....Ending to a long day

I skated almost 2 miles one way, and on my way back it began raining, not hard, just softly. I was wearing glasses," I need those little windshield wipers that the crabs on Mustang Island have to wipe their eyes," I remember thinking, as I skated faster and faster to get back to my car, chilling a bit as the rain quickened.

I hadn't brought my camera, I thought it would just be a winter scene, no golden leaves, but I was wrong. The trail, of course, did have some leaves littering it, and they were slickery devils to skate on, but high up in poplar trees standing in rows on barren branches, perched birds that looked like some unfallen leaves, stuck there. They were singing, and it was all so beautiful. I was reminded that beauty was everywhere, if you just go out and immerse yourself in it. Surely it is in other places, too, I reckoned, other than the Pacific NW!

I drove from there to the local bakery for rosemary onion bread and curry, and went to see Kimmie.

Diane was back, too. Diane shared her pictures, and she looked so great, just everything about her was beautiful!

Kim and I are collaborating on a few cd's for Crissmiss. I have a selection of classical, she is getting a selection of Crissmis music together, I am supplying the photos for the jewel cases, and she is doing the graphics.

I love collaborating, what a gift that is, in itself. All in all, it was a nice, peaceful day. A day I would share with any of my friends living world wide, and I think of all of you, and wish we could be together again.

Life is such a mix of bittersweet, old memories flood in, and it is so strange sometimes to realize that we are only seperated by time, from being what we were then. I always think of Dickie this time of year, since she died 2 years ago around Thanksgiving, and of course, I think of many many people around the holidays that are no longer here in this life with me anymore. Spending Thanksgiving with Doris and Don, and they are now gone.

Missing you all so much, and the ways you enriched my life!

Oh time, if only I could harness you!