21 April 2020
Damn it is cold for this point in April. Weather forecasts are saying we may get a dusting of snow this night. Damn. Wind has been coming up in strong bursts from the west all day. When it catches you, the chill penetrates into your bones. No howling sounds or shaking lawn furniture right this moment, all that happened this afternoon.
Just got back from a walk in the golden light of this early evening. As I walked, I listened to a playlist of songs I had heard recently. An eclectic mix. Was listening to a song I don’t hear often by the 400 Unit and I have to say I really do like Jason Isbell’s lyrics. Watching the day fade and the evening come on, I was just blissed out by the clarity of the blue skies and the warmth of the sun on a big tree by the park.
64 years may have flown by since I was born, but I still find joy in the little things of everyday existence. There was an old country song with some words about finding gold in the sunlight and silver in the surface of a big still lake. Yeah, I am kind of like that. When I walk the trees and the flowers, the sunlight and the clouds, they make me feel so very good. In those moments I am out and about I am loosed from the concerns of this world.
Retiring from day to day struggles at my workplace has been a real blessing. Oddly I am only noticing this now, but the pandemic and social distancing kind of demanded my mind’s focus for a bit. Still, once I figured out how we would make all our payments and got into a daily routine I feel so much lighter, yeah lighter. Tricky trying to describe this feeling of weightless existence.
[Interruption here, cat has demanded to have her ears scratched and her belly rubbed].
Well I will leave you with a photo of me against the blue sky, a photo of a tree in its golden glory and a song that you probably have never heard. May you sleep in peace tonight. As I try and do every time I create a post I will leave you with a song you probably don't know. But I promise you it will be pretty.
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