanks to your dad, I...Hi Rachel,<br /><br />I am french and, thanks to your dad, I have found accommodation in your parents's house in Aintree. I was the first french assistant teacher at St Bonaventure in the early seventies. One month before my arrival, no accommodation was found, so your father decided within one month to transform his attic in a "comfortable studio". I loved the place, the decoration, the painted black floor, the shilling meter for hot water, the electric cooker in the lobby, the very small electric fireplace ... I knew your brother Michael as a baby. I remember him sleeping in his pram outside even in winter. Your mother, Sheila, was very kind also. <br />So many good memories of your family ! <br />Josianenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-10202522902709934212024-01-21T06:41:29.660-08:002024-01-21T06:41:29.660-08:00I think everyone wishes that, Maria. But failing t...I think everyone wishes that, Maria. But failing that it behove us to use our time wisely and to the full. My day is less active than yours, divided beween Irish mandolin, writing, walking, and reading. (other than household chores.) Writing and reading is sedentary, no getting round that, but since the success of my hernia operation, I've been walking longer distances, trying to regain my stamina. Whenever I'm tempted to scroll social media or watch tv I now get a bad attack of the guilts: one day I might be restricted to just that and nothing else. I look out of the window at a ridgeway walk and blue or grey skies and the guilt is reinforced. You're right to fear a nursing home but hopefully you will have good memories, a degree of wisdom and be in there in the knowledge that the best is yet to come<br />Mike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-1111339265485061892024-01-20T07:56:10.999-08:002024-01-20T07:56:10.999-08:00That was so sad. At least it was on your way home....That was so sad. At least it was on your way home. <br /><br />re: Spice Girls<br />I think I'd be cutting myself by then. LOL!<br /><br />Comparing your experience to nursing home care was chilling indeed. I'd never thought of it like that. Since we have no children, we better hope we die before we get that feeble and be resigned to institutions.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-49773784530252576162024-01-08T01:25:40.000-08:002024-01-08T01:25:40.000-08:00I enjoy a bit of Necropolitan ice cream on special...I enjoy a bit of Necropolitan ice cream on special occasions 😎Mike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-32242795686164410722024-01-06T07:30:17.634-08:002024-01-06T07:30:17.634-08:00I remember reading that cruise liners stored corps...I remember reading that cruise liners stored corpses in their freezers. Makes me a little uneasy to eat their ice cream now. <br />Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-64512210067615810772024-01-04T06:51:47.925-08:002024-01-04T06:51:47.925-08:00Thank you for reading 😀Thank you for reading 😀Mike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-21157094641020889862024-01-04T02:29:25.434-08:002024-01-04T02:29:25.434-08:00Great read thanks for writing thisGreat read thanks for writing thisCavalier Lovehttps://cavalier-love.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-77945939887233984582023-12-15T11:55:28.992-08:002023-12-15T11:55:28.992-08:00You took an awfully big chance rattling the guide....You took an awfully big chance rattling the guide. LOL!<br /><br />I could see you now in a French Canadian pokey. <br /><br />Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-85903398760609482812023-12-13T13:04:25.460-08:002023-12-13T13:04:25.460-08:00😀😀Mike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-43902057812893494392023-12-13T10:58:19.376-08:002023-12-13T10:58:19.376-08:00SÃ.SÃ.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-54450555343167594852023-12-13T10:51:03.743-08:002023-12-13T10:51:03.743-08:00That’s impressive, Maria. I still find Fenimore Co...That’s impressive, Maria. I still find Fenimore Cooper wordy, though I enjoy slipping into Victorian wordage and rhythms after the first shock<br />Am I right in thinking Spanish was your first language?<br />Mike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.com