January 29, 2004
Pagan ceremony
A few entries back I was inadequately trying to describe this yuletide procession in the Alps, in which some of the local populace dress up as trees. My photo did not do the costume justice, as you can see from this one, that belongs to Cote Est (thank you, I hope it's all right to use it). This is the real tree costume. Pretty spooky, wouldn't you say? Looks like you could whip one of those together fairly easily, but who would ever think to do it?
Speaking of pagan ceremonies and past entries, here's a update on my emergency appendectomy -- it happened Sunday night, it is now Thursday night. I am really fine, so fine that I am abnormally fine. This may be due to the shedding of a vesitgal part of myself that was full of shit. I do have a lot of life force energy flowing here, and that could be it too.
Yesterday, the only symptom I had left was that my abdomen felt like I did 300 (down from 700) situps. Today I feel like I did twenty five. My shaman says my self is "up" around my thyroid, from the trauma and needs to move toward my coccyx. Of course I hadn't noticed. She suggested I sit on a heating pad, but I can't do that and blog. (without pulling out wires I won't know how to plug in again.) Later. She also thought I might have some barium or anesthesia left in my system. But that's it. My only residual symptoms are in the fourth and fifth dimension. Pretty amazing.