One doesn't have much time to ponder profound things while having fun traveling, visiting with delightful friends, drinking good Black Russians and wines, and eating great food! Anyway, our little PriusC is zipping nicely along, and we are basically relaxing.
The exciting thing is that Dennis and I have been accepted as the next tenants of the house in Cotacachi, Ecuador. We've sent the security deposit, and the house has been removed from the internet. Dennis and I are both Cancers, so a place to be at "home" is important .... doesn't matter if it's a shack or a mansion. At least we know that we can fly to Quito, get to Cotacachi, and get a taxi to take us to our house! Then we will get out our Waterford glasses for our Black Russians/Gin & Tonic, put a couple of Jan Fell's superb bird miniatures out (including the lovely Ecuadorian Rufous Crested Coquette [hummer] she painted for us as a going-away/retirement gift), get out the olive oil for a salad, and sit and toast our Adventure! Maybe build a little fire in one of the two in the house, and contemplate the two volcanoes which will be part of our view. What fun!
We are off to Davis CA tomorrow to see an old friend of 47 years; I want to stop in Big Sur to see the Camaldolese monastery (trust monks to build in a fabulous location!).
It seems to me that the whole World is in a state of decline and disintegration. [Democracy Today says this morning that Iraq has already disuntegrated; not surprised; I thought that would happen when George Bush started this debacle 11 years ago.] I suspect that this will be the case for a few decades, and that we had better adjust to it. Meanwhile, of course, doing our best to create kindness and friendship around us as we can. Seems to me like an appropriate thing for someone my age to be about. It's up to the Millenials to try and shape their World. One of "them" said recently that we Boomers really screwed it up, buying into the worship of Mammon (they didn't use that term), making it all about money and possessions, etc. I tend to agree; why we did that I have to ponder. In part I think it has to do with the fact that faith/religion lost it's soul and became just a club to curry to peoples' prejudices, fears, etc. (At the moment I'm just being cranky; but I will settle down to do more reading on this whole thing.)
Do you like to listen to music that you have stored on your iPad or whatever? Dennis and I do as we set out a picnic on some quiet country road. Answer?: consider purchasing the BOSE Soundlink mini ! (No, I don't get a commission.) The sound, like all BOSE things, is superb! And it's all wireless .... so the country air can be filled with glorious Beethoven, no plugs needed, and the clink of wineglasses!
Cheers!
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