::came::to::see: December 2011

Hey y'all!

So there has been about a month or so of absence from the blog. It figures on my part. I'm not one for updating people on my whereabouts or knowing where I am, much less blogging and talking about it online. Maybe its time for face-book or just keeping up on the blog.

Just to make you all feel better, I think of you all the time. To the point of having fake conversations, thinking of all the things that I would say to you if you were here. That goes for many of you -even people I hardly know..or just know by acquaintance. So, I know that I have to pick up the phone more, and keep in touch more. I will and do try, but I will try harder. So, until then, this blog will do. I am also joining a letter writing group at the IPRC here in Portland. Once I get those all important things like a mailing address etc. I will be writing more letters and sending out more poems.

So, we are now in Portland trying to figure out where to go/when to stay.

The rest of the posts will be a mixture of re-cap/pictures of what we did in the last month.

Enjoy!


Camping at Palo Alto, the second biggest canyon besides the Grand one in Arizona.

We had the camp-ground/canyon to ourselves most of the time.

When I was going through some tough shifts waitressing this summer, the canyons were the special place I would go in my mind. See, I have never been to the desert before this time. So, when I was trapped in a restaurant, with an aching head and knees...I would imagine me on a mountain in the desert. Peaceful and aware of my surroundings and thoughts, it was my place of all possible growth and tranquility.

I was finally able to climb the canyons and wake up to the cleansing dessert wind and bright oranges, reds. It feels good to know that I took that place in my head and made it a reality. Even though it was only for a bit, I got to sit on a canyon and be peaceful. It felt really f-ing good to be there.

-mary