what sort of place is this Hex 22.3>27

[poised]

Here's What Sort of Place that is…..

Hi sooo: I know that place, have never been there but have thought about it and four years ago made a few attempts to arrange a trip, but my friend there died.

UNC has a very good branch there, including, but not limited to a STELLAR department of Creative Nonfiction, pioneered by the great Philip Gerard. As far as I know, he still teaches there, and possibly even teaches or at least supervises extension classes for people in the community.

Creative Nonfiction seems perfect for you. Perfect. It's in the air there.

PLUS, he jams: http://www.blairpub.com/authors/gerard_philip.htm "Gerard, an avid musician, incorporates bluegrass, folk, country, and original compositions into his readings, playing six and twelve-string guitar, dobro, banjo, and pedal steel guitar. He lives on Whiskey Creek near the Intracoastal Waterway and sails his sloop Suspense on the Atlantic Ocean."

PLUS read somewhere that he's an avid fisherman too.

PLUS there's a big movie studio in the area where some major shows/movies are shot. So, no shortage of creative people to schmooze with. You'd be an asset to the community.

Karma at its finest, my friend. Sounds like liss's original 22.3 > 27 reading.

 

[sooo]

As always I appreciate all your input. :bows:

Today I asked a total of three times about NC. Twice I received 28uc about different aspects of the move; the third time about calling her again to discuss it, and received 43.1 - 28. Whoa, horsie!

The first time, some weeks ago I did receive 28.6. Seems pretty emphatic about drowning as a result, just as I nearly baked the first time I ignored the same warning, plus lost $450 in the process.

I don't see these as being encouraging or supportive of the move. Quite the opposite. Am I missing something?

Liss, sorry, don't mean to hijack your thread, but our situations do seem quite alike in ways, though your reading appears much more encouraging.

 

[goddessliss]

Oh dear perhaps we should find a place together but you have to move to Australia.

No worries sooo I started another one in protest of the hijack
Just kidding - new place , new thread - Liss

 

[iams girl]

Dear Sooo,

Although you're the only one to know when and where things are right to move, I will ditto the increasing sentiment of concern here for your well-being!

Regarding being cared for in the future, just because you found care-taking difficult at that one time and place, please consider that it doesn't mean everyone else (or even you) would feel the same way in all other situations.

Take care, IG

 

[Trojina]

As always I appreciate all your input. :bows:

Today I asked a total of three times about NC. Twice I received 28uc about different aspects of the move; the third time about calling her again to discuss it, and received 43.1 - 28. Whoa, horsie!

The first time, some weeks ago I did receive 28.6. Seems pretty emphatic about drowning as a result, just as I nearly baked the first time I ignored the same warning, plus lost $450 in the process.

I don't see these as being encouraging or supportive of the move. Quite the opposite. Am I missing something?

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Yes I think so. Doesn't 28 say 'the roof beam is strained to breaking point....get out pronto !' I mean you could take 28 uc here as a clear directive to get the heck out of where you are now before the roof caves in ie too much stress on you. Also it could describe what you would be doing if you moved. What does the Image say ? Something like at times a man must stand alone without regret etc etc...which I'd see here as not literally standing alone but making that choice to get out. I could be wrong and your way of seeing 28 here could be right though.

In 28.6 though the flood rises over your head there is still 'no mistake'. 28.6 is painful sure and not necessarily where you'd want to be...yet you made no mistake. Again I wonder if it is where you are that is the 28.6 though that's not how you phrased the question. But I do think the 28uc might be "what the heck...for chrissakes get outta there !". I find Yi doesn't always answer directly but show the situation.

But you have to go with your gut feeling on it I guess. You know best of course. Have you asked the opposite "what about if I don't take this offer ?".

To outsiders you've appeared to be in a fragile situation at the time of the operation. I'd guess many may have thought you needed a bit of support....not just moral support but someone keeping an eye out for you. Keeping an eye out for you isn't the same thing as full time care taking. I guess to us here the idea of a neice who will not only keep an eye out for you but take you to the shore to fish seems a good idea.

You won't thank me to remind you but there were times recently when seriously you weren't sure you'd make it at all. At those times you just need to be in the vicinity of family who care I think, not strangers with yapping dogs. If you were looking at yourself as a friend would what would you advise you ? I mean if you had a friend in this exact situation what would you advise ?


