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Wood turning and making Slimline pens
My uncle Jim (my mom’s brother) got into wood turning years ago and for a long time I had no idea what he was doing–I could only picture table or chair legs when he’d tell me about wood turning during phone calls . If you would rather listen instead of read, play the audio (and there’s a few minutes of BONUS info on the audio this time too!):
Wood turning history
In discussing woodturning with my uncle Jim, I asked him if there was anything he’d like me to include in the article maybe about like the history of it, or just how enjoyable it is when you’re crafting from the wood like that?
Here’s what I learned from my uncle (written mostly from his perspective):
The history of turning
When I think back the history of wood turning goes back a long, long way. Even before we had electricity and metal equipment, turning the lathe goes back to when the lathe was called a pole lathe. They would take a tree and bend it over something else to enable a sort of treadle, that would allow the wood to turn. Later, someone invented a foot treadle to power the turning machine. That was used all the way until they got electricity and motorized lathes came into being. That gives you some history of how the wood is turned. I find it is a very fulfilling thing to do and artistic in a way too.
There’s one magazine I have had, it kind of got expensive, so I’m not taking it now. It showed how people turned simple things to turning pins and bowls to more artistic things. And it’s become a very artistic and elaborate hobby for many people. Some people are professional woodturners and they make their living. For me, I’m just not interested in that kind of thing. It just goes way beyond my ability and it is just something I’m not interested in. Also, sometimes it takes months to accomplish one of these complex projects.
Different kinds of wood turning
Of course, learning all kinds of different ways of wood turning can lead you into creating something, and developing some items that you could market. Many wood turned items have become popular. There’s one kind of wood turning that is called Segmented woodturning, which I would love to be able to do. It’s where you make weight at that table saw. You saw up just small pieces and it takes some learning to be able to know the exact angles and you have to decide how big you want your piece to be. How many segments and such. You cut all these pieces, you make a ring and you glue all that together, and then you stack those and then of course you turn it until you have an outcome that is quite beautiful.
And then there’s one they call Dizzy. They take very, very small thin layers of wood and there shall I say kind of up and down. You kind of bend them to a certain degree and glue them in turn and you get these beautiful shapes and colors so it can be very pretty and very pleasing. So it’s very satisfying. Like, say it’s artistic and so it’s fulfilling for people.
How my uncle learned wood turning
I’ve always wanted to do wood turning since I was in high school and I couldn’t get into that. The teachers seemed to kind of want to keep me in academics (instead of wood shop) as if I was going to college even though I wasn’t interested in going to college. But that didn’t seem to matter. So anyway, I never was able to get into that until much later in life. Your aunt Janice’s sister Janet said, “There’s an article in the paper, about a little place called Woodcraft and they’re going to be having an exhibit.” And it wasn’t about turning, it was about carving. And that’s a whole other ballgame. People carve wood ducks and spend months and months on them because they use very little knives. And they’re, they’re so patient and they’re carving feathers to the point that you can’t tell this wooden duck from a real duck! It’s very time-consuming.
So anyway, I went and I happened to go see this thing and it was a it was probably three and a half feet long and a half two foot deep. And it was probably two and a half feet tall. It was a big display of an old western saloon. And it had all the tables and chairs turned and people were carved in it too. It had a whole grid like set up. I wasn’t interested in carving but it was interesting to look at. I saw a gentlemen there I knew. I told him I was interested in turning and he invited me over to his shop to see what he’d turned.
So that began my love for turning and specifically, turning pens. It was a wonderful blessing for me that Don (a gentleman that a church family friend had dated for several years) was willing to spend that time and introduce me to such an interesting and fulfilling craft. People make more elaborate and complicated turns, like Dizzy bowls where they take different pieces of wood, close together–glued up. They’ll skip every other one. And so it’s called an open segment. And that’s a different thing to look at.
Look at some artistic turning videos. It’s wild the designs that people come up with. I mean some will combine turning and carving together and they just come up with some very unique and different-looking creations. People even get some of their works into museums!
