2016.01.04 07:00 -Do wap do wap

The Guardian for this meeting was Eden Haiku. Eliza, Riddle and Bleu joined me for this first Monday session of 2016.

Alone at the pavilion for the first few minutes, I started talking to our excellent PaB Master Listener.

Eden Haiku: Wondering if I can share my grand-niece wishes here.I made a 7 seconds video.
Eden Haiku: Sending it to Vimeo
Eden Haiku: Hosted a New Year party with my family, It's been wonderful.
Eden Haiku: Four grandnieces and two grandnephews aged 8 months to almost 5 years old.

Eliza shows up in a marvelous long red evening dress

Eden Haiku: (((Eliza)))
Eliza Madrigal: (((Eden))) Hello!
Eden Haiku: Thank you for the champagne punch!
Eden Haiku: Beautiful red dress, very festive!
Eliza Madrigal: oops, I just took it :) haha this is such a funny pose...
Eliza Madrigal: >whew< better
Eliza Madrigal: you look edgy today
Eden Haiku: Skates :)
Eliza Madrigal: How was your party?
Eden Haiku: I was telling the Listener it was great!!!
Eliza Madrigal: Congratulations!
Eden Haiku: We even accomplished some exploit! Took a picture of the 6 toddlers and babies all together!
Eliza Madrigal: wow
Eliza Madrigal: that's difficult!
Eliza Madrigal: rare chance
Eden Haiku: Had to tell their fathers to leave the couch (they tend to love to prefer the most comfortable places)
Eliza Madrigal laughs
Eden Haiku: When I spotted the 6 of them in the same room (a rare occasion, they walk now, most of them! so they get around a lot!)
Eliza Madrigal: that's really lovely Eden, so happy for you all
Eliza Madrigal: a friend took a photo of her niece on her first sleigh ride.... cutest little girl, 8 mo old and no hair at all but a huge smile. I keep thinking about the photo - pure bliss
Eden Haiku: We sat the babies in their brother's or sister's arms but let's say they are not picture perfect!
Eliza Madrigal: that might have been impossible :)

--BELL--

A karmic bank account of respect for the bell

Eden Haiku: We managed a few good photos and all lots of fun! The whole session lasted about 3 minutes :)
Eliza Madrigal: haha
Eden Haiku: hello Riddle, how are you?
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Riddle!
Riddle Sideways: hi All
Riddle Sideways: sorry to be late
Riddle Sideways: must make coffee first
Eden Haiku: No problem Riddle, please :) Happy New Year to both of you!!!
Eliza Madrigal: me too... was walking the dog in the first chilly weather of the season
Riddle Sideways: yes, happy New
Eliza Madrigal: Happy New year! :)
Eden Haiku: Ah, chilly here too. Minus 20....
Eliza Madrigal: Here it is probably no lower than 65*F, but I'll take it
Riddle Sideways: probably not minus for Eliza
Eliza Madrigal: surely not :)
Eden Haiku: Congratulations guys! We didn't talk on the first bell of 2016 at this Monday morning session!
Riddle Sideways: yay
Eliza Madrigal: ::::claps for us::::!!
Eden Haiku: **********Applause!!**********
Eden Haiku: **********Applause!!**********
Eliza Madrigal: so we've earned our words before the next pause
Eden Haiku: Indeed :)
Eden Haiku: How were your holidays Eliza?
Riddle Sideways: build up the karmic bank account?
Eliza Madrigal: yes that's it :)
Eliza Madrigal: subdued, but pleasant, ty
Eden Haiku: loves Eliza's serpent emeralds :)
Eliza Madrigal: it didn't feel very holiday-y...quite hot, but we had a few visitors and a little hoopla here and there
Eliza Madrigal: I sort of miss the large gatherings sometimes, that we used to attend
Eden Haiku: Is your grandfather still well?
Eliza Madrigal: he isn't :(
Eden Haiku: Sad...
Riddle Sideways: :(
Eliza Madrigal: he is unable to drive more than to the store and back, and has quite a few health issues now...
Eden Haiku: He is in his eighties isn't he?
Eliza Madrigal: and he lives 2 hrs away, so it hasn't been easy to see him as much as I should
Eliza Madrigal: yes 86
Eliza Madrigal: before recently he only took one aspirin daily...quite healthy
Eden Haiku: He lived a long life though :)
Eliza Madrigal: yes :)
Eliza Madrigal: what I hate is the negativity and tinges of depression... not easy for him to lose certain freedoms
Eden Haiku: What about you Riddle, how where the holidays?
Eden Haiku: Old age depression, yes, that,s difficult...
Riddle Sideways: /listening
Eliza Madrigal: that's all, thanks :)
Eden Haiku: ;)
Riddle Sideways: k
Bleu Oleander: 's current display-name is "Bleu".
Bleu Oleander: hi all :)
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Bleu :)

