Honey

"I don't care for fancy things, or to take part in the freshest waves."

Along the banks of the river lie
a boy and girl side by side
they watch the lost seagulls fly
inside the rolling pearly sky
along the floodplains the cars drive
in and out of their line of sight
the grass sweeps above them, high
his face is cosmic, blithe

a peaceful place, with the waters high
a boy and girl there do lie

Dear Valentines Day,
I loved that you visited, can you come back soon?




Over the summer I went to Nature Camp as I planned to from the December of last year. It's a tradition that I broke once, but I was so glad to be back that I realized how important it was to go. This summer I didn't expect anything to happen, sure class, bees, rock slides and whirlpools, yes. Boys, no. I got in the first day and signed up for a hike after I unpacked. It was Table Rock. Me, Larry, Madison and Anthony were all in the back. The whole group stayed together the rest of camp. I stayed with Anthony.

Into the second week there was a massive rain shower that lasted half the day. In the mountains the climate is almost a jungle, the rainstorms feel like they will drench you past the protective layer of your skin and if you stand under the roofs at camp it is easy to receive a free, if chilly shower. After one of these torrential downpours the sky finally broke into pink right after dinner. I immediately hauled Anthony to the Office to hunt down counselors for a hike.I had a feeling that there were still low hanging clouds that would drift into the valley. We endured the schleming jokes as they signed us up for the hike. Our hike was small, but we still traveled to First Lookout with the smell of ozone permeating the air like the evening chill that drifts in the mountains.

At the summit we stood and looked out onto one of the most achingly beautiful sunsets I have ever seen. Hand in hand we sat at the bottom ledge feasting upon sherbet skies. If there is a God I feel like that sunset would have been his ultimate work. In front of us McClung mountain rolled up and stretched its ridge along. Sweeping along the valley from the left were slow rolling soft ice gray clouds that drifted slowly out into the warmer air of the lowlands were the rays were pulled into bands, hitting the clouds and erupting into a shiny blaze of pastel pinks, salmons, orange rind, low slung lavender and pearly peach. I can only compare the colors to the mass of Oriental Lilies that grow along our garden and how their colors differ but all grow from a radial point. There is nothing to actually compare it to. That sunset is one of the only sunsets that I can remember distinct aspects of. And I have seen sixteen years of sunsets.

We sat there talking of all the coastal sunsets we had seen and how almost none of them amounted to how beautiful this one was until the sun sank halfway into the rolling Earth. It was pulsing orange now, pulling a purple blanket down across the sky but working in pinpricks of white clouds. Getting up slowly we stared at the sky until we were urged to go back. I'm so glad it was him that I shared it with.

When we arrived back in camp we tried to convey just what we had seen up at Lookout, but evening ceremony had already started and the music drowned out our descriptions. I think then we turned to each other and smiled.

"Honey you are the sea on which I float"

List #2

List maker: February Peace Makers,
How to make peace with yourself after the snowfall..

Listomania!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhhzV5Xv9Tw

1. Find yourself someone to snuggle with!
Do it, do it now before it is too late. You have officially two more days before infinite loneliness begins. Go grab the hobos and the single brooders in the coffee shops, I'm sure they want some love.

2. Physical Activity!
Nothing makes you more attractive than when you are all toned with lovely calves from skiing/running/sledding/jumproping schmexiness. Plus you have to go work out all that cabin fever. Find yourself a shower and a bear rug after a hard day of movement. It is good food for the soul.

3. Chai Lattes and Books, lots and lots o' Books.
I put this one in for myself. Chai chai chai chai.

4. Music!!
There is nothing more satisfying than blowing out the speakers in your car....um. HOUSE MUSIC.
Wave your arms around wildly! Do it!

5. Shaving your legs.
Again, this one was put in for my amusement.

6. Winter Olympics
Makes you feel inferior, but is so entertaining.

7. SNUGGLING
gosh.