Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Returned

I have returned from vacation. I am a little tanner in the way that I become, which is to say not much. I have returned, a little bit rested, which is to say that I am rested from not thinking much about this life that I lead in this place, and exhausted from intensely being someplace else.
I have returned from the land of water and cold and hot and family -- a place that is written within me in ways I'm still discovering, and in ways that amaze me. How can I remember such intricate details of my past simply by driving on a road, hearing a bottle-rocket, seeing a fawn, stepping over mud, peeing in the woods?

5 comments:

Hot Cup Lutheran said...

isn't it amazing how God uses all our senses... even unconsciously sometimes. ahh... the things that make us who we are. welcome back!

LoieJ said...

Cold and hot is right, as I know, being in the same area.

Jennifer/The Word Cellar said...

Hi, Pink Shoes. I just stopped by to say thanks for the shoe advice over at my blog. Bernie Mev is a new one to me, but it looks there are some cute styles!

Mary Beth said...

Glad you had some time away!

LadyBurg said...

It is amazing how a few smells, sights, places, and actions can take us back to another time and place. I cherish those moments. They are too few.