This morning in yoga I remembered a dream fragment from earlier this week:
I am observing Frida Kahlo. Or a Mexican artist of similar creative sensibility. This woman has her own beautiful house, separate from her husband. It’s full of dynamic, energetic artwork.
Frida lived in a modern, blue house and Diego Rivera lived in the larger, white house next door.
I was shopping at a nursery yesterday. A small humming bird flew in and started sucking nectar from the trumpet-shaped orange blossoms on the table in front of me. It made me think of the “Invocation” sculpture in Paradise Valley with its double hummingbird headdress. When I was researching hummingbirds, I found that Hummingbird leads all the dancers in the Ghost Shirt religion. The Caddo tribe is the only nation that still performs the dance. In September I am going to the Peace Valley Sanctuary, which is in Caddo Gap, Arkansas.
(Wednesday, July 22, 2015)
I drew the Lovers card, reversed, in my morning meditation on Wednesday and felt it had to do with Chris.
When I got home from work, Chris ran over to Davanni’s to get a calzone for himself. I was busy on my computer, finishing up a freelance design job for my friend Suchi, when I looked out the front door. Lola was frozen in a posture I have never seen before. She seemed fearful yet did not run away, which is her usual M.O., but instead focused her gaze intently on the front stairs.
I opened the door and walked outside. Lola didn’t move or look in my direction. I took a few steps and saw Chris lying on the stone stairs, his head covered in blood. I called 911. When the ambulance arrived, they took him to Methodist for a CT scan and some stitches.
I followed in my car. When I got to the hospital, they directed me to room 17, which is the exact room I was in on Wednesday, July 8. On Tuesday, July 7, I had another fainting spell with abdominal pain. My doctor thought I was experiencing cardiac arrest, so I had multiple tests the next day at Methodist, the outcome of which was a clean bill of health. Chris’ CT scan was normal as well.
