Friday 6 December 2013

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it's been most heartening to read the comments on the previous post
as well as those over on my FarceBook page
[for those who haven't yet dipped a toe into the water, you have until December 13 to do so]
all of which encourage me to keep poking at the keypad
in the hope that words will form and flock together

i managed to create order from chaos +
restrain my belongings sufficiently to allow them passage on a plane
leaving Portland behind
where i had enjoyed not only the precious gift of time
[you'll find some of the results here, beautifully documented by my friend Christi]
but also enjoyed a life very different to the one i lead at home
where everything other than the post office is at least 30 minutes away by car
which encompassed
walking to the store to buy food
having frequent dinners with friends [and cooking for them at mine]
and wandering Portland on foot [fabulous bridges and more of them than you can point a forked stick at]

and now
via two blissful nights in San Francisco
[you really appreciate a queen sized bed when you have slept for six weeks in a single where your feet hang over the end]

i wandered to a favourite hill
found a heart in my pocket [thank you Sandra]


and hung it on a tree
[the one in the middle of the first photo]


a little later i wrote a poem about it
other people have left hearts not far away too


and my friend r tells me that Tony Bennett
was in SF just last week
eating [but not singing] at his favourite restaurant
that's ok
i sang it for myself.
and another one for the heart.

i gathered leaves
at a place where i know i will always find them


wandered down to Aquatic Park
had a quiet talk with some stones i know there


and left them to the incoming tide


yesterday morning i reluctantly gathered my bits again
picked up a rental car
and motored northwards

on the way i met a man
tall, sturdy, silent type.



i liked his kitbag
[that nice boy over at Whipping+Post makes a similar one]

i stopped at a railway line
to collect dogspikes for the class





made a silly self pawtrait
and kept on going
until i reached the ocean

i have arrived in Fort Bragg for the ultimate class of the year
[please see definition '1' here if confused by that pronouncement]
slept encircled by redwoods
where i am now consuming a most excellent breakfast

a salad of organically grown mixed leaves
smoked wild caught salmon
chopped green onions
a tomato
a handful of pepitas
dressed with greek yoghurt
salt
hot sauce

washed down with black coffee

and now it's time to go to work!






9 comments:

  1. Oh how I love this post. I miss you in person so it is so nice to keep up with you here.

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  2. encouraging and funny reading on a day in Danmark with heavy storm called "BODIL" are going on we all have to stay in door, i have not wish i should happen again , the red flower from euca are in lunkwarm water waiting to bee wrapt in silk . Your work and Christis picture are fantastic thank you , self potrait well done !!

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  3. Lovely post. Thanks for sharing with all of us.

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  4. Sounds bliss I like the kit bag too :)

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  5. wonderful post. feel so lucky to share your adventures vicariously. Have a fun class and safe travels home.

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  6. Blessings on your visit there~

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  7. A truly fine travel story
    but
    what I most want to know is
    what app[s] did you use to create that way-cool selfpawtrait???

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  8. Such a lovely and transporting post. I found myself in SF for a bit there...remembering my own last visit so vividly. And then I ended up on my own blog post...via Sandra. A bit surreal that. Many thanks for the link.

    Wishing you a magical last workshop. (I know your students will feel that way!)

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  9. And did you find any dog spikes? Happy travels and safe home!

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