The Beast and Human Inner Beauty - oh, yes, and Acupuncture

Dear Friends and Patients,
in this case the Beast was the devastating storm we endured last week in Western MA.
It was such a freak event - last day of October - what happened? This, I experienced never before in my life in the US. Red and Yellow autumn leaves on top of the snow ?
Something is wrong in this picture.
We lost power - heat and light and sadly, many beautiful trees fell and broke - endless power lines collapsed under the weight of the heavy wet snow. We all re-encountered stillness - no media - no phone - no TV.
No distraction - if you wanted music you had to sing and play.
On Monday Nov 1st, we just had to surrender and not do anything other than staying just "warm enough".
On Tuesday I remembered how more than 25 years ago I had treated people in my house - not out in my lovely office; - so we kept the fire stoked and I saw one person after the other in front of the wood stove.
On Wednesday and Thursday we became even bolder. Throughout the nights I stoked the fire every two hours to bring two rooms to a comfortable, cozy temperature - you need to be warm for acupuncture otherwise your body contracts in the cold and the Chi can't flow....
Office manager, Kate, got into it - The kitchen table and an old fashioned corded telephone became her office and we managed a full, busy and at once intimate day in my kitchen, sitting room and piano room/library. I loved the proximity of the tea kettle.....
At last, at the end of a long Thursday at work, the lights came back on.
I want thank you all for coming to my home - it was good for all and this different, sweet style of a more whispering kind of "community acupuncture" was a lovely reminder to all of us of our ability to make do and be joyous all the same time, while savoring the pleasures of community and friendship. I hope for more space and silence - it really did feel good - it is up to us to make room for it. We could feel our nervous systems settling
Verena, Kate and Kellie