Amazed At Earth
Thu ,29/10/2009Last night, I went out to dinner in Midland, to my favorite Chinese restaurant, Pi’s. My last day of work was October 23rd, and another coworker I had worked with had recently been laid off as well. She was moving back down to Houston, and we were having a dinner to send her off.
I left for dinner from my house, and got in my car, and began the long drive to Midland. For most of this drive I took River Road, instead of Midland Road, as I wanted a more scenic view. River Road, appropriately enough, runs alongside the Tittabawassee River, and goes right through the outlying reaches of a little town called Freeland. The town where I grew up.
For some reason, driving through there last night, I was feeling really good. The scenery was incredible, as the sun was setting. There are a lot of bare trees now, but where once they were orange, or red or yellow, now the ground is this color. The fields are harvested. There are great expanses of bare earth, and it was humming. It was feeling really good. I made some sort of connection to the land, or it made one with me. But it felt like being a kid again. Everything felt familiar.
The past two days I’ve found myself amazed at earth. Though yes, I’m amazed at our planet as well, that’s not exactly what I’m talking about. Earth. Soil. Dirt. The surface of the planet. Specifically, its ability to just… absorb.
I was amazed yesterday, while visiting with my neighbor, at what has happened behind his garage. We had both broke up a lot of concrete around our homes, and he put the pieces behind his garage to keep the weeds down. What’s amazing to me is how the stones have sank into the ground these past two years, so that now, there’s almost a little pathway running behind his garage. I’ve noticed my brick pile I had laid out has sank down one whole layer of bricks. This lay is far enough into the ground that it’s starting to get covered up. The stones I had put out into my driveway to keep the mud down (dirt driveway), have all sank quite a bit as well. I went to the grocery store today and noticed some parking curbs were off the pavement, and onto the dirt. They had sank about halfway down.
I feel like I’m being shown something. For now, I’m going to sit with my thoughts, though I’d welcome any of yours.
Saturday I’m scheduled to write for Lyon at The Wandering Hearth. I can’t even begin to express how honored I am to have been asked, or how special this is for me. I’ll be joined that weekend by two other guest bloggers, Bella Foxglove from Wanderings of a Wondering Mind, and Jupiter Greenmoone of Carnelian Chronicles.
All for now, have a good morning.