We pay so much money for all the therapy in the autism space. Here is something that is completely and absolutely FREE. The best part is, no one can gatekeep and deny its access for you or decide you are "not a good-fit."
It's AWE. Awe is beneficial to the mind and the body. And you don't have to travel far on an expensive vacation to experience awe. It's all around you - that blade of grass, that tall building you walk beneath, images from the James Webb telescope, our BFF God (forever, gonna outlast us all), or even that tiny ant on the ground.
Let's make use of and benefit from this
FREE, ACCESSIBLE & BENEFICIAL RESOURCE of AWE
by engaging in small moments of AWE everyday.
Another round of snow today. Just a light snowfall like a constant drizzle of rain all day. Had to go to college anyway. Had to walk from the parking lot to class and then move from one building to next for the next class. It was gloomy at 4pm and quite cold at 36 F.
Severe Thunderstorm warning.... 60 mph wind gusts. Half Dollar size Hail... 1.25 inch. Damage to Vehicle is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Today it's both in Nashville. Tornado Watch as well as Flood Advisory due to severe thunderstorms. We escaped the tornado but I still remember the last one.
The sky grows dark and ominous
As storm clouds gather near
The air is thick with tension
As we brace ourselves in fear
The lightning flashes brightly
As the thunder starts to roll
The wind begins to howl
As the rain starts to pour
But it's the tornado to fear most
A swirling, deadly force
That tears across the landscape
Leaving destruction in its course
We huddle in our shelters
As the winds rage outside
Praying for the storm to pass
As we try to hide
But when it's over and we emerge
We see the damage that's been done
The twisted metal and broken homes
Lives forever undone
Yet even as we mourn
And pick up the pieces of our lives
We know that we'll face the storm again
For it's a part of nature's strife.
Snow covered foliage for few days with snowfall on Dec 23 and then again on Dec 26. Though the snow had started to melt, housebound as roads were still slick with black ice from melting snow. Finally able to venture out.
I can't even begin to imagine places like Buffalo, NY which are still heavily snow-bound.
Snow gone but the deer are still here.
Snowfall in the darkness of night
Green grass out of sight in morning light
A blanket of winter white on the ground.
Leafless snow laden trees, a background
Undeterred deer saunter around
Munching twigs quite nonchalantly
Baby deer hunker on the ground... to keep warm
Brown fur contrasts on the white ground.
A winter's delight for the eyes.
But when it hardens and turns to black ice
Beware, for it can be a dangerous drive.
Housebound for 3 days...Winter break, so ok.
Dear Vanderbilt Students,
In Tornado country
Tornadoes twist and turn
Nature's fury unleashed
A dance of destruction
As homes and lives are breached
They roar across the land
Leaving a path of despair
In their wake, broken dreams
And a sense of overwhelming fear
But even as they devastate
They also have a strange allure
A force of nature's power
That we can't help but endure
So we watch with awe and fear
As tornadoes touch the ground
A reminder of the forces
That constantly swirl around
We can only stand in wonder
At their raw and primal might
And hope that we are spared
Their destructive flight
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Today was very unnerving experience for sure.
Emergency Tornado Alert.
(a humorous skit on the backyard deer seen in from my Nashville home)
How Two Mischievous Deer and a Fawn took over a backyard!
One sunny afternoon, two majestic deer with large antlers, Antler McDeerface and Staggy McStagface, stepped out of the woods to grub on some clover grass in somebody's backyard.
Well I've officially moved to Nashville, Tennessee. First words that comes to mind - Green and wildlife.
So far seen adult deer with antlers, without antlers, and fawns all in my backyard and front yard. Lots of turkey including baby turkeys, a few birds including cardinals. bluebirds and blackbirds. The baby deer did a happy dance on the lawn after the rains and ran back and forth on the lawn playing. Its hot (kinda) but also rains quite a bit so everything turns green. Towering tall trees. Going for early morning hikes at Percy Warner Park near by.
So far.... nice....
A sharp jolt at 9:44am, the whole house shook. Too sharp to miss. 2.8 magnitude. Epi-center in El Cerrito, which is the next city.
Scenic hike with fellow Calbear David Teplitz this morning.
You always come across interesting artwork at Albany Bulb.
