People, places and things

This has been a year of transition. In keeping with the theme of change, we have changed houses, purchasing a modest home in a quiet little canyon where the coastal mountains transition to the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains. Here, bears and mountain lions still roam (I have yet to see either in person). We are excited to make this new place ours but, as with all change, it's a struggle to stretch ourselves in ways we are unaccustomed. But, we can still learn and adapt and it's probably good for us.

In this process, I have taken a break from art. I look at my work and see I need to transition some things out to make way for something new. I don't know yet what the new is. That is the constant mystery of life, seeing all the potential but not knowing for sure where life will lead. But life always leads somewhere and we get the lessons we need the most, it seems.

Thanksgiving is this week. It will certainly be a time to remember that life brings us people, places and things. Some we deserve, the rest, well that's the mystery isn't it? Maybe it's grace or karma or fate or luck. I wouldn't know, since the move, I still haven't found the shampoo.