It was in fact the iconic Sigmund Freud who said that unresolved issues in the unconscious will tend to ‘pop’ up again unexpectedly until they are addressed.(Well, maybe he didn’t say ‘pop’ but you know what I mean.) Things come back around, Even when they feel like they were safely out of the way. Even when a dramatically broken foot and a subsequent case of nursing induced covid knocks them out of commission for 43 days. They come back. I came back. I guess there’s a little more left for me to do. And while ‘repressed’ might not be the perfect word to describe me, oppressed certainly does.
RETURN OF THE OPPRESSED.
Did I learn anything in my time away? Yes Bob Kobres and Rusty Cohn are a fantastic team of helpers and did an amazing job. Thank you both very very much. That Doctors are perfectly confident about doing things that hurt you if they believe it will make you better. That a reduction’ isn’t a friendy word when it comes to broken bones. That Skilled Nursing isn’t all that skilled. And the world is getting better at noticing that beavers matter starting with the festival in San Luis Obispo and
marching towards the festival next month at Carleton university in Minnesota. And the news that a Bay Nature Article on beavers is FINALLY headed for the magazine in the fall.
Things and my bones are slowly lining up.
Thank you for your patience as I try to navigate my way back into the saddle again. Everything is harder than I remember, but I’m doing my best a little at a time. I think we should celebrate my return with a very fun otter and beaver video from my first beaver teacher, Bob Arnebeck from New York. There is nothing about this video that doesn’t make me smile. I wonder if you can spot why.
