And breathe...
The beauty of this place is unimaginable. I have now moved into a house that sits on the top of a hill surrounded by waving fields of wild oats. There are bluebirds. There are blue bellies. There are deer, coyotes, turkeys, quail you name it. I am officially in the wild.
Two changes that are really standing out:
1) the noise. In the bay area, I had been living near the intersection of two major freeways. Up here I cannot even hear a freeway. It is so quiet, except for the birds, the horses across the street, the occasional woofy dog and the wind. Exceptionally peaceful.
2) the darkness. Ok, I too invested some time in checking out the Camelopardalids meteor shower last week. There is zero light pollution up here. Zero. To the point where if you turn off the lights before the moon rise, you cannot see your hand in front of your face. So I thought... Perfect! I'll turn out all the lights, dash outside and check out the sky. It was a little disconcerting being outside unprotected in the true darkness, and super amazing when I finally saw a huge meteor scream across the sky. But not so amazing when two minutes later a bat flew right by my head. And thus ended the meteor portion of the evening!
Can a place, can physically changing your location, fundamentally alter the way you think? I tell you, my ideas for new art are already surging up here. And my energy to get back to doing some tech is really revving as well. Between the two, I think I'm finding my balance. Feels damn good.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Friday, May 9, 2014
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
The Home Stretch
Houston, we are at T minus 8 days and counting!
The house is about half packed up now, thanks to the extra help from my dear daughter and her beau. We've made good progress, and if we can continue on with 3-4 boxes each day it will all be packed up when the movers come.
I confess that I am experiencing 24-hour-a-day-technicolor-daydreams about my new life now. The new house, the nearby vineyards just waiting to be photographed, the new jewelry classes, the new people I'll meet. The ocean!! So excited! I'm absolutely ready to jump into those new shoes.
The last time I moved out of the bay area, the year was 1987. Yes seriously! Early on I was married and divorced to a very kind man. Just not the right kind man. After an agreeable divorce I moved to Santa Barbara to decompress and jump start my life.
Oh, I was SO happy there! But, as they say, San Luis Obispo is the new Santa Barbara!
This time around I'm leaving behind a much more seriously toxic divorce-from-hell as it lurches madly towards the finish line. Turns out he wasn't a very nice man, after all. But I have to compartmentalize all that negative stuff. Squash it into a little tiny file and close that virtual drawer. Time to get on with my life.
Soon I'll be hundreds of miles away, with my heart full of hope and new promise. Soon I'll be running around in the field, frolicking amongst the deer, the quail and the almond trees. Just the thought of that makes me smile : )
The house is about half packed up now, thanks to the extra help from my dear daughter and her beau. We've made good progress, and if we can continue on with 3-4 boxes each day it will all be packed up when the movers come.
I confess that I am experiencing 24-hour-a-day-technicolor-daydreams about my new life now. The new house, the nearby vineyards just waiting to be photographed, the new jewelry classes, the new people I'll meet. The ocean!! So excited! I'm absolutely ready to jump into those new shoes.
The last time I moved out of the bay area, the year was 1987. Yes seriously! Early on I was married and divorced to a very kind man. Just not the right kind man. After an agreeable divorce I moved to Santa Barbara to decompress and jump start my life.
Oh, I was SO happy there! But, as they say, San Luis Obispo is the new Santa Barbara!
This time around I'm leaving behind a much more seriously toxic divorce-from-hell as it lurches madly towards the finish line. Turns out he wasn't a very nice man, after all. But I have to compartmentalize all that negative stuff. Squash it into a little tiny file and close that virtual drawer. Time to get on with my life.
Soon I'll be hundreds of miles away, with my heart full of hope and new promise. Soon I'll be running around in the field, frolicking amongst the deer, the quail and the almond trees. Just the thought of that makes me smile : )
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