I am on the brink of moving again and meditating on what to pack and what to toss out. What to do with my most prized possession?
My glorious hammock; it was originally a hot brown, with whipped cream colored pillows that lace to poles stretching it to a welcoming rectangle, a chocolate bathtub, in which to heave oneself and contemplate the meaning of life while nuzzling the sweet warm breezes.
The tropics are hard on a fabric, even one as robust as woven rope. After a full year splayed under a fire-eating sun the color has faded, even the cream pillows are blotchy and pocked with mashed sugar ants. However, the greatest damage was inflicted by the iguana who inhabits the sweet almond tree.
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Christina, I have heard it said that you do not own your possessions; instead your possessions own you.
I am also moving. Have grown tired of the landlubber life and buying a sailboat. Getting rid of everything and feel a new found freedom that I ‘ve been searching for.
Sorry that I never got to meet you while living in Key West.
Good luck wherever you go. Look forward to keeping up with your wonderful stories. You have a great touch for describing things in a different way. You always brighten my day.
Hey Christina…I just moved for the first time in many a year. Wishing you success in what you seek!
I actually picked up and moved out of Santa Fe to decidedly chillier Taos. My reason is for a new, full-time job (in a library of course!)…
I was scared shitless to trust myself to do everything right but I seem to be surviving.
Key West and iguanas sound a lot more intriguing to me than another winter in northern New Mexico but there it is..
Do write more. Your prose keeps me warm..;-)
evere tried iguana with garlic, parsley and white wine?
Bravo!! Brilliant insight into the wretched mind ofthose evil lizards!! I have just returned to Florida after living in the Virgin Islands for 2 years..A four footer recently landed on the stomach/cleavage of an unsuspecting bikini clad friend visiting from Nashville…I laughed till I cried but needless to say the poor girl is emotionally scarred for life…adopt a mongoose and live an iguana free life!!
Thanks for the story…you made my day!!…R
Bravo!! Brilliant insight into the mind of the wretched mind of those evil lizards!! I have just returned to Florida after living in the Virgin Islands for 2 years..A four footer recently landed on the stomach/cleavage of an unsuspecting bikini clad friend visiting from Nashville…I laughed till I cried but needless to say the poor girl is emotionally scarred for life…adopt a mongoose and live an iguana free life!!
Thanks for the story…you made my day!!…R
How I love your descriptions! “For terrain mode he styles himself in lime green”…brilliant! I could read your musing all day. Wish I didn’t have to wait 6 days between postings. When will your next book be in print?! Hurry!
But do bring the iguana, it would be heartless to leave him after you’ve become so intimate…