Made It

Dear Reader,

The long road has finally taken us to mecca, in the form of PORTLAND! The trip was a long, meditative journey of reconstitution and new hope. We are still unpacking and unpacking and...you get the idea.

And as Ben calls our new abode, "a great headquarters for a year." He's right. It's roomy, two floors and called a townhouse or duplex. So, while it's not a separate home, it is not a ticky-tacky type monotonous "institutional-looking" unit. Surrounded not by dust and big-box stores, not to mention horrible unmentionable crawly things.

Having said that, (Curb fans out there?), this is a funky homestead with off-beat homes and buildings of assorted eclecticism .... a tonic to my miasma. No longer dehydrated and bereft, my brain is regenerating as I hear sounds of humanity all around. Children playing, friendly neighbors being neighborly, walkable streets filled with the sweet crisp fall air.

No rain, just sun and cool, cool jacket weather. No cactus, no coyotes eating bunnies, all is unfolding as it should. L'chaim everyone!!!!!!