You can get into some very, very expensive turnings. One can spend thousands of dollars. But, it may take months to create each project. That gives you some ideas of how many types of turnings there are to look at (see the YouTube links in this article). Different and unique designs to expand your vision and a knowledge of turning. For me, it’s just something very satisfying. This form of arts and crafts is very relaxing.
Wood turning safety
When you are working with a piece of equipment such as a lathe, safety is of the utmost importance. A motorized lathe is revving at fast speeds. My small lathe can turn at 3500 RPMs; others can turn up to 5000 RPMs. So you have to be careful and stay safe. Of course, we wear a mask or a shield that can filter all the air. Because wherever you turn, whenever you breathe, what goes in stays in so you can’t be without something that filters those particles out. And sanding is the worst. You’ve got to have a filtering system, whatever that may be, whether it’s just on your face or whether it’s a piece of equipment that continually filters the air. You have to be careful with that and always wear a shield because you’re turning off pieces of spin. In the beginning you’re gonna have some bark flying off and larger pieces. So you got to protect yourself that way. And of course, you have to remember that it’s happened before where we have had a few people die from performing wood turning.
Finishing wood turned pieces
When you complete a wood turned item you may feel negative with your finished piece. You may start with only 200, 300, 400, or 500 RPMs spins, because it’s out of balance. So once you get it in balance, then you can turn the lathe speed up and you can turn the piece quicker. And then when you’re sanding sometimes use either high or low speed, but some people forget and just turn their lathe off. Well, then they forget. Then they put a new piece of wood on the lathe and it gets out of balance and they turn that thing on and it’s running at full speed and the piece flys right off. Even at your best of anchoring this thing a piece can come flying off or it can just simply break apart. And that does happen. I like to work with one-piece/solid chunks of wood. But some people like to work on a piece of wood that has more holes in it. They say the more cracks in it the better because it gives the finished piece character. And it does look nice, but it’s just not one of my things. I delight in the natural beauty of the wood grain (the design within the wood) of the solid wood pieces.
Then there’s a whole world of skill and how you use your tools. What to do and what not to do. Because we can catch and therefore things can come apart if you have to get down to where you’re fairly thin. And you’ve got some of these holes and things that could catch (on the lathe) and things could come apart. People have been hurt by these kinds of things. That’s just some of what you can do.
There are times that you’re gonna be using a table saw again, some here wood pieces. Get it down to small pieces like it could be two or three feet long, maybe only three or four inches wide and that’s when you’re cutting all these small little pieces. So use tables. To do that. Of course, add some safety and sometimes you’ll be using the bandsaw to it again, a great big chunk of wood and it’s just got four corners. You want to make this thing round because that’s a lot less vibration, a lot less beat and bang for the lathe to get this thing around. So if you use a bandsaw you can cut those corners and make it a round piece of wood before you put it on the lathe, which is wonderful. This also offers an extra measure of safety while you’re using all these different kinds of tools.
The joy of wood turned pieces
But here again, it is just as enjoyable because you can do so many other things with what they got flat. And if you were making a table you got a great big piece of wood there for a slab for your tabletop, if that’s what you make it out of it. You can always branch out into what was called flat work which is building cabinets, coffee tables, side tables, and dining tables. All these kinds of things have gone by the way side though. I’m sorry to see less turned pieces when I see advertisements now on TV of wood items. Solid flat furniture is one I see a lot. And they’ll say they’ve got a certain price for all these tables and chairs. And you look at that. Just straight edges. There’s not one bit of terrain there. There’s nothing artistic about it. Right. Oh my goodness, that is so plain. That bothers me but I know it’s quick and fast and cheaper. So they can just simply cut it out. Put it together. Put a finish on each piece and out the door it goes. Oh no, that’s not for me.
How to turn a pen
Here’s a short video on the making of a slimline pen:
I hope everyone (who celebrates it) had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.
