Walking in Portland is delightful. Most of the front lawns are strewn with flowers and herbs, people are friendly and interesting, and the neighborhoods make it feel like a small town.
Yesterday I went to one of ten nights at a neighborhood building convergence. I have never seen so many creatively dressed people in one place in my life, and everyone was smiling and open to meeting each other. We did a circle dance outside where all 300 people, of every age and ethnicity, held hands and sang, ending with a collective OM that might have been the most beautiful sound I've ever heard. After the dance I went inside for free acupuncture that reduced the chronic pain I've had from a muscle I pulled over a year ago so drastically that I think stretching might be enough to bring it back to normal (where stretching worsened the pain prior to the session). And to top the night off, a band played called Medicine for the People that encompassed all my favorite music styles and inspired me to dance more than I've danced in years.
Life is good.
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Liebe Katerina,
ReplyDeleteStelle freudig fest, dass Du Deinen Blog weiterschreibst. Gerne lese ich Deine Nachrichten, besonders die beiden letzten haben mich sehr berührt. Bewahre Deine Neugier und teile uns weiter Deine Beobachtungen & Gedanken mit. Mir kommt vor, Du gehst einen tollen Weg ! Alles Liebe Maritta