How can I love you if I don't go away?
10/07/08 12:17
This week I moved back to
Massachusetts after 12 years in Philadelphia. My cell phone doesn't
work and the only internet is at the public library so I am a
little disconnected but I am occasionally reachable by email at
treemaker9@yahoo.com and occasionally by cell at 267-688-3694. On
one level the change seems to be helping already. Philly looms
lovely in the rearview mirror and I can suddenly and clearly see
and appreciate everyone who helped Bill and I this last terrible
and difficult year. Everyone has been very kind. But my friends
Katerina, Ralph, and Flash are deserving of awards for their help
in emptying 6812 McCallum this spring. From March to July we
tossed, schlepped, donated, boxed, and distributed glasses,
clothes, books, medical equipment, records, and furniture. We gave
everything away except for the two opened cans of pet food, a bag
of compost, and a small metal trash can that we lost track of in
the middle of the final morning. Inscrutable gifts for the new
owners to decode...I miss my garden, the oaks, my friend and
neighbors, canine and human, but I don't miss the endless cleaning
while the house was on the market. I think my energy and focus are
starting to return. Today I followed a monarch butterfly around and
wondered where my camera was packed. I look forward to working
again.
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