Yours in expanding, turning, revolving, spiraling consciousness,
To our better health, ease, and sustaining lives of JOY!
Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey
p.s. My 4th book is on Amazon and the link where you can check it out if you like: Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life: Reversing Asthma and Other Chronic Illness Naturally
Transcribed by https://otter.ai – Audio provided by Otter; Edited with Grammarly.
The information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe.
About us
We’re songwriters open to placing any of our 400+ original songs in TV, film, games, etc. We’re also seeking bands to play our songs. Video content creators, filmmakers, podcasters, production companies, deejays, Vloggers, YouTubers, and more can use our original music and songs in movies, TV shows, video intros, and such.
My husband, Richard Murrey, is an award-winning illustrator, plus he’s a seasoned guitarist, bass player, and songwriter (having penned over 400 original songs). You can view his artwork and hear original songs at: https://www.youtube.com/@richardmurrey
Here’s a video of us performing on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/416711742?ref=fb-share
About me, your Spiral Sister
I would love to speak at your bookstore, crystal shop, acupuncture/chiropractor office, natural health foods store, art fair, music, or yoga festival. I support healthy lifestyle businesses.
I invite you to check out my new metaphysical book–Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection. There are two versions (Kindle and paperback) on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3WV68KF
I’m an Amazon bestselling author of two co-authored books: “Transform Your Life Book 2 Inspirational Stories and Expert Advice” and “Energy of Receiving” available on Amazon.
Connecting…
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the soul is restless
Silver Birch was a spirit guide who spoke through Maurice Barbanell
the soul is restless
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A Near Death Experience (NDE)
I love this post from Dr. Eben Alexander and I love everything about the Near Death Experience he has written books about. If you would rather listen instead of read, play the audio (and there’s a few minutes of BONUS info on the audio this time too!):
Dr. Eben Alexander had a Near Death Experience
Gratitude and Optimism by Eben Alexander
What do you think of Eben’s Afterlife story?
For the thrill of it
When I first heard Eben’s story of the Afterlife, to say I was shocked and enthralled was to put it mildly–my reaction. I thought, now surely, people will believe there really IS an Afterlife!
But even while working for Dr. Raymond Moody last year, as a volunteer email correspondent, people still wrote in asking him if he thought there was a real Afterlife. Dr. Moody has often stated in interviews he believes there must be because so many have seen it during Near Death and Shared Death Experiences (NDEs and SDEs), but our human mind has such a difficult time accepting this (for some reason).
Me? I’m certainly a believer after all I’ve seen, during dreams, Afterlife visitations from my mother, and from what my less than one-day-old sister, Christina, showed me and I wrote about in the book, Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection (link at the end of this post). I feel the vibrancy of my experiences still. As if they occurred yesterday! The memory of my experiences of the Afterlife, or what I call, the Grand Beyond never fade. And for that, I am most humbly and profoundly grateful.
I’m sharing Eben’s post today because I just took a deep dive with Anita Moorjani on Saturday via a Zoom call with Dr. Bruce Lipton, Dr. Shamani Jain, and Gregg Braden, which I will also write about this week. But when I saw Eben’s post in my email, I wanted to get this one out first, because I figured I could write this up more quickly (the other is taking a bit more time, though now, they’ll probably have taken the same amount of time–I’d thought I would simply post a link to his article, silly me).
–I took this Thanksgiving week off work to “work on/play” in Joy with my 5th book (title forthcoming but you can probably guess), which is in progress and I am on track to publish after the New Year. We’ll see! Haha!
Yours in expanding, thrilling, revolving, spiraling consciousness,
To our better health, ease, joy, and sustainment in JOY!
Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey
p.s. My 4th book is on Amazon and the link where you can check it out if you like: Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life: Reversing Asthma and Other Chronic Illness Naturally
Audio provided by Otter.
My Now/New spiritual philosophy
Be the highest evolving version of who your soul is beckoning you to Be. No “Perfection” needed. Making progress is enough. Carrying your Karma lightly is enough. Be kind to yourself while living responsibly. Who you ARE affects us ALL because… We Are All Connected.
