2010.03.10 19:00 - Changing Seasons

The Guardian for this meeting was stevenaia Michinaga. The comments are by stevenaia Michinaga.

Eliza Madrigal and Susi Alcott join me... and later Archmage Atlantis stops in

We talk about old friends, the darkness of Winter and the coming of Spring

Eliza Madrigal: Hi Steve, we're both early :)

stevenaia Michinaga: yes, I was hanging around upstairs

Eliza Madrigal: (I just accidentally sent that through buddha center IM I think...)

Eliza Madrigal: :)

stevenaia Michinaga: sent what?, the last line?

Eliza Madrigal: yes

stevenaia Michinaga: :)

Eliza Madrigal: Ah, well.. it happens :)

Eliza Madrigal: How was your NY day trip?

stevenaia Michinaga: Nice, always good things to eat and see in NYC

stevenaia Michinaga: Are you in Princeton?

Eliza Madrigal: MM, what did you have for dinner?

Eliza Madrigal: Oh, no... not yet. Not until next week

stevenaia Michinaga: we brought dinner him

stevenaia Michinaga: hmmm, thought it was this week

Eliza Madrigal: Well good thing we talked then, or you'd be driving on the wrong day to see us!

Eliza Madrigal: :)

Eliza Madrigal: (kidding, I know you'd have to find out the spot, etc before then)

Eliza Madrigal: Sylectra mentioned she might come.. would be great

stevenaia Michinaga: yes, I haven;t heard about a time or place for dinner, but now there is time

Eliza Madrigal: :)

stevenaia Michinaga: hello Susi, so nice to see you

Eliza Madrigal: Hi Susi, wow nice surprise

stevenaia Michinaga: yes, this is an unusual time for you

--BELL--

Eliza Madrigal hasn't seen Susi in forever :)

Susi Alcott: Hello my friend _/!\_

Eliza Madrigal: Is everything well with you?

Susi Alcott: Hello Eliza

Susi Alcott: _/!\_

Eliza Madrigal: _/!\_

Susi Alcott: everything well with you ?

Eliza Madrigal: yes, thank you

stevenaia Michinaga: :)

Susi Alcott: nice to hear _/!\_

Eliza Madrigal smiles

Susi Alcott: how r U steve ?

stevenaia Michinaga: I have been nicely busy

stevenaia Michinaga: the best thing to be

Susi Alcott: that's very good news

Susi Alcott: _/!\_

stevenaia Michinaga: springs seem to be nearing here

stevenaia Michinaga: the flowers are beginning to show themselves

Eliza Madrigal: Very nice :))

Susi Alcott: ah :))))

stevenaia Michinaga: I have been in a sort of winter hibernation from PaB,

Susi Alcott: we here have unusual much snow

Susi Alcott: smiles

stevenaia Michinaga: yes we had many snow storms this winter, all melted now, but I enjoy the snow

Susi Alcott: _/!\_

stevenaia Michinaga: one of the happy things winter brings

stevenaia Michinaga: perhaps the only one

Susi Alcott: have also a bit enjoyed since I have not needed to clean it up from large areas

stevenaia Michinaga: many friends seem to get overwhelmed by winter's darkness

Susi Alcott: that is also understandable

Susi Alcott: human needs light

Eliza Madrigal wonders if she picks up on that, even from S. Florida

stevenaia Michinaga: it must be a bigger problem where you are

Susi Alcott: that is

stevenaia Michinaga: but perhaps seeing in the darkness of eyes and mind also allows you to see differently

Susi Alcott: on the other hand ; one have good reason to burn candles

Eliza Madrigal: :)

Susi Alcott: well...that I cannot know ...know many 'blind' people who lives much more in North where the darkness is deeper and longer

Susi Alcott: think it to depend on huge many things when one openes or not to 'see'...

