TurquoiseB wrote: > I took a long, ambling walk with my friend's > dogs down the beach. And with each step my smile > widened, and my step lightened, and more of my > inner slumbering selves woke up. > So, you took a long, ambling walk with your friend's dog down the beach, with a silly grin on your face.
> It's a nice place, here. If you can Be Here, and Now, > that is. > Sounds like you really want to be back here with us, in the States - you keep sending messages to Judy. Why can't you give her up - she's way out of your league, Bro. Just Be over there and enjoy. Ask for a cervesa at the local bar. May you remain thirsty, My Friend. > Sun down, work over > the dogs and I walk > barepaw on the beach > and watch > the half moon > rise > > And from somewhere > out at sea > we hear the sound > of cosmic chillout music > carried on the wind > > Rhythm section provided > by pounding surf > and the white noise drone > of waves > caressing the shore > > Over which > sirens > are singing > softly > > Odysseus unbound > I listen to their song > and walk home > to write this > for Penelope > > > I think I'm going to like living in Sitges. Yeah, I have > technically been here for some time, but I really haven't > had the ability until tonight to really Be Here. I've had > to balance the moving to a new country and a new lifestyle > and...well...a new life with 60-70 hour workweeks. I'm > still living out of suitcases and boxes. Suffice it to > say that this is not my usual way of moving to a new > place. I'm an occultist -- whenever I move to a new place, > and a new life, I usually have my new house impeccable, > in a Castandean sense, within a week or so. > > But nooooooo. Not here. Work intervened. So here I sit > tonight in a lovely apartment with a lovely garden, > chilling out as the sirens urged me to do, but within > an apartment decorated in a style once described aptly > by Architectural Digest as Early Cardboard Box. > > But tonight my long, grueling tech writing project is > put to bed, and (so far) sleeping peacefully. I can relax. > > And so, I am. I took a long, ambling walk with my friend's > dogs down the beach. And with each step my smile widened, > and my step lightened, and more of my inner slumbering > selves woke up. > > It's a nice place, here. If you can Be Here, and Now, > that is. > > I think I'm going to like living in Sitges. >
