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jimc Here I set with 1500 acres as a back yard, 300 acres as a right side yard, 100 acres as a left side yard, and 40 acres as a front yard and I am finally at peace. The only signs of life are a hawk and an eagle that have majestically flown over. The only melodic sounds that penetrate my heavenly bliss are that of birds, and a babbling brook. I find myself finally able to focus on only those who truly love me and am forgetting those who have hurt me or have forgotten me yet again. I have to wonder what took me so long to return to such a peaceful paradise. The only remorseful thought that has managed to encroach upon this utopian bliss that has welcomed me and lovingly embraced me as a mother would her new born suckling child, is that this will only last for three more days. Then I will have to return to the realities of the world, and face my tormentors yet again. Maybe this time, I’ll be able to do it with the strength, determination, and dignity I once had. 030614
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girl_jane I walked with my mother and two dogs to the creek and back this evening-about a mile and a half total. Walking down the gravel road, I could see the town two miles away...I don't think I'll be able to do anything like that in the city.

We didn't say a whole lot-mostly just listened to our feet on the rocky, sandy road, the crickets in the ditches, and the dogs panting.

When we did talk it was about how a lot of people think Iowa is boring-bland-plain...While it isn't bustling with human activity-it is amazing. So much life...so much green

We got to the creek, one of the dogs went down to get a drink, then we started home.

Where else can you walk down the middle of the road without worry?

The sun was setting behind our place-so the sky radiated pinks and oranges and reds...all blue and purples behind us.

I've been here for three years. I leave in the fall.

I'll be back to visit...

This is my home. I don't think I'll ever truly be a city-girl.
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