to a moonlit September beach
crab traps, fishing poles and the little compartments of a tackle box
to wildflower-strewn hillsides in W. Virginia
toasting marshmallows on a stick and waiting for the whippoorwills to call
to the smooth path of a wake behind the boat
night walks with Luka, the warm lights of other people’s lives as we pass outside
to the first breath of salty air coming home over the bridge
the enchanted fairy-tale scent of beach plum in the dunes
to the places and people that don’t change
the rumbling happy tone of your voice
to lingering can’t-say-goodbye sunsets
the echoes of footsteps, no words between us
to winnowing snipe, pasture horses and more ticks than I’ve had on me in my life in N. Dakota
the stars and darkness gathered all around us, mixed with the sound of the ocean
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Where does your mind wander to?
This is a simply wonderful post, Laura. My mind immediately went in several directions- the children, the new garden, the screech owls nesting in the tree out back, my husband flying home this minute from a business trip- whoa! So, to slow things down, I read where YOUR mind goes…and the bits and pieces of your life that I know about-Luka, your trip to Florida, birds…thank you for these minutes!
Actually I am not always too sure of where it has gone. But so far it always comes back!
A great post, Laura,
My mind drifts off to the trails in the woods,
the last place I saw a butterfly,
the best place to see dragonflies,
mountaintops,
back to my days in Oklahoma, where I know the redbud and dogwood trees are blooming now,
and
into to the unknown future of our retirement.
That is only a part of it, I do tend to wander a lot.
Very nice! My mind wanders in the fields and forest of my childhood and back to Idaho. It flies on the wings of the birds and lands on a remote lake. It settles in a sea of serenity and warms in a baking desert!
So many beautiful places, with wonderful friends alongside me… to ping-pong ball “eggs” and Cape May beaches and California mountains and Texas sunsets….