Energy/Omniscience knows and IS ALL. Everything is Spiritual. God ALLways.
My online Zoom video course, Integrating the Spirals is more timely now than ever because I know people are suffering. (Let me know if you’re interested in working through the Integrating the Spirals course.)
As an empath I want to help ease suffering and raise our vibration to offer hope. I want to uplift others and expand our collective consciousness. I teach breath work and meditation so we appreciate the value of Detachment. We till our inner soil with our breath to calm the amygdala and institute peace. Meditation is an easy way to Connect us with spirit, higher selves, Omniscience God, and receive non-programmed personal guidance.
The information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe.
About us
We’re songwriters open to placing any of our 400+ original songs in TV, film, games, etc. We’re also seeking bands to play our songs. Video content creators, filmmakers, podcasters, production companies, deejays, Vloggers, YouTubers, and more can use our original music and songs in movies, TV shows, video intros, and such.
My husband, Richard Murrey, is an award-winning illustrator, plus he’s a seasoned guitarist, bass player, and songwriter (having penned over 400 original songs). You can view his artwork and hear original songs at: https://www.youtube.com/@richardmurrey
Here’s a video of us performing on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/416711742?ref=fb-share
About me, your Spiral Sister
I would love to speak at your bookstore, crystal shop, acupuncture/chiropractor office, natural health foods store, art fair, music, or yoga festival. I support healthy lifestyle businesses.
I invite you to check out my new metaphysical book–Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection. There are two versions (Kindle and paperback) on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3WV68KF
I’m an Amazon bestselling author of two co-authored books: “Transform Your Life Book 2 Inspirational Stories and Expert Advice” and “Energy of Receiving” available on Amazon.
Connecting…
For more spiritual and esoteric updates, who we’re connecting with in Ocala, Florida and more, follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/takeonyour
The soul knows
Silver Birch was a spirit guide who spoke through Maurice Barbanell
The soul knows
David Martin and Russell Brand.
Jam-packed, informative, and valuable information from Dr. Martin and Russell Brand!
David Martin and Russell Brand.
Thank YOU! Look what I got from WordPress
Thanks to ALL of you, my blog site just surpassed 50,000 views!
From WordPress
Thank you ALL!
Energy/Omniscience (Omnism) governs ALL.
Yours in expanding, revolving, spiraling consciousness,
Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey
p.s. My 4th book is on Amazon and the link where you can check it out if you like: Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life: Reversing Asthma and Other Chronic Illness Naturally
To our better health, ease, joy, and sustainment in JOY!
Integrating the Spirals to ease unwanted emotions
My online Zoom video course, Integrating the Spirals is more timely now than ever because I know people are suffering. (Let me know if you’re interested in working through the Integrating the Spirals course.)
As an empath I want to help ease suffering and raise our vibration to offer hope. I want to uplift others and expand our collective consciousness. I teach breath work and meditation so we appreciate the value of Detachment. We till our inner soil with our breath to calm the amygdala and institute peace. Meditation is an easy way to Connect us with spirit, higher selves, Omniscience God, and receive non-programmed personal guidance.
Be the best version of who you want to be–because if you’re reading my words your soul is probably beckoning you to align with it and live up to your highest ideals. Not perfect because who is perfect? Most stagnate or ‘get stuck’ while on their way to being whatever they think perfection is. Making progress is enough. Carrying your Karma lightly is enough. Be kind to yourself while living responsibly. Who you ARE affects us ALL. We Are All Connected.
Omniscience knows ALL. Omniscience is always with you. You are never alone.
The information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe.
About us
We’re songwriters open to placing any of our 400+ original songs in TV, film, games, etc. We’re also seeking bands to play our songs. Video content creators, filmmakers, podcasters, production companies, deejays, Vloggers, YouTubers, and more can use our original music and songs in movies, TV shows, video intros, and such.
