Ebb and Flow of List Life

    Ebb and Flow of List Life by Swampy
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      The den is like the oceans tide...it ebbs and flows....most times it is calm as the sea on a sunny summer day....and in an instant it can turn to churning crashing waves, with the sand being sucked back into the bowels of the ocean, only to be spit back out again....

      Here we long ago decided just because we are women, doesn't mean we have to be nice...we can speak our truth....we can howl our bone songs......we can gnash our teeth and foam at the mouth in anger...and then there is the occasional time we can be down right nasty....and with a warning....we are told....your words are too harsh...we do not tell anyone NOT to speak...just tone it down...or explain better what you are trying to convey.

      There are different occasions that we ebb and flow....say there has been an exchange of words and growls...each speaks their thoughts...sometimes we enter into the foray...or some of us choose to stay out of it...I personally try to stay out of it..unless someone is going towards another's throat.......Now...when this happens...the growling and word tossing....newer wolves stay quiet...some probably scratch their butts and wonder what in the hell have I gotten into....so they draw back behind the Cypress tree and watch...thinking about running...but usually staying, and silently watch until the coast is clear...\

      After one of these throw downs..that do not happen often..but when they do they can be intense...we usually bring out some laughter...silly crap...just to lighten the air....some wolves pull out the air refresher and spray it all over...we get silly...and send in frivolous posts....

      Another example...after a Wolf Con....sometimes the den stays quiet while the wolf sisters are prancing in the woods...sometimes we just talk about nothing....we let our minds just wander...which is so easy for this aging wolf........now what was I saying..oh oh.....after Wolf Cons... sometimes when the wild women return...they are quiet for a bit on list...processing their time away...or mulling over how horrible this one snores...and that one stays up too late and makes too much noise....anyway maybe they will bring that to the den...newer wolves can not relate to what is being said as they have not gone to a Wolf Con.'WHICH EVERYONE NEEDS TO DO AT LEAST ONCE IN THEIR TIME IN THE DEN "...OOPS I do get carried away...and when the growls calm...again some of us send in posts that are just to lighten up the heavy air in the den...

      And then there are the Bone Songs..we show our scars on our naked bodies...and each wolf will howl for the pain their pack mate has gone through...posts will fly...they will be long...un-cut....words will tumble out...words we have kept hidden in our soul..not trusting anyone to hear them...we all circle and protect that sister, until her screams have calmed and her salty tears have stopped...here is the time when you will be pulled so deep into the pack, it will make you ache from head to toe...

      And like the sea after the storm....the tide will calmly come in and out...with gentle laps...as we do when one has released their hidden pain....we get chatty and silly....we "Lighten the air...

      So if you are new...and the posts you are receiving seem mundane...just you wait...their will out of the blue come a bone song...or a thought....or a question...or an article...that will get this pack to howling and the mail flowing and heads to shaking....tails to wagging...ears will be perked up....slobber will be everywhere.....as each of us gives our thoughts on the subject.

      Mundane...meaty...silly.....sad....hurtful..this is what the den mail is made of......