Susi Alcott: and in a way there's only different kind of probs to deal with

Susi Alcott: seems that the chat lag continues as quite bad

stevenaia Michinaga: I see your text fine

Susi Alcott: took 'years' to appear to me

stevenaia Michinaga: but we are great distances from each other

stevenaia Michinaga: it is a circle

stevenaia Michinaga: mericle

stevenaia Michinaga: miracle

stevenaia Michinaga: hmmm

--BELL--

stevenaia Michinaga: technology

Susi Alcott: ah; got it now; have got my dictionary back

stevenaia Michinaga: :)

Eliza Madrigal must be off, but was nice seeing you Susi and Steve :)

stevenaia Michinaga: I was thinking about how far your words come and my words come to see them together on the screen

Susi Alcott: have nice time _/!\_

Eliza Madrigal: Nite :) Hugs

stevenaia Michinaga: bye ELiza

stevenaia Michinaga: thanks for joining me

stevenaia Michinaga: us

stevenaia Michinaga: and this is special seeing you after such a long time

--BELL--

Archmage Atlantis: Hello Steve//////Helllos Sister

stevenaia Michinaga: hello Arch

Susi Alcott: Hello Arch

stevenaia Michinaga: didn;t see you arrive

Archmage Atlantis: Magic, that is what mages do

stevenaia Michinaga: how are you tonight?

Susi Alcott: _/!\_

Archmage Atlantis: Finding my way

Archmage Atlantis: And you?

stevenaia Michinaga: things seem to be getting better

Susi Alcott: _/!\_

Susi Alcott: btw

stevenaia Michinaga: but that is usually always the case

Susi Alcott: my dictionary cannot translate this word 'cultivator'

stevenaia Michinaga: :)

Susi Alcott: can it be said other way ?

stevenaia Michinaga: cultivator is what someone does to make things grow... like cultivate a field of vegetables

stevenaia Michinaga: or cultivate the minds of others

Susi Alcott: ah; then I understood that nearly

stevenaia Michinaga: it is a good thing

Archmage Atlantis: A cultivator is one who sow old ground, and brings forth new life

stevenaia Michinaga: helping something grow

Archmage Atlantis: The process of life

Susi Alcott: well; the dictionary is not made by a finnish person...

Susi Alcott: _/!\_

stevenaia Michinaga: :)

Susi Alcott: Susi knows one thing to be as cultivator; this planet

stevenaia Michinaga: nods

Archmage Atlantis: Yes it is

Archmage Atlantis: It is also new

Archmage Atlantis: In all this galaxy, we are new

Susi Disappears

stevenaia Michinaga: he's gone

stevenaia Michinaga: have you met Susi before Arch?

Archmage Atlantis: Damm Steve

Archmage Atlantis: I always fuck up

Archmage Atlantis: Yes

stevenaia Michinaga: I'm sure you did nothing

stevenaia Michinaga: welcome back

Susi Alcott: thank you

Susi Alcott: am I very wrong thinking that you can have some new happiness because your wife is at home ?

stevenaia Michinaga: no, she was always working at home, but she is much happier now

Susi Alcott: _/!\_

Susi Alcott: felt so

stevenaia Michinaga: sometimes, looking ahead you always see bad things but they usually never arrive

Susi Alcott: believing that to give more happiness to you sure also

Susi Alcott: and many times even they arrive, they turn to show to been good thing

Archmage Atlantis: We have the earth to save........yet you ppl look at small things

Susi Alcott: ah my bro; we thankfully dont need to save the planet

stevenaia Michinaga: the "small" things also need attending too

Susi Alcott: I've used to say that how sais there to be small things, should think the situation to be alone in dark room with the mosquito...

--BELL--

Susi Alcott: often also spoken of that tiny part; sized like a finger nail, in the motor of the car

Susi Alcott: even a cheap part

Susi Alcott: if it gets broken, the motor does not run

stevenaia Michinaga: true

stevenaia Michinaga: I must be going..... night all

stevenaia Michinaga: good seeing you

Susi Alcott: good night my friend

Susi Alcott: was truly nice to see you too

stevenaia Michinaga: always a pleasure

Susi Alcott: _/!\_

Susi Alcott: ah yes; I also need to go so I wish good night to you too my bro

Susi Alcott: _/!\_