My husband, Richard Murrey, is an award-winning illustrator, plus he’s a seasoned guitarist, bass player, and songwriter (having penned over 400 original songs). You can view his artwork and hear original songs at: https://www.youtube.com/@richardmurrey
Here’s a video of us performing on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/416711742?ref=fb-share
About me, your Spiral Sister
I would love to speak at your bookstore, crystal shop, acupuncture/chiropractor office, natural health foods store, art fair, music, or yoga festival. I support healthy lifestyle businesses.
I invite you to check out my new metaphysical book–Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection. There are two versions (Kindle and paperback) on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3WV68KF
I’m an Amazon bestselling author of two co-authored books: “Transform Your Life Book 2 Inspirational Stories and Expert Advice” and “Energy of Receiving” available on Amazon.
Connecting…
For more spiritual and esoteric updates, follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/takeonyour
13 Jaguar / IX – Ascension, Faith in the Word of a Divine Creator, Day 13
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The ancient trees of coniferous forests (pine) in Bosnia and Herzegovina are medicinal for many respiratory problems and allergies
The ancient trees of coniferous forests (pine) in Bosnia and Herzegovina are medicinal for many respiratory problems and allergiesThere are about 80 …
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Near us in Ocala, FL is Huddys Escape – A magic house
One of the businesses we noticed that was within walking distance to our new apartment, was Huddys Escape. I suppose I was a bit intrigued by it (I had no idea what it was and had never heard of an “escape room”), yet I had loved creating haunted houses when I was young, so it may come as no surprise that I wanted to check it out.
I asked myself the other day, “What makes a good witch?”
When I was young, my best friend and I used to create haunted houses for the neighborhood children. We often dressed up as witches and created slimy bowls of stuff for the children coming through the haunted house to stick their hands in. I’m sure we had to rely more on things like this instead of a bunch of decorations and black light posters due to the cost involved. And it allowed us to put our imagination and creativity to good use.
I think a green witch is good. One that always has fun and adds joy and health to others and herself, not one who is mean-spirited or out for revenge. Greed, lust, jealousy all must go. Only the pure hearted can make the best medicines.
I’ve been told I look like a Seer or Mystic
Since I let my hair go gray about 12-14 years ago, I remember a couple different ladies asking me if I was a Seer or Mystic (when meeting them at various natural health fairs or women’s events). And at first, I was taken aback by their comments because at that time I wasn’t really into anything metaphysical, though I always enjoyed the books and movies of the genre.
Now, since my hair is much longer and I’m missing a front tooth, I really think I look the part! Bwahahahaha! And how could I put a witch’s hat on over this hair? Ha! Let me know if I’m scary or not.
About Halloween, Day of the Dead, All Souls Day, Samhain
All of these hallowed dates/festivals occur between October 31 and November 3. One can learn while visiting archaeological tomes that honoring the dead was a ritual practiced by Neolithic peoples some odd 6,000 years ago or more. Considered the original festival, Samhain predated the others and is thought to honor ancestors, the dead, past events or past lives, and open an invitation to the spirit world to visit.
In South Africa, National Geographic paleo-anthropologists digging around in the Homo Naledi caves uncovered pre-human ancestors who buried their dead and etched geometric symbols on walls atop the bodies. These findings seem to date the Homo Sapiens burials 100,000 years earlier than previously thought. No one knows what rituals may have been practiced or if spirit communication was occurring. Though it is surmised that certain practices, which may have had to do with honoring sacred ties to those who had passed on (in particular since the graves were marked with symbology) would surely seem plausible. From my time in Newgrange, another ancient underground burial tomb, I would bet on it.
Most people aren’t comfortable with discussing the topic of Death. But as they say, Death and Taxes are two things no one can avoid. It isn’t a question of IF but of WHEN.
