Today's blog is very simple. We drove home after traveling north to the mountains, snow, tall forests, and the remnants of winter. How refreshing it was to see the mountains in Vermont once more where I used to ski. Four or five inches of snow fell over night while we were there and we sat inside talking and singing, drinking wine and champagne and eating well cooked meals - hanging out with friends of over thirty years. Friends with whom our children grew up and with whom company is easeful and healing. We have all settled in our elder years in different areas of the northeast so coming together once a year is a necessary and joyful ritual that keeps us grounded in all that we have known and done in our lives and in our own wellness and health even as the body begins to fail and we each face our own challenges.
But as my husband always says "guests like fish stink after three days" and we wanted to be home to the comfort of our own bed and the beginning of the work week. As we traveled we drove through farmlands and forests glazed with ice from the rains that fell after the snows. The more southward we drove the more the temperature rose so that it was a rainy spring once again when we reached our house four hours later.
How sweet it is to take a road trip and come back home to what you know and love.
I only wish it was as easy for many in this world and I send loving thoughts for safe haven for those who are far from home.
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