Having said all that we don't know the situation as you do, but your niece does sound like she cares and is trying to entice you with those fishing trips. It doesn't sound like a reluctant offer of a relative who is trying to do their duty. But I see your point that if her husband returned you'd need to find somewhere else...again.

 

[Trojina]

Although if your cooking is that good,...... aren't you famous for your burgers.....her husband may pay you to stay on as chef.

 

[sooo]

Although if your cooking is that good,...... aren't you famous for your burgers.....her husband may pay you to stay on as chef.

Heavens no. Meat only once a week, fish very often these days. Love salads too. Cheese is still a vice however.

You (and Liss) may be correct on 28 referring to this situation, however my answers regarding this situation appear a great deal more about enduring, with frequent 35, though not without difficulties. There's much more than I've revealed about this situation, but if there's concern over what I've revealed, I think I'd be really be considered nuts for staying on awhile longer if I shared it all. The house is in foreclosure, and I'm already advertising and looking for my next train stop, haha. I may be terribly naive to think I can actually help this guy on several fronts, but I'm following what I perceive and belief. What, really, is there to lose at this stage of life, so long as I follow my belief and convictions, especially while living in a h54 environment? My eyes are on eternity rather than on the transitory.

I'll call my Gemini niece again regardless, when the time is right, just cuz I love her. What comes of it will come with acceptance, going through the flood or not. I'm no stranger to floods and bending beams. Life is resistance training, with interludes of pure joy.

 

[anemos]

I may be terribly naive to think I can actually help this guy on several fronts, but I'm following what I perceive and belief.

your 28.6 ?

 

[goddessliss]

Oh my uch: sooo - I wonder if you are glad or not that I decided to update my thread - talk about getting a kick up the b.. from so many on here - remember it's cause we luvs ya - Liss

 

[sooo]

Oh my uch: sooo - I wonder if you are glad or not that I decided to update my thread - talk about getting a kick up the b.. from so many on here - remember it's cause we luvs ya - Liss

Aw, I understand that y'all are just offering to be helpful. No offense taken in the least.

I am very confused about the whole matter. Today I'm supposed to get my things out of storage to either keep for the next empty house, or sell off before I leave for NC soon. My niece emailed this morning, asking if I had any further thoughts, and I wrote back with some questions regarding her truest thoughts and feelings on the matter. The Yi continues to give dubious and unfavorable responses to anything pertaining to such a move, while telling me to be patient and that a late marriage comes in due time. Going would require selling my vehicle (unless I make the week long drive there), musical equipment, which I could take only the minimal of, etc, etc. I woke with a sick digestive track this morning, either a flu, emotional upset or some overdue to be discarded baby spinach last night. It's a bit maddening, to be candid.

But be assured, I have nothing but appreciation for the thoughts offered here, and I'm not at all put off that you started a fresh thread on your situation.

 

[poised]

28.6 In over your head?

sooo, since you have to move anyway, why not fly to NC and stay there through the winter. You could check out the area, meet people, establish medical connections, see how your life works there. You could then make an informed decision about staying longer/forever without feeling in over your head about making a "commitment" now.

I did that five years ago, drove from Seattle to Ft Lauderdale, stayed nine months, made new friends who still invite me back, but most importantly, cleaned out my congested mental space. In my experience, a change of scenery is always curative. Gemini medicine.

Wishing you the very best

 

[sooo]

Hiya sister Gem'ni

The temporariness is a prime deterrent to going. I've moved so often in the last three years, my head is spinning, and I wonder if I'll ever have a place to call home again. When I was a teen, the girls nicknamed me Runaround Bruce, a name that has more meaning in the autumn of this life than it had in spring. The word transient carries a very negative connotation, equal to the word bum. At east the homeless can call the streets home. Another observation from my jail experience, a high percentage of jail regulars were homeless and intentionally would steal petty things just to have a bunk to sleep in, showers and three square meals every day; well, if one can call that stuff food. I'm rambling, but you get my point.

Thank you for your best wishes. Good wishes and prayers are valuable to the wanderer.

My lil Gem'ni niece and I will likely be discussing this further later today. A new development; Her son injured his knee and is rehabing to heal, which is delaying his active enlistment in the military. He's volunteered to fly here and take turns with me driving cross country in my truck. Of course I'd pay his air fare and expenses on the road, but that would mean being able to take my more important possessions with me. "Stuff" generally is pretty unimportant to me, except for a few items that I'd like to keep. So who knows?