About Huddys Escape
Here’s the link to Huddys Escape so you can learn more about what they have to offer, direct from the horses mouth: https://www.huddysescape.com
Movies
We watch Young Frankenstein this time of year, every year. It’s one of the movies Richard brought into my life that has became a favorite of mine. Of course I made him suffer through years of The Wizard of Oz and Rocky Horror! LOL
We agree on Beetlejuice though, so there’s that. I used to love Hocus Pocus but have recently had a change of heart about it. And then there’s always the headless horseman flick, what was the name of it?
I am grateful for ALL
Special thanks to Gray Summers for saying something in a recent comment that crystalized this topic for me. (Thought it took me a couple of weeks to put all this together with my outfit/pictures). Happy Halloween everyone!
Is-ness – The snails path
Energy is the power behind ALL. Source creates. ALL rises, falls, undulates, pulsates, spins, whirls, collapses, expands, shrinks. The Dao (Daoism) emanates from the dot. Holism envelopes. ALL simply IS. Omniscience (Omnism) governs ALL.
Pioneering the Snails path. A long and winding road—yes. Not a yellow brick road, but for sure, there are flying monkeys and witches. Hahahahaha!
I am a fractal of Omniscience and so are you—making one grand design. Meditate on the yin and yang ☯️ as a 3, 4, or 5D version which breathes, pulses, undilates, and emanates Light! When the shadow grows larger the lighter portion shrinks but always this symbol seeks its own balance and like water. (Hint: the wavy line in the middle represents—water, movement, and action!)
Yours in expanding, goofy, fun, witchy, revolving, spiraling consciousness,
Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey
p.s. My 4th book is on Amazon and the link where you can check it out if you like: Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life: Reversing Asthma and Other Chronic Illness Naturally
To our better health, ease, joy, and sustainment in JOY!
Audio provided by Otter.
Integrating the Spirals to ease unwanted emotions
My online Zoom video course, Integrating the Spirals is more timely now than ever because I know people are suffering. (Let me know if you’re interested in working through the Integrating the Spirals course.)
As an empath I want to help ease suffering and raise our vibration to offer hope. I want to uplift others and expand our collective consciousness. I teach breath work and meditation so we appreciate the value of Detachment. We till our inner soil with our breath to calm the amygdala and institute peace. Meditation is an easy way to Connect us with spirit, higher selves, Omniscience God, and receive non-programmed personal guidance.
Be the best version of who you want to be–because if you’re reading my words your soul is probably beckoning you to align with it and live up to your highest ideals. Not perfect because who is perfect? Most stagnate or ‘get stuck’ while on their way to being whatever they think perfection is. Making progress is enough. Carrying your Karma lightly is enough. Be kind to yourself while living responsibly. Who you ARE affects us ALL. We Are All Connected.
Omniscience knows ALL. Omniscience is always with you. You are never alone.
The information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe.
About us
We’re songwriters open to placing any of our 400+ original songs in TV, film, games, etc. We’re also seeking bands to play our songs. Video content creators, filmmakers, podcasters, production companies, deejays, Vloggers, YouTubers, and more can use our original music and songs in movies, TV shows, video intros, and such.
My husband, Richard Murrey, is an award-winning illustrator, plus he’s a seasoned guitarist, bass player, and songwriter (having penned over 400 original songs). You can view his artwork and hear original songs at: https://www.youtube.com/@richardmurrey
Here’s a video of us performing on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/416711742?ref=fb-share
About me, your Spiral Sister
I would love to speak at your bookstore, crystal shop, acupuncture/chiropractor office, natural health foods store, art fair, music, or yoga festival. I support healthy lifestyle businesses.
I invite you to check out my new metaphysical book–Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection. There are two versions (Kindle and paperback) on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3WV68KF
I’m an Amazon bestselling author of two co-authored books: “Transform Your Life Book 2 Inspirational Stories and Expert Advice” and “Energy of Receiving” available on Amazon.
