Today Will Be A High Wind Day and Interactions With Eric Edmeades & Old Friends

I'm going to try to get all of my errands completed before noon today, and I also have an 11:00 am Zoom call, so it's going to be a condensed morning filled with this and that, here and there. We have high wind warnings in effect starting at 3:00 pm and continuing for 12 hours. High winds with gusts of 60 mph or more can cause havoc with tree branches and junk carried along by the winds. It's trash day, so the bins will be at the curb. Fortunately my trash collectors usually have mine picked up by noon. My next door neighbor, however, often won't have his picked up until late afternoon. I can already visualize his trash strewn across his yard and maybe some into my own. 

I first met Eric Edmeades through his WildFit food program, 
which uses the seasons and the six human hungers (among 
other things) to allow a person to gain control of their food 
intake, understand nutrition and the needs of the body, and 
generally give the body what it needs for healthy living. 
It worked for me - I haven't felt this good in decades and 
I'm keeping the weight off very comfortably. 

I'm taking a five-day Zoom course guided by Eric Edmeades called "Limiting Beliefs". It's a course designed to help you recognize and knock down the barriers you've created around yourself during the course of your life. It's excellent, as all of his courses are; one of a two-pack of new courses he is releasing over the next few months. They always leave me with a great deal to think about, and they push me to recognize the boxes I've built around myself and how to move them out of my way. I'd love to be home for today's live Zoom today instead of catching it on replay. I caught most of yesterday's at the shop, but Monday's I had to watch later. 

I'm sorry about the noise in the photo. Eric doesn't have 
an official splash screen for "Limiting Beliefs" yet. We're 
the first class, and it's not an "official" part of his roster 
yet, but will be within the next year. So far I'm pretty 
impressed with the course. It's making me think about 
beliefs I've held since I was a child and how those 
beliefs have influenced my interaction with the larger world. 

It's bee lovely to get some holiday cards from people I haven't heard from for a while. I got cards from my overseas friends Hans Meevis and Iris Schmidt on Monday. Iris loves reindeer, so there are always some reindeer on every card she sends. I used to do Beta reading for her Tolkien-based stories, we grew to be good friends during those days. I don't perform that task for her any more, but we're still in touch over the Holidays and it's always lovely to hear from her. 

Hans is an amazingly talented jeweler, as you can 
see in one of his creations here. I've been fortunate 
to know him on-line for many years now, and his 
skill just gets better and better. 

Hans is another overseas friend whom I've never met in person. He's an extremely talented jeweler, based in the Netherlands. When I first came across him, he was in the Caribbean, then he moved to Germany for a few years, and finally returned to his home base in Eygelshoven, The Netherlands. I love hearing from old friends and acquaintances over the holiday season, it's what makes things bright and happy for me. 

When Hans is not making jewelry, he's making Steampunk
Dinosaur weapons and fantastic futuristic scenarios from 
copper and bronze. Here is one of his T-Rex dinosaurs  
ready to set out on a campaign. The sculptures are large, 
upwards of six inches or more, depending on the dino 
design. For a jeweler, that's huge. The weapons all 
work, and the dino can actually move across the 
landscape. Such a creative mind, my friend Hans has. 
It's an honor to be a friend of his. 

I'm going to plug in some photos, get this posted, and maybe catch up on a few other things before I have to head out to the swimming pool. Have a wonderful and excellent Wednesday and, if I don't blow away to Oz, I'll be back tomorrow.