This morning, after clearing my head, I asked again: What would be the result of moving to NC? I half expected Yi to start throwing rocks at me for asking, but surprisingly, Yi gave to me 19.1,2 - 2. I'm interpreting that as saying, everything must happen in a certain way for there to be a happy outcome. I'm ready to 'blow this Popsicle stand', but it appears that the how, when and why must set forth in the proper order, like 7.1.

 

[pocossin]

In my experience, a change of scenery is always curative. Gemini medicine.

To the sick the doctors wisely recommend a change of air and scenery. Thank Heaven, here is not all the world. The buckeye does not grow in New England, and the mockingbird is rarely heard here. The wild goose is more of a cosmopolite than we; he breaks his fast in Canada, takes a luncheon in the Ohio, and plumes himself for the night in a southern bayou. Even the bison, to some extent, keeps pace with the seasons cropping the pastures of the Colorado only till a greener and sweeter grass awaits him by the Yellowstone. Yet we think that if rail fences are pulled down, and stone walls piled up on our farms, bounds are henceforth set to our lives and our fates decided. If you are chosen town clerk, forsooth, you cannot go to Tierra del Fuego this summer: but you may go to the land of infernal fire nevertheless. The universe is wider than our views of it. -- Walden

 

[poised]

19.1.2 "Jamuary"

Sooo, you might like Thom Williams' MOdern Poet's IChing explanation. His perceptions often cut right to the core, at least for me:

HEXAGRAM #19 - "JANUARY"

SAID THE JACK O'LANTERN TO THE PUMPKIN

"When they come to carve away your youth
Into a nightmare smile,
Pretend you are sleeping."

For some time your thoughts have been on getting things in order and making some progress. Your motivation is not necessarily that you have a specified goal in mind-some distant flesh of gold you desire. You realize the absolute importance of "now"-this moment you are in-the only one like it in all the wide passing of time. You must do today what cannot be postponed until tomorrow. At this point you welcome responsibilities as potential building blocks on the road to self-expression. The thinking and planning you have been loosely organizing will now come to its destiny as a new emotional/karmic year begins for you. A tide is rolling in your favor now-past the sorrows and joys you have previously experienced-a tide which is as strong as the character you have carved for yourself. Ride the crest of these waters to the fullest possible extent. You will have power and the charisma to profoundly effect your immediate circumstance. You have prided yourself in your round-the-clock dedication to those who earn your respect. Now your vision will be expanded, as you are shown access to roads usually outside your focus. Be generous. What you have is needed by nearly everyone-the more you give the better this time will be. January signals the ready-or-not-here-comes-the-future flight of time. Bury the past in dark December-you're a year wiser now with a whole green spring to spend on your life.

Line 1

Look for a hopeful, positive period in your life. Things may be like a circus at times and the currents of enthusiasm may well up all around you tempting you to get lost in the sea of material considerations. Fortunately, your clear vision will prevent a lessening of your all-important determination. You'll naturally turn away from the success and social gratification which might once have fascinated you. Time has changed you for the better.

Line 2

You will now experience the benefits which have grown from your self-sufficiency. You were made for these days-your perception is deep and your intuition is true. Far below you, the world spins on with its complex patterns of life and death. Draw in the cold, clear air from a lofty height. Savor a new beginning-a fresh start-a January.


Yes indeed. I love the tide reference….those oceans, internal and external, bearing us onward, who knows where.

I can relate to your vagabondhood -- I drove coast-to-coast six times--with my cat, computer, and Turkish area rug, I'd feel at home camped in the middle of the freeway. Maybe ONLY there.

pocossin's post just above this one has a lot to say about that. in far more poetic terms.

The nephew being available to help drive sounds karmic indeed. Wow.

 

[poised]

Tierra del Fuego of the soul

Perfect quote, pocossin. Thoughtful and heartwarming

The wild goose is more of a cosmopolite than we; he breaks his fast in Canada, takes a luncheon in the Ohio, and plumes himself for the night in a southern bayou.

Canadian geese pass through my yard twice a year; I'm always envious of their freedom.

 

[sooo]

Tom, I forgot that you live in NC! How far are you from Garner?

It's starting to look really good. Just got off the phone with her. Though her son can't make the trip due to his injury now, I can make a week vacation from the drive myself (having great energy from the pacemaker), which means taking more belongings. Had to laugh - I asked, when is the last time since you've been married (20+ years) that you came home from work to a hot meal? She laughed and said, never!

