8.21.2007

Driving.

"Be honest. And if you realize you are not being honest, be honest about not being honest... Be vulnerable. And if you're not being vulnerable, be vulnerable about not being vulnerable."
-James Finely


I have a hard time being honest about what I am feeling. So I'm going to be honest about that. I don't tell people how I feel while I'm feeling it, which is just a way of avoiding the scary emotion. But I know I do that.

Today, I left Flagstaff. I thought that on my eight hour drive home I might get some things straight in my mind. Not quite...but I did see some pretty flowers.

Before I left, I went to say good-bye to the garden. Here are my last pictures of the (this) garden.

I'm not quite sure how it is that I came to be so attached to this pumpkin, but here it is!

The garden! Look at that pumpkin vine taking over everything!

My garden feast for the road. That, Village Baker bread, and a new mix CD makes a long car ride bearable.

Seven hours later and about 30 miles from home I realized why I love the southwest...

And now I am home. It is good and comfortable.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

I was going to call you on your ride yesterday, but alas, work ran later than I though. And I took it home. Darn me. But I hope you had a safe trip back to NM and I wish you the best in the next leg of your journey. How long until the big move? I promise to call you one of these days to really talk. No school involved.

I love you.

nick said...

Glad you made it back OK! I'll try to continue the garden photography tradition for the rest of the harvest. Peace

tamie marie said...

Yay for James Finley. Yay for the pumpkin and the garden. Yay for honesty... emotions are so hard. I know.

tamie marie said...

p.s. I love love love that last picture of the sky. Yep, that's the beautiful southwest we know.