Adventures at Rasa Ranch #96

[Guest guest]

12/14/02 "Power Outage"

 

Tonight our power went out. We decided to sit in front of the

woodstove and tell stories for a while and because Ananda's are so

frequently all about the same Ananda themes (crystals, rainbows,

colorful jewels and sparkles), we thought it might be more

interesting for her dad and me if we shared the story by each taking

turns telling one line at a time. So here we had a man walking deep

inside a cave and it was very, very dark and he got a little scared

so he reached into his pocket, found his flashlight, turned it on and

what did he see? "The biggest cwystal he ever saw in his yife!!" Jim

and I laughed hard and loud but Ananda got mad and we had to stop.

 

Then we took a drive around to see who had lights and who didn't.

Most everybody didn't, but the little market at a neighboring

spiritual community had its generator purring and we went in to pick

up a couple cans of our favorite free-range chicken noodle soup.

What a joke! We'd totally forgotten that everyone who lives there is

a strict vegetarian.

 

When we got back home, everything Ananda wanted to do required power.

Even taking a bath needed the help of the water pump. She started to

get quite frustrated until I said to her, "Look, honey, if you keep

on wanting what you don't have, you will be unhappy. Why don't you

try wanting what you do have?" She was quiet for some time after

that. In fact we forgot about it. But then she came over to us

saying, "I want to have a nice night and I want to have yuv." "All

right!" we both sang out and we cuddled her like crazy on the couch.

Then we got some snacks and munched and sat around the radio singing

Christmas songs by candlelight. It was great.

[Guest guest]

Dear Kheyala:

 

You wrote:

 

When we got back home, everything Ananda wanted to do required power.

Even taking a bath needed the help of the water pump. She started to

get quite frustrated until I said to her, "Look, honey, if you keep

on wanting what you don't have, you will be unhappy. Why don't you

try wanting what you do have?" She was quiet for some time after

that. In fact we forgot about it. But then she came over to us

saying, "I want to have a nice night and I want to have yuv." "All

right!" we both sang out and we cuddled her like crazy on the couch.

Then we got some snacks and munched and sat around the radio singing

Christmas songs by candlelight. It was great.

 

Silent night...Holy night...

All is calm...All is bright

 

Love,

 

 

Joyce

 

 

 

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