If they do get back together I can manage the house, take in a couple room renters and make her house payment, growing her investment. She was happy with that idea. So we're going to continue talking about the smaller details, just to make the vision clear for both of us, and at this point, I'm thinking it's going to happen.

Great poetry and quotes btw - thanks, Tom and poised! And thanks to Liss for being so gracious about borrowing space on her thread, rent free too.

Here's the house. Seeing green again is a sight for these sun scorched and sandy eyes, and real bricks too.

https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf...529&ei=rkzLUru5NaPz2QXwrYD4Cg&ved=0CCwQxB0wAA

Was thinking, maybe 28.6 and 28 itself was the process to reach the point of making the commitment, and the fear of continuing along the path of worrying too much. Great preponderance indeed.

Going to bed with a smile tonight.

 

[pocossin]

Tom, I forgot that you live in NC! How far are you from Garner?

I am 87 miles east of Garner, just off the Highway 70 that passes through Garner. I could come up to help you move in.

 

[goddessliss]

Well, I'm glad it's starting to sort itself out for you sooo but really I feel I should be there to supervise and celebrate seen as though I started then resurrected this thread Pity I can't be but I can be there in spirit and cyerbspacely - Liss

Thanks for the photo it looks like a beautiful place - my kinda thing. Is there someone sitting at the window?

 

[sooo]

Tom,

Cool, not too far. I'm sure we can hook up. Thanks for the help offer but I'll be traveling as light as possible, only essentials, and I'll be looking for a camper top for my Ranger. The rest goes inside the cab with me, so it's not that much.

Could only sleep a couple hours before waking, being excited, and my brain is planning what to bring and what to leave or sell to raise money for the trip, like a new set of tires. A small trailer is possible to rent but will cut way down on fuel efficiency. I just asked Yi about how light or heavy to travel, thought the answer was so spot on, it deserves to be in that section of the forum, but will mention it here.

How to deal with waiting (liking to go in mid Feb)? 5.2,5 - 36. 36 fit into my next question, which is what's been on my mind: how heavy or light to travel? 50.1 - 14. Empty what I can do without and bring only my "greater possessions". So I'll be trading my diamond alum tool box and getting a camper shell: 36 - hide the goods. I'll be doing overnight stays on the way and can't be leaving my things in an open truck bed, so hiding them in a locked camper shell makes sense. I could also rent a small U-haul, but again, weight and wind resistance means low gas mileage. We're having garage sales on weekends to get rid of stuff we don't intend to bring. The house owner is also heading for points east but northeast, so we're both changing our present situation and need to unloaded unessential stuff from our Ting. Love those readings, so spot on and practical. Tomorrow morning I'm getting my stored items out of storage, including a large suitcase full of better clothes. Never know, I may be doing some 'stepping out', and my conservative suits and nice sport clothes will likely be getting more use than has been needed in the desert. Oh, and my graphite rods and other fishing gear are definitely among my greater possessions!

Back to bed for more sleep. hopefully. Thanks again for the offer. Very kind and generous of you. Everyone of you.

Liss, I wish I could take you all with me! In a way I will, though not sure whether to bring my old machine or sell it and pick up an inexpensive laptop, since I'm not online nearly as much as I used to be. I just bought a compact computer desk and chair too, which I can bring if I get the camper top. Decisions, decisions! But nice ones. That's me in the window.

 

[goddessliss]

Oh sooo you sound just a tad excited - how fabulous! Oh waiting is just so difficult, especially for Sag's and Gemini's - when they decided on something, well it's just time to get going isn't it? Why wait? But your reading does say to wait with patience and while doing that clear your being of all that needs to be left behind. No more hiding your light - it's time for you to shine but you can't do that until you gain your inner Strength. - Liss

 

[Trojina]

Tomorrow morning I'm getting my stored items out of storage, including a large suitcase full of better clothes. Never know, I may be doing some 'stepping out', and my conservative suits and nice sport clothes will likely be getting more use than has been needed in the desert.

Are the womenfolk of NC going to know what's hit them !

Bruce is in town....with pacemaker., there's no stopping him....Look Out Ladies !


Am a bit confused if this is a vacation to see how it goes or a total move....I got a bit lost . Sounds like it's a total move with the talk of what to take. Yes must be....at first I thought was a vacation to see how it goes

You sound real happy......ah green grass, fishing, music, women.....what more can a man want .....dog maybe ? Ah I guess that would depend on your niece's preference....plus I'm not sure if dogs go fishing

How to deal with waiting (liking to go in mid Feb)? 5.2,5 - 36.

