The water is in the air everywhere today.
I am reminded of the latter half of my vacation.
After several mountain and wilderness adventures in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, I drove to my favorite place to be, Lake Champlain. I looked forward to relaxing within some familiar shelter. I would make a fire, stare at the waves, paddle the canoe in the sunlight and beneath the stars, write, and read, read, read. The latter was my first mission: I intended to read all of my web logs from the previous year, that is, since I've moved back from San Francisco to New York. In fact, I read the previous 14 months of web logs, including my month in Oakland when I made the decision to come back.
Anyway, I got some sunshine and stars, but it mostly rained the five days I was there. I got to know myself much better in that solitude. I'm pleased with much of the writing that made its way onto this page, and I see there has been much improvement through time, which is always necessary. Obviously, when you create something new so frequently, it's very difficult to be as creative, interesting and high quality every time. Then again, if I really didn't like something, I would have changed it. As for you, the audience, I don't know what you've liked, so I'll just keep expressing what's inside me and around me. Overall, though, I'm thankful for my experiences in the city, the people I've met from around the world, the inspiration and the income this place has provided me.
I enjoyed walking to get food in my raincoat earlier today, but am much happier to watch the rain from indoors tonight, though I miss the simple sounds of water on the roof.
I am reminded of the latter half of my vacation.
After several mountain and wilderness adventures in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, I drove to my favorite place to be, Lake Champlain. I looked forward to relaxing within some familiar shelter. I would make a fire, stare at the waves, paddle the canoe in the sunlight and beneath the stars, write, and read, read, read. The latter was my first mission: I intended to read all of my web logs from the previous year, that is, since I've moved back from San Francisco to New York. In fact, I read the previous 14 months of web logs, including my month in Oakland when I made the decision to come back.
Anyway, I got some sunshine and stars, but it mostly rained the five days I was there. I got to know myself much better in that solitude. I'm pleased with much of the writing that made its way onto this page, and I see there has been much improvement through time, which is always necessary. Obviously, when you create something new so frequently, it's very difficult to be as creative, interesting and high quality every time. Then again, if I really didn't like something, I would have changed it. As for you, the audience, I don't know what you've liked, so I'll just keep expressing what's inside me and around me. Overall, though, I'm thankful for my experiences in the city, the people I've met from around the world, the inspiration and the income this place has provided me.
I enjoyed walking to get food in my raincoat earlier today, but am much happier to watch the rain from indoors tonight, though I miss the simple sounds of water on the roof.
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