granite

We cleaned the house today. Cleaning a house full of spirits is always eventful. The simple act of dusting can result in some new layer of reality being revealed. Casey and Lyra threw themselves into the cleaning endeavor as well, lending youthful juice to this spring cleaning. Lyra is still involved in the project of sorting and cleaning up the CD collection. She says it is a little like sorting magic beans or grains. She is my 17 year old goddess daughter, and like my son, Casey, she has grown up infused with magic.

As we were cleaning, Patti came up the back stairs. Fern took the opportunity to ask Patti why there were now two giant boulders in front of the house. Patti and Karl bought this house with me over ten years ago. They soon will be moving from their flat downstairs to Oregon. It is the right move for them, but like all major change, it is also difficult. The people next door were having work done on their sidewalk and curb and many of these boulders had been dug up and were being thrown out. Patti asserted that the granite was from the Sierras, and so hating to see it tossed, she asked the workman to give her two. Fern asked if Karl could move them to the back yard, Patti said she wasn't sure how he could do it - they are so heavy.

Yes, they certainly are heavy. And large, and not particularly attractive, looking like something left over from a construction site, no real strong life force emanating from either. So interesting, just as my housemates prepare to leave, two large boulders become placed in front of our home, stones that will take some real effort and energy to remove. The question is - who should work on getting them moved? Is this part of a shamanic dance of dispersal that I need to work the steps of, do I need to find a home for these boulders? Or, in order to make this move, do Patti and Karl need to leave behind these rocks in their stead? In any case, it seems we need to work together to find a place for these rocks to be that is not front and center of our lives, our home.

Cleaning a house of the spirits is a tricky business. The movement of a painting can shift an energy course. We are involved in a major spring cleaning, a dusting off and rearranging the matter in our lives.