So we talked. I said what I needed to say. We were gentle and gracious with each other for a day of planning and figuring-out. 40-some hours later Dear Husband dropped me at the airport on his way back to FL to finish buttoning up the boat for a season of inattention (sailboats aren't fast enough to go out in hurricane season, so we don't ( Read more... )

... and I'm a-gonna make it home tonight ( Read more... )

It's late; I'm tired. We arrived in Marathon Thursday night, out to the boats Friday morning, a day of unloading (from the car to the dinghy, from the dinghy to Orion... then from the car to the dinghy, from the dinghy to Second Summit... then from the grocery store to the car, from the car to the dinghy, from the dinghy to Orion... ). Lunch at one ( Read more... )

My work as a study subject is going well.

-- Consciously contacting my various friends among Deity and Divinity first thing in the morning feels lovely, and it's interesting to see that different ones come forward on successive days. Guardians, Sacred Fire, God Hirself ... so far.

-- Moving first thing in the morning is educational -- did I really ( Read more... )

Tonight we finally started the 'usual' arrival-in-Florida activities -- load all the clothing and other personal gear into Orion; restock the perishables in the larder; load all the tools and parts into Second Summit. The car is nearly empty for the first time in ten days ( Read more... )

Hoping everyone has had a marvelous Solstice -- we did, very quietly. A walk on the beach (79 degrees F), wings and three-layer dip with a beautiful dark Mexican beer. Maybe tomorrow one or both of us may attend a local UU Congregation's Solstice ritual, or maybe not ( Read more... )

All packed. If we were younger we would leave tonight, but neither of us really feels like driving into the dark anymore ... at least, not until we're away from deer country and out on the interstate. I thought I'd be packing until late, but actually I've done everything I need to do except finish the laundry, until the Final List -- the things I ( Read more... )