Connecting…
For more spiritual and esoteric updates, who we’re connecting with in Ocala, Florida and more, follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/takeonyour
The weight of things
Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening, wherever you are in the world. I am just waking up on Saturday morning, thinking about the sort of pseudo-dream vision that I had. If you would rather listen instead of read, play the audio (and there’s a few minutes of BONUS info on the audio this time too!):
The dream or vision this morning
When waking up this morning, I was thinking about the concept of how someone’s life flashes before them, when they’re in the moment of death, or I guess are dying. And my thought was what if the ‘Walls Could Talk’ or the ‘Dishes Could Talk’? As for what if the walls could talk I was thinking back on where my first husband and I lived when my daughter was born. And if we had just stayed there, we would have stayed in a mobile home that was on my parent’s property.
My mom so loved being close to my daughter and for whatever reason, in my mind, I was thinking back then that I really wanted to move away, not too far, but just far enough where I could sort of get my own feet under me; make my own choices; live my own life, without my mom kind of attached to me at the hip.
An out of state move, long ago
So when an opportunity came up to buy a house, in the neighboring state, we did it. We moved about 17 miles away from my parents. We bought the house and we moved, taking our young daughter with us. We lived there when I got pregnant and had my son too.
So we went from a mobile home in West Virginia to a smallish house in Ohio. And that’s where I brought my son home from the hospital. So we had my daughter—who was 22 months old when I had my son. I had two children (under two) while living in that house, and we lived there for only about a year. I don’t think it was any more than two years. And then (I thought about) how much I experienced as a young adult being there—on my own (with my little family) at my first house.
The dream shifted to my China dishes
And then the dream sort of peeled off from that experience, “if those walls could talk” because a lot of things happened in that house and in our experience there that I wish had not happened. My regret was, or my thought was, that we should have stayed in the mobile home, on my parents property. The dream was sort of how that wrapped up. And then one of the things I remembered was a very clear recollection of washing dishes. And I’m still using the same China today that I was using there when we lived in that house. Also when we lived in the mobile home–it was the China I bought from ou neighbor’s friend from Germany—when I was 15. I put it in my Hope chest. (Something every girl wanted to have back then.) And the China was the only thing I had in the Hope chest—though I might have had a few other items, but nothing comes to mind.
And so in my dream, I was washing my dishes this China while I was standing at the kitchen sink and in the house in Ohio, looking out onto the backyard. And it was a pretty little neighborhood. It was the cul de sac. It was a circle (circular street). Interesting.
So the next part of this is if one of the dishes could talk and how many places I’ve moved to in my life since that house. After that house, we went back to West Virginia and stayed in a small apartment for less than a year. And then we moved to Florida.
When we moved to Florida
We moved to Florida when I was 22 and it took a whole “Act of Congress,” so to speak, but it was my dad, my first husband, and my two children and me (Mom stayed behind in WV for another year or so). And we packed everything ourselves.
My dad had what I guess you’d call a cargo van. Now it had a couple of captain’s chairs in it though, but I think it was pretty much empty other than that. We had some movable foam seating that we could move in and out and then a lot of things packed in there (of ours and of my dad’s things) because he bought a double-wide mobile home in Florida and we were all going to stay in that until dad and my first husband got dad’s dump truck business going. We had already been down to Florida before from West Virginia to get that started, which I had thought we would do months before and why we had to rent the apartment in WV for a few months.
We had rented an apartment in Orlando so that was my first real experience of Florida living.
We only stayed, my kids and me, in the apartment maybe for a few weeks to a month and that was okay. I wasn’t thrilled about Orlando traffic back then. But we were in the middle of town. And I didn’t notice too much of the expanse that the city of Orlando was taking. I just knew our little neighborhood that we rented the apartment and that was pretty cool and it was quiet. And when I say cool, it was quiet.
About when we made the move. We had dad’s cargo van I had a cargo van and then we towed behind us flat open trailers that were just like a flatbed trailer—no walls, roof, or anything. It was just an open-air trailer with wood planks on the bottom.
