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Aloha, Beautiful Sister - by John Taylor

1/9/2015

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This past week I have been feeling so very heavy. It’s like I am in the middle of soft padding that envelopes me from way deep inside.

My sister died and that’s what it is. She wanted to go and was so looking forward to the journey. Her Angels/Guides have helped her by cushioning us from the immediate grief. I believe they have done this so our emotions don’t get in the way of her passing. That’s how I feel it, anyway.

To understand that statement you really needed to have known my sister. Not just a shallow ‘Hi, how you going” acquaintance but more to have been a part of her inner circle of colleagues and friends and patients… those who ‘knew’ her. These were the only people who understood what she did for a living, so to speak. She didn’t say much about her work or her life and that goes way back, too.

I cry with sad happiness that my beautiful sister has ‘gone home’ again. While we didn’t manage to cross paths so much in these last years I will always miss her. I know she is in my heart space and helped me in this lifetime in ways I can never explain or fully comprehend. Even when we were younger her generosity shone through. That’s what good sisters do. It’s part of the life and living process we share.

She was one of the few people who tried to never judge another as she understood we are all on a journey and it’s not an easy ride. She hardly ever gave an opinion without being asked, something I’m not sure I am capable of. She felt a darkness in so many technologies and preferred to live ‘with’ people rather than via computers. I know she tried them once, didn’t like it and let it all go.

While her body slowly fell apart from childhood ailments she had the most wonderful smile. She always saw the best in everyone, even those whose confusions tried to bring others down.

Light always casts shadows unless, perhaps, it shines within a place where there is only Light.

Aloha Marilyn. Our beautiful sister.



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Random Acts Of Generosity - George's Free Herbs

29/5/2015

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by John Taylor
George told us his grown family visit him every weekend and he cooks for them. It’s a tradition he enjoys. He says his pleasure begins when they arrive and always announce “that smells good” as they walk in the door. I think that’s part of the tradition too.

I can understand George giving his herbs away for free. There is simply no price that can be attached to such a wonderfully sharing gift as freshly grown food.


Last week, for example, Jude ran out of something with the meal underway and sent me up to George’s with a torch. At that time I had yet to meet him in person and felt like the proverbial ‘thief-in-the-night’. I half-expected someone to ask me what I was doing and even turned the torch off every time a car went past. Today George laughed at that and promised to not call the police as long as we visited him for a coffee sometime soon. Did I mention he is a very friendly man?

If your taste buds still work then you know fresh herbs are a joyful inclusion in any cooking and George has a few hints to help make it better. He reminded me to add them last, just prior to serving as the aromas are so much of what herbs are about. He reckons a big mistake many make is to add them too early and the cooking loses the subtleties.

George lives up the road from us and grows herbs along his front fence line. He has a “FREE HERBS” sign facing the street where everyone can see it.

When we chatted with George today he was saying the Winter was limiting what he could offer but was pleased we were enjoying his produce just the same. He happily told us what he had planned for next season and how his multicultural neighbours had been an influence in those plans.

I’ve read about community and suburban gardens but for me this ‘picking-herbs-from-someone-else’s-front-yard’ is kind of strange. It feels a bit like stealing.

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