May 3, 2018. Yesterday afternoon I ventured out in weather that could not quite rain but refused to calm down … I had one of those moments of recall that brought me home to write down the memories. Searching through files, I found photos from 2017 of the same place, on a similar overcast day – which I’ve coupled with a closer view of the prickly poppies prevalent this time of the