We had loaded up all our furniture, including the aforementioned China dishes, crystal, and things like that. And pretty much in boxes as I recall. So I mean, we were sort of hoping that it didn’t rain because things would have gotten wet. Although I’m sure we had plastic tarps but I don’t remember that. I just remember the move.
Moving north
After I had been in Florida for many years, I ended up getting a job in a northern state. I’ll just leave it at that. It’s not something I like to talk about (I’ll just say it was a state north of Washington DC.) We lived there for not quite a year. But the company I got the job with had moved us. So that was a whole other experience of having somebody else come in, unknown to me, and pack our things. My China got packed up by other people I didn’t know. My mom came and helped too, though she mostly cleaned the apartment, she did help pack some of the China and crystal and things like that too. My children were teenagers then.
So we went north and at that moment in my life, I had been married and divorced. Later, the ex second husband at some point wanted us to move from that Northern State to Texas.
Moving to Texas
I had to rent my moving truck, and then he flew up from Texas and packed everything from that place into the moving truck–what a fiasco it was. I nearly changed my mind. I had no control over what all he did because he was a controlling person (years later I would learn he was a narcissist). And there were issues after we moved to Texas. I used that same China all through those years though. That (relationship) ended badly and I ended up leaving Texas—renting another U haul to move all my stuff AGAIN.
Moving back to Florida
My daughter took a Greyhound bus, by this time she was an adult, and she came out to Texas from Florida to help me (along with a bunch of people I worked with–they helped me). They were great people! I had great friends in Texas. I’m still friends with many. They helped us pack the moving truck and then my daughter drove my vehicle and I drove the moving truck. We drove from Texas to Florida to move me back to Florida (my son had been with me in Texas but he moved himself and came back to Florida a few weeks before I did).
Lived in Florida nearly 40 years
So I’ve lived in Florida. I was thinking this too I lived in Florida nearly 40 years ago. Except for the two years that we were gone because of going to the northern state and then also to Texas. But I was a Florida resident all that time anyway, and I only changed my driver’s license from Florida to Texas for the time I was in Texas; I never changed it though for the few months I had worked in the northern state because technically I was still a Florida resident, employed by Florida company. But that China has been all around the freakin’ country!
Traveling for work
I also traveled for a while with a travel trailer for work. I took some of the China with me then—probably two or three items, not much, because it was just myself and my two dogs. I was in Missouri for over a year in the Travel Trailer working out there. That’s when I met Richard—we met online and dated for a year long distance relationship until that job laid me off and I could come back to Florida and begin anew. I ended up going to the space center and working there for six and a half years.
Back to the China though, when there was that financial downturn in 2008 and 2009. I got a job in Orlando (and commuted), as we lived in Titusville. I couldn’t keep that up. And I had an offer in Pennsylvania. So we sold our house and bought an RV and I took the China with us in the RV but it was so heavy and things as one might know that does RV travel and RV living things can move around in the cabinets. So I pack it packed it all up in bubble wrap, put it in a plastic tote, and put it in the basement storage of the fifth wheel. Every place we went, it was with us. I just wasn’t using it. I had some stoneware (mom had given me) that I was using instead. And of course, plastic plates and things like that because in an RV plastic is king or queen. However, you want to look at it. So the China has always been with me and we lived in the RV for 11 years and I hadn’t used it.
Using the China again
Now that we’re in this apartment I am using my China. When we rented the condo it was furnished and we didn’t have any need for our dishes since we had all the owner’s stuff that was there. The condo had a set of a microwavable melamine type of Corning or something. We used those for two years while we were living in there.
Eleven years we were in the RV, two years in the condo in Bradenton and I didn’t use my China again until now. Yes, I’m using China again. And you know what, it’s heavy. It’s really heavy and I think that’s why I had this dream. Because of the moves, and the houses, and the responsibilities of even making all the moves. And now holding this heavy China I’m realizing the weight of it. Both the weight of the memories and of the actual China.
I think that’s where I’ll leave this.
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