I think you'd need to be prepared for darker moods some days (hex 36) anxieties (5.2) or other objections that pop into your head uninvited. The way to get through this seems to be to focus on pleasures (5.5) as if there were nothing more to think of but pleasure. There looks to be a lot to enjoy where you're going and there's nothing quite so good for the health as enjoyment !

 

[sooo]

hahaha, Trojan... you are a wise woman.

I'm cautiously calling it a permanent move, but I'm too aware of the unexpected that comes with such plans and changes to get cocky and overly enthusiastic just yet. Let's just say, I'm preparing to stay there, as she expressed the same, and we've discussed provisions of "in case" scenarios. A big concern of mine has been that I can give as much as I receive, and last night's conversation assured me that there is.

I like dressing up once in awhile, and the east coast generally is more formal than the wild west, such as going out to a nice place for dinner, or even (gods forbid) attending a church service, or graduation, or funeral or marriage, etc. Nice shirts, slacks and shoes are already in a suitcase (in storage), I might as well bring them, along with my jeans, tees, boots and sneakers. There's a lawn to mow, weeds to pull and fish to catch after all.

This morning I printed out a map and directions from here to there, and I-40 East highway goes straight across the country, a few neighborhood streets to navigate and I'm there. I figure, measuring my energy realistically, 6 days or so of driving.

There's still some uncertainty as to exactly when I cast off, but I'm planning on mid Feb or a little later, however with the stress of this home owner's divorce and foreclosure, and other unhappy things that come with the breakup of a long marriage, particularly with a Marine veteran that's been through what he's been through, I may leave sooner than expected. There's still arrangements to be made with the VA medical that I must address. My final appointment with the civilian cardiologist is this coming Monday, but the St. Jude checkup on their implant isn't until mid Feb, which I may try to transfer to the VA vet hospital at a slightly later date, like in March, or I may wait until it completed here first.

But as I said, there's always the possibility of the unexpected popping up, so I'm trying to take it one step at a time and not rev my engines too much. I still have a heart condition to care for and even positive enthusiasm can create serious problems, so deep breaths and focusing on the now are still my priorities. But at least there's a vision to follow, which is what I had lost these last few years, and some ground work that requires my attention first. One step at a time. (words from a wise grandmother)

 

[sooo]

Oh, as far as the southeastern womenfolk, I haven't given them much thought, nor they I, chuckle.

 

[Trojina]

heh heh not yet .....

 

[iams girl]

Can't wait to see the posts on SR ha ha...!

 

[iams girl]

No need to protest, Bruce, just keeping it 5.5! Ahem, more seriously, how about calling St. Jude's and explaining that you need to move as soon as possible due to your living situation rapidly deteriorating and (esp. w/heart condition and all) is there any chance of getting an earlier appointment? Nurses have times blocked out for those special kind of appointments. Or, maybe it can be arranged that they give you a call if someone else cancels. It's worth a try.

Also, I bought a new laptop last Sept. (Win 8.0) and right off had problems with basic things like staying connected to the internet. Like so many things that are defective when you buy them now-a-days, maybe plan a little time to make sure it all works the way you need it to first before getting rid of the old one.

 

[sooo]

One step at a time.

 

[poised]

This morning I printed out a map and directions from here to there, and I-40 East highway goes straight across the country, a few neighborhood streets to navigate and I'm there.

"How do you get from AZ to NC?"
"Go down to the corner and turn left."

Your route is good. On 10, further south, you have to be very careful about car theft, especially near the border. And even on 40, you might consider staying at motels that have parking lots with guards or surrounded by walls. Other than that, the trip sounds like a grand adventure. Take it easy and enjoy.

 

[Trojina]

The thread started with 22.3.....for where Liss would live. She now lives by water here

http://www.onlineclarity.co.uk/friends/showthread.php?18285-Hexagram-48

oh damn it was about where someone else would live...oh dear, never mind

 

[goddessliss]

Well I've finally come to this place to live although my intent was asking how I would meet someone else but perhaps sooo is right and it's about meeting my soul self.
To all the others that posted, you were all right (except perhaps for the restaurant idea)it's a place further south, right on the shoreline of the river with mountains all around and there is no real shelter from the storms so to speak as the only access is by boat. - Liss

PS thanks trojan for reminding me of this thread