east west

by and by they come

item #1: and we're back in business. virginia was overwhelmingly the same as it has always been. almost as if i can go there and relive any experience of the past twenty five years. the air was just as sweet, the dialect was the way i remembered, the general attitude was startling....

item #2: so saddam hussein was executed. this is just very strange - he's been such a basic part of our existence since 1992 - almost as odd as pluto not being considered a planet anymore. it happened so quickly, considering. before things were even over, if they ever will be.

item #2a: when i was in hungary, i spoke with a north american woman that said she was continually surprised to find that she was living behind the iron curtain. her entire youth and early adulthood had been spent with eastern european countries being forbidden during the cold war, and then - twenty years later - there she is, making a living in one of those closed countries. i wonder if it'll be that way with iraq.

item #3: the sun is out today + it's a three day weekend + i'm going to see pink martini with macy tonight = good.

item #4: i miss the swing in front of our house. we'd sit and sit and sit in that thing, to the point of making ourselves sick from dizziness and conversation. a few weeks ago, there was an intense wind storm, and a large branch from the tree came loose and fell vertically - landed right in the spot where we'd swing. almost as if God took a 12-foot long wooden dagger and threw it on down - close call....

item #5: i don't really know what to say about 2006. in general, it was a hard year - thank goodness we emerged from it whole and complete. i think we're on the upswing, and have been for a while now. it was a long time coming. thank you thank you thank you for promises fulfilled.

item #6: in 2007 i'd like to start russian classes again, go to italy/slovenia, quit caffeine, be less high-strung, finish anna karenina (that's 5 years in the making), not be as envious, listen more, write more letters, give more presents, pray more often, take more photographs, be more patient, eat sushi off of a conveyor belt, see crater lake, ride a train, learn how to identify clouds better, spend more time with Peter, write more often, and wear a hat with confidence.

posted by jessica @ 12:31 PM