Stubbing My Toe on a Mushroom
Community update from White Feather
I have a little announcement to make to my small community of readers but first I want to share something that happened to me this morning.
As my regular readers know, I have been including Earthing into my daily spiritual practices. For the last few months it has been something that I do between one and four times a day every single day. The first time I do it each day is very soon after awakening in the morning. My favorite morning place to go do my Earthing is the expansive lawn in front of the elementary school just a block away from where I live.
Incorporating Earthing into my daily life has been one of the most wonderful things I have ever done for myself. I am so grateful for this as my mental, physical, and spiritual health has significantly improved because of this practice.
But don’t worry. I do not plan on expatiating on the concept of Earthing right now. I’ve already done that and surely will blabber more about it in the future. Right now, I just want to share what happened this morning as I was walking barefoot and hugging trees down by the schoolyard.
We had a lot of rain here on the Great Plains last week and suddenly we have a bumper crop of mushrooms popping up everywhere. So it was no surprise that as I walked barefoot across the cool wet grass I ended up stubbing my toe on a mushroom.
Luckily I was not hurt by this. My toe is okay. Sadly, I cannot say the same for the little mushroom. I ended up toeing it into smithereens. I felt really bad about this but as I looked around the grass I realized they were everywhere and I simply could not walk through the grass without demolishing some mushrooms. I ended up scanning the ground before me in hopes of avoiding mushroom destruction and that proved a little distracting from my full Earthing experience.
But it was also very, very exciting. I love mushrooms! To me, seeing a mushroom is like seeing a rainbow. It is cause for great joy.
When I stopped walking in order to stand still and do my sunrise meditation I closed my eyes and took several very deep breaths. With each breath my noggin exploded with the incredible smell of mushrooms. It is one of the most wonderful smells on this fantastic planet, am I right? I was so intensely grateful for this delightful gift I was given this morning.
But as I headed home after my Earthing I remembered that the school maintenance staff mows the school lawn on Monday mornings. This means that come tomorrow all those delightful mushrooms will get mowed down. So sad. So sad. I will be sure to go back tonight for another dose of mushroom Earthing while I still can.
And now for the announcement. I have decided to do a little podcasting. I tried podcasting several years ago and I did not like it at all. Not only was I disgusted by my own voice but it just did not feel right. I am a writer, not a public speaker or voice actor. I have never been trained as a voice actor so I am not very good. I felt like I was diminishing my writing by opening my mouth.
Going against my better judgment, I have decided to play with it one more time. I really should stop limiting myself and do new things even if I’m not good at it. So I plan on doing around five podcasts during August. I will then decide whether to never do it again or continue doing it on an occasional basis.
I am unable to embed the podcasts into a post here on the never-to-be-named M platform but I can provide a link to bring them up. My first attempt was simply horrible and quickly got deleted. I was simply getting the hang of the new podcast platform over at my Substack newsletter. I gave it another try by simply reciting a poem. It was better but still had some auditory difficulties.
The third time was the charm. It’s not exactly pretty but I got all the bugs out and am okay with people listening to it. It’s only about five minutes long and if anyone wants to listen to it you can by clicking this link: Our Creative Journey.
I would love some feedback and advice and if you are so moved to leave some you can do so in the comment section below the podcast. I’d love to know if you think I should give it up or do more.
By the way, the poem I recited can also be found at Heart Connection. (Some of you may have read it here before.)
Well yesterday I did not publish a single thing. What a way to start the month, right? But it felt great. It was nice to spend most of the day out in the so-called ‘real non-cyber world.’ Anyway, I hereby wish everyone a mind-blowingly fantastic August. And thanks for reading.
Oh, and happy International Friendship Day.
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