Do wap do wap

Riddle Sideways: holidays were low key, but gone on for a long time
Eden Haiku: Good morning Bleu :)
Riddle Sideways: since thankgiving
Riddle Sideways: hi bLeu
Eden Haiku: A long stretch of festivities...
Riddle Sideways: one after another it seems
Riddle Sideways: NYE played in a local saloon, knew almost everybody, but had no lead singer
Riddle Sideways: so had to step up and sing
Riddle Sideways: bad idea
Eliza Madrigal: :))) how long had it been since you did that?
Riddle Sideways: :D
Bleu Oleander: :)
Riddle Sideways: usually just the backup singer (do wop do wap)
Eliza Madrigal thinks that's terrific
Eden Haiku: Your 15 minutes of glory Riddle, was it ?
Riddle Sideways: the recording differs with your compliments
--BELL--
Eliza Madrigal: better live, mixed with the NYE spirits :) Can't judge by recording
Eden Haiku: **********Applause!!**********
Eden Haiku: **********Applause!!**********
Riddle Sideways: why do we trust an audio recorder device to be an actual recorded history of reality?
Eden Haiku: Both for Riddle solo and for the bell!
Eliza Madrigal: or even a chat log? ;-)
Eden Haiku: Good question!
Riddle Sideways: it is only one set of ears
Riddle Sideways: (2 in the bank)
Eliza Madrigal giggling
Bleu Oleander: :)
Riddle Sideways: Bleu, how where your holidays
Bleu Oleander: great most of the time ... sad re my puppy
Riddle Sideways: yes :(
Eden Haiku: Oh yes, so sorry...
Eden Haiku: My niece lost her cat between Christmas and New Year...She was sad too...
Bleu Oleander: but mostly good
Eliza Madrigal: :(
Eden Haiku: But then she is fighting breast cancer, so she has mourning priorities...
Eliza Madrigal: oh dear
Bleu Oleander: oh more serious!
Eliza Madrigal: mourning priorities, hmmmm
Riddle Sideways: pondering "mourning priorities" as a bad phrase
Eden Haiku: She's so brave though. Has a lot of support from her husband and her parents,
Bleu Oleander: bad phrase yes ... relative perhaps?
Eden Haiku: Yes, I didn't mean it that way, sorry... I know how painful it is to lose a four legged companion...and I totally empathize with Bleu ...

Bleu Oleander: just meant that perspectives matter
Eliza Madrigal: feels real, that phrase, but also difficult.... reminder of the way sometimes life doesn't wait until you have fixed one thing before bringing another
Bleu Oleander: yes
Eliza Madrigal: want to organize it better :)
Bleu Oleander: even mourning becomes a balancing proposition
Eliza Madrigal nods
Eden Haiku: (I edit out a long sentence I said, giving away too  much personal details. Not only my English is rusted, I also find myself lost in respect to the fine line between SL and RL).

