June 20, 2005

  • Out here on the road, things are always strange. The exhilaration I usually feel isn't here this time, for various reasons. There are some profoundly wonderful moments, some difficult and painful ones, and a constant struggle to figure out what happens next. Been meeting friends and family too long absent, hearing news of triumph over adversity, descent into imprisonment, and passing from here to there to There. We're mostly just letting it wash over us, since our attempts to shoehorn things into plans have proven largely unsuccessful. But even without any of the rest of it, it's so nice to feel the cold air and the fog, see and hike the hills, smell the ocean which has been so very far away for too long.


    Take care
    -J-

Comments (12)

  • Thanks for the good report, Justin. Very gratifying to know. Que será, será.

  • I always feel out-of-it when I'm away and can't smell the ocean.

  • great to hear from you! we dont talk as much as we used to, but i wanted to tell you how much your insight into life has helped me the past few years. take care!

    love, mike

  • the joy of life is a paradox all too familiar.
    -B

  • I've done my research & made sure he's not a serial killer or anything like that.  I have yet to meet someone from another country, but I do believe that would be an interesting & worthwhile experience.

    Thank you for the kind comment.

    -Keri

  • One thing I have got to do before I settle down and get a job and have a family, it take a mega road trip. Go all around the country and just drive, drive, drive. Hmm, I should probably learn to drive first, yes? Ah well, when I do learn, I play on road tripping Your description just makes me more anxious to do it.

  • $4.12 a gallon? Remind me to never complain about gas prices again. That's just horrific. Hope you're enjoying your trip...

  • The smell of the ocean is a medicine that cannot be put in a pill..it is the reality of life

  • For me the idea of a road trip is a cruel dream - easy to fulfill, hard to accomodate. I long for the open road, no agenda and a tankful of gas. For the moment, though, professional, financial and domestic responsibilities take precedence. But one day, hopefully soon, I want to take my fiancee and just go. East first, then south, then west.

  • hey! thanks for the awesome comment! i think i love it so much because at no point were you (like many people did) trying tell me i was wrong, but i have to say that you did a very good job at proving where my logic failed. Ironic, because i think you describing how we couldn't completly understand each other made me think you took the time to try understand me more then alot of people do. and that means alot to me! I hope your dad is doing well and everything else is your life for that matter, and that i hear from you soon! Thanks again!- Diana

  • I'll be on the road this Wednesday to see Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson.  It's only 100 miles, but it'll be nice nonetheless.  Take care!

  • Wow. You really have a way with words- clearly stating something without over stating it-

    I am behind as far as the daily ongoings of your life. I will have to jog back a few entries! You are traveling obviously. Always good to clear a head- or fill it! (Usually it is both in my case!)

    Seeing family and friends does so much good for us doesn't it? It almost seems to remove me from the reality of my current stress of my more recent life and return me to my roots and or an old familiar security that I think the child in me craves.

    Life's journey is certainly a winding road through some terrain! It's definately not a trek through Kansas (the flatest place I have ever been in my life!)

    Someone told me the other day to be gentle with myself- perhaps I could pass that on to you as well...

    :o ) 

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