Wow, been so long so long so long… So long that I can’t even think of what song that line is from!!! Oh yes, David Bowie! Here you go! Let’s start this off on the right note.
Whew, anyway, I think I’m back. I see that my last post was March 16 at which time two of my sons had both just come out of the hospital for different reasons. I had about a month of dipping my toe back into some soundwork- exploring the technology to offer some Healing Sound Journeys and personal healing sessions on Zoom and then, kaboom. All came to a screeching halt as it became apparent that my son Ben out in Salt Lake City was going to require surgery. The way it unfolded, without going into detail, I drove out to Utah the beginning of May, Ben had surgery on May 12 and I thought I’d be leaving by the end of the month. His recovery was looking good. Then things took a turn and he had to go back into the hospital. They eventually figured out what the secondary issue was but he spent about another ten days in the hospital and I didn’t get home til the beginning of July.
I had planned to be teaching continuing education workshops in Florida- or online depending on the Covid situation- during the months of June and July but that was clearly not happening. I was totally exhausted when I got back. A week after I got home I had a wonderful 6 day visit from my 11 year-old granddaughter, Patience, who flew out by herself from Minneapolis, which was fun and restorative.
Going to Two Crows Alpaca Farm down the street from me was only one of the fun things we did.
About a week after Patience left I flew out to Minneapolis for the- second- wedding of my son Moose and his wife Jenny!!! On June 20, 2020 they were married outdoors in their back yard in Minneapolis with 5 of us in attendance. This year they were finally able to have the wedding they had been dreaming of on August 7, after all their friends and family had been vaccinated! It was a beautiful wonderful magical week of gatherings with family and extended family and love and celebration. Their love has brought so many people together- and i don’t have one good picture of the two of them to post here- at least not from this wedding! Waiting for the ones from the wedding photographer- so for now I’ll have to post one from last summer’s wedding.
These two! Moose and Jenny Hardisty… big love and big hearts…
Last but not least- what really pushed me to my website today was finding a video on my YouTube channel of Papa Malick Faye teaching a drumming class at my sound healing center in St. Petersburg, FL. i owned and operated the Sound Body Wholistic Health Center from 2005-2012. There were so many wonderful teachers and gatherings of all kinds related to healing sound and music. Papa Malick Faye is a master drummer from Senegal and a fantastic teacher, who taught a weekly class at the center for at least a year, maybe longer. He is teaching a rhythm here called Lamba, a beautiful and simple healing rhythm. So get out your drum or a bucket or a table top and find your rhythm!