Blue Mountain Rambles: January 2008

Yearning.

The feeling is slowly returning to my tongue after the last part of my root canal was finished today. I am taking a break from my homework: a narrative essay. I have chosen the topic of India. I have so many stories stored up in my memory of this lovely place, waiting to be released. When I close my eyes I see nothing but color. Colors of saris, of kumkum piled high in the bazaars. The smell of the trains, the mountains, the deserts and the oceans. It fills me with desire to return, to hop on a plane and be there tomorrow in that exotic and amazing place. There are so many adventures still waiting for me there.
But I shall have to wait. To be content, for now, with my memories, still vast and vibrant in my mind. I will write them down on paper and be carried there in thought, as the cool, grey North Carolina day stares at me through the window . Yes I shall have to wait...for now.

Cleansing.

I sit serenely at my desk this beautiful Sunday morning sipping my Deep Detox tea. My body is ready for a cleanse and I am trying to honor it. I shall forgo alcohol, tobacco, drugs, caffeine, white flour, processed sugar and meat for the next two weeks. If I said this was not about weight loss I'd be lying, but I'm ready to feel cleansed as well. So, wish me luck as I purify my body whilst serving the masses their coveted coffee, beer, bacon and biscuits!

Winter.

It's the second week of snow in good ol' A-ville. It reminds me of when it would snow in Portland: the whole city shuts down, the schools close and everyone from New England and Minnesota tells us what pussies we are. My dentist canceled my root canal and then called me back in after they were SURE that it wasn't icy. The roads don't have a speck of ice on them and yet all the businesses are closed.
Hey, at least it's pretty.