Tuesday, 08 January 2008

  • Looks like it is time for my annual post...

    ...it sure seems that way.

    Anyhow...

    Well, we bought that house I blogged about last April.  And we love it.  We really love living there, but I will be honest and say that it was a bit of a transition.  For those of you who know the Denver, CO area, I used to live in a community called Highlands Ranch.  For the uninitiated, it is White Suburban Hell and it looks like a city Walt Disney himself would be proud of.  Not a thing out of place and not a speck of rubbish on the ground.  It appears to be practically perfect in every way.  Only, my idea of beauty is not homogenized perfection.  I am much more drawn to the beauty of the broken, and even though I love Disneyland, I don't want to live there.  So after several years, I decided to get off Mr. Toad's Wild Ride and head just a bit north to South Denver.  The community I now live in is more diverse, more eccentric, more honest, less perfect and entirely more suited to my broken little self.

    I have done lots of gardening and I plan to do far more in 2008.  There is something about getting my hands dirty and wet that I just love.  It is very nourishing to my spirit.  And hopefully by mid to late spring, it will be nourishing to my body as well. 

    What else is new?  Hmm.  Not that anyone reads this anymore.  I suppose I am really writing this for myself.  It is a sort of place marker or stone alter (reference to an old post about making soap.)  It allows me to, in another year, see where I was and where I've gone.  This year is bound to bring with it many suprises.  It already has in the form of my long lost brother and the prospect of being involved with my mother's side of the family again.  Who knows what will come of it, but time will tell, and so will I.  Eventually.

    So I wish you (and me) a meaningful 2008.  I cannot wish for a hurt free year.  I cannot wish for a trouble free year.  I cannot wish for a pain free year.  These things are as inevitable as the sunrise and sunset.  But I do wish for a meaningful, thoughtful and well lived year for both you and me.  Take care and I'll be seeing you.

    ~turney~

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