States of grace 

Eliza Madrigal: once I read a log where Eos had written about states of grace one doesn't realize they are in until retrospect...
Eliza Madrigal: health is like that
Bleu Oleander: not sure what "grace" means actually
Bleu Oleander: or states of grace either
Eden Haiku: Health yes. We should be grateful every morning for our health :)
Eliza Madrigal: when things are going so well that you are unaware..is how I read that... or like so confident that not self-conscious
Bleu Oleander: yes good health for sure we should enjoy while we have it
Eden Haiku: How was the TSK meeting by the way?
Eliza Madrigal: well, I talked on and on
Riddle Sideways: listening to Ken Wilber right now and he seems to think you can know your current State at the time
Eliza Madrigal: how so, Riddle?
Riddle Sideways: am not sure
Bleu Oleander: :)
Riddle Sideways: knowing what state you are
Eden Haiku: Interesting...
Riddle Sideways: is a introspection
Riddle Sideways: that might interrupt
Riddle Sideways: the current state
Bleu Oleander: not sure one can know all the states one is in at any given time
Riddle Sideways: maybe a Heisenger(sp?) principle
Eliza Madrigal: checking to see if the souffle (sp?) is done?
Bleu Oleander: souffle?
Riddle Sideways: can't measure without affecting
Bleu Oleander: envisions a chocolate souffle
Eden Haiku: So many of us in each of us:)
Eliza Madrigal: if you check a souffle you can ruin it
Riddle Sideways: same principle
Eliza Madrigal nods
Eden Haiku: I see
Bleu Oleander: now wanting chocolate ha ha!
Riddle Sideways: [first talking during bell of monday 7AM 2016]

--BELL--

Eliza Madrigal: haha
Bleu Oleander: lol
Eden Haiku: hey hey
Bleu Oleander: guilty as charged
Eliza Madrigal: a practiced chef might be able to judge the souffle by aroma (okay i'll stop that analogy now)
Eden Haiku: Chassez le naturel, il revient au galop..
Bleu Oleander: killing me with the souffle thing ... lol
Eliza Madrigal: hahha
Bleu Oleander: need to find one for lunch ha ha!
Riddle Sideways: so checking a souffle is the same as checking your statee
Bleu Oleander: unless its chocolate
Bleu Oleander: then totally destroys state :)
Eden Haiku: No, the souffle analogy is very telling...The Heisinger cat as well. Cat both dead and alive?
Riddle Sideways: Heisenberg (thanks Google)
Riddle Sideways: uncertainty over doneness of souffle
Eden Haiku: Heisenberg yes... saw something really funny about it recently. Can't remember,,,
Riddle Sideways: giggles

Chocolate pie indeed

Eliza Madrigal: :)
Eliza Madrigal: Eden what did you make for the party? (my reality has a lingering warm chocolate sensation now too)
Bleu Oleander: :)
Eden Haiku: Salmon Koulibiac and cranberry chutney with mustard seeds and curcuma and chocolate pie indeed:)
Bleu Oleander: mmmm yummy
Eliza Madrigal: tres fancy
Riddle Sideways: ah,
Riddle Sideways: at least some chocolate in there
Eliza Madrigal: :))
Eden Haiku: The sad face of my 6 foot 3 nephew when he realized the spice bread puppet cookie was not for him but for his daughter :) He's not a child anymore, poor thing ...
Eliza Madrigal: awwww!!
Eliza Madrigal: that is close to heart right now.... just traded beds with my son who outgrew his!
Riddle Sideways: oooo
Eden Haiku: He's the one who used to imitate the Teletubbies with me :) We are both very childish ...
Bleu Oleander giggles
Eliza Madrigal: tinky winky.... lol
Eden Haiku: Wow! your baby is too tall for his bed!
Eliza Madrigal: yes :(, but also :)
Eden Haiku: Laa Laaa was always my favorite :)
Eliza Madrigal grins
Eden Haiku: He is still your baby boy isn't he?
Eliza Madrigal: so much
Eliza Madrigal: I put my head on his shoulder comfortably this morning... was cute
Eden Haiku: Sweet...
Bleu Oleander: awww
Eden Haiku: When my mother died her giant grandson collapsed on the kitchen floor, crying like a baby...
Eden Haiku: Oh, what a tender gesture Eliza :)
Eliza Madrigal: size doesn't protect from sorrow :(
Bleu Oleander: life pushes back sometimes

--BELL--

Riddle Sideways: in the state of Being baby and adult at the same time?
Riddle Sideways: not just one by calendar
Eden Haiku: He gave my mother beautiful first name to his baby girl: Évangéline
Eliza Madrigal: that is, such a beautiful name!
Riddle Sideways: beautifaul name
Bleu Oleander: indeed
Eliza Madrigal: so strange to think that there are these children that we aren't anymore, yet are
Riddle Sideways: exactly
Riddle Sideways: almost
Bleu Oleander: still are on some level
Eliza Madrigal: :)))))
Eden Haiku: Exactly almost....
Eden Haiku: Exactly almost still...
Riddle Sideways: thatz about right
Eden Haiku: The states we are in...
Riddle Sideways: or think we are in
Eden Haiku: And the state of grace
Eden Haiku: Fragments of selves and then the elves of the Self
Riddle Sideways: this child thinks it does not matter what the name is
Eliza Madrigal: finding my inner Eden...? Bleu? Riddle ? :))
Eden Haiku: My inner Eliza?
Riddle Sideways: My inner Bleu
Eden Haiku: Eden isn't my real name (confession)
Eliza Madrigal giggles
Riddle Sideways: lol
Bleu Oleander: interesting to imagine the states we've created from our friends at PaB
Eden Haiku: True
Eliza Madrigal: sometimes my inner eliza comes out into stephanie's world and I'm usually happy with the results ;-)
Eden Haiku: I have a strong inner Boxy...
Bleu Oleander: ha ha!
Eliza Madrigal: hah!
Riddle Sideways: yes
Eden Haiku: As well as a persistent CosmicFlower...
Eliza Madrigal: whimsically blooming
Bleu Oleander: alt states are in there too
Riddle Sideways: would like to be an inner Sunshine and Pema at the same time
Eden Haiku: Ah yes, bridging the gap Eliza, between Steph and her...
Eliza Madrigal: :::boggles:::
Eliza Madrigal: lots of energy in that concoction
Eden Haiku: Interesting combination Riddle,: beautiful music of the spheres!
Eliza Madrigal: was so powerful he was knocked offline
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Bleu Oleander: ha!
Bleu Oleander: some states are just too much!

(As you guess, Riddle had poofed...)

Eliza Madrigal: hehehe
Eden Haiku: Just too much , poor RIddle he poofed in Neverland...
Eliza Madrigal: I feel very full and happy now.... nourished and ready to take on the day :)
Eden Haiku: Well, I might as well, Have to buy a cake, A friend is coming over tomorrow to celebrate the Thee Wise Men with us. Kings Day it's called is it?
Eliza Madrigal: Oh yes, nice!
Eliza Madrigal: 5th day
Eden Haiku: Pa pam pam ra pa pam pam
Eliza Madrigal: three Kings
Bleu Oleander: we celebrate with cakes :)

--BELL--

Eliza Madrigal thinks of Grace Jones singing Little Drummer Boy at Pee Wee's playhouse, not easy to shake that image :))
Bleu Oleander: )
Eden Haiku: Have a great Monday!
Eliza Madrigal: have a lovely Monday, thanks so much
Bleu Oleander: have a great day
Bleu Oleander: hugs
Eliza Madrigal: <3 ladies
Eden Haiku: Hugs
Eliza Madrigal: (and bye Riddle too, wherever you are!)
Bleu Oleander: and have some chocolate!
Eliza Madrigal: :))
Eden Haiku: waves to Riddle!