I TAKE MYSELF WITH ME

Many moons ago an olde womon told me that no matter where we go we will always take our selves with us, first time i heard that one i said to myself wow tis amazing how the obvious often times seems so hidden. I now realize what is meant by that statement,no matter where i go, who i see who sees me,how i see what i see tis i who is there, me ,the me the me, sometimes i see clearly, sometimes not so clearly, however tis still me the me.While on vacation i saw a lotta me and a little of me, i saw me in so many other wimmin, and then i saw so little of me in other wimmin,but it all came back to me the me. The three divides where there and everywhere, many of us acted as though we could not see them but we did, many of us decided there were no three divides where we were but there was, many of us decided that we did not know what was being spoken about but we did. The 3M's reared their heads on every occasion they could, and they were dealt with in a varied mash of ways.-LESBIAN HOUSE DINING- in-wimmin-only-space is really not a new idea nor is it one just recently discovered, it simply a matter of visibility or in other words how she shows herself and when,and perhaps why. Could you imagine some one getting into an argument over a peach, a plum, an apple, a leaf of lettuce, a chicken breast, a lobster claw, a pig ear,a cow behind, a fish head,a dog, a cat, a bird, a glass of beer, a glass of wine, a glass of whiskey,a glass o milk, a glass of lemonade, a glass of tea, a glass of water, a box of salt, a box of pepper, a dollar,a car, a house, a dress, a pair of pants, a pair of shoes, a hat, a set of long nails the ones on and off the end of hands, a nose, a color, a place be that place a country or a chair? whats the point? there is none. I have noted that it is impossible to be rid of the 3divides, the 3M's, what i have noted is, i and each one of us who decide must constantly and persistently daily and moment to moment work on helping to effectively demise the negative effects of the 3M's. How we do it, when and where we do it is extremely important especially if we want the effects to become a regular part of daily life. The effects of Meat,Men and Money have to be constantly examine by wimmin and especially us lesbian wimmin because if for no other reason but our perceived effects on ourselves and those we love. Many of us who have had many experiences in wimmin-only space know that explaining the effects of this space is really inexplicable, yet we feel the need to explain,the same is so when we have experience the effects of being in a (LHD-in-wimmin-only-space) where there is an conscious decision to focus on lesbian/wimmin in wimmin-only space,where there is a conscious decision to demise the effects of the 3M's MEAT,MEN,MONEY. This is not always a pleasant space, but i like to think that it is a space based in love, love for each other and love for others, realizing that we all have to see if we can live in some form of harmony even if we don't really know what that means. I had another occasion to be in a (LHD-in-wimmin-only-space),while on vacation and the same concerns we have had to deal with here and still do were very apparent where i was, with the same attention drawn to the effects of the 3M's on each and every womon. I have argued over a pigs ear,a chickens breast,a cows rump and now a lettuce leaf and a glass of water. I feel very disappointed in myself right now, not so much in myself, but in my behavior over a lettuce leaf and a glass of water, would i do it again? I have to give thought to that.