Monday, May 08, 2006

"Your life is your art,
your own creation
constantly in the making.
You are designing it
moment by moment....."
Opra,
quoted from "O"

The photo at the left is me reclining on a Victorian chaise in the
Oceanic Hotel on Star Island . With a balloon hat on. And a huge smile.

This is what coming home looks like.


It was taken on the first day of our annual summer retreat at the opening cocktail party in the verrry formal Victorian parlor. A professional clown is a regular part of the group and he was busily making funny balloon hats for everyone. Silly icebreaker. This was the most organized part of the week.

Time on Star has wonderful positive effects because there are:
  • No automobiles.
  • No news in papers, radio or TV.
  • No telephones, cell or otherwise.
  • No streetlights.
  • No ambulances. No fire trucks or police cruisers.

  • What is there, you ask? Well. There is time. To be. Quiet. Thoughtful. Reflective. Dreamy. There are wide old-fashioned porches with lots and lots of New England rockers: the grandest place for reading. Or napping. Or chatting. There is hiking and walking and taking dips in the ice-y Atlantic. There are exquisite sunrises and sunsets.

    One can do; but it is not de rigeur.

    So a softening begins. One feels it (and it can be seen by others) in the face muscles.

    A sweet letting go of STUFF. Day by day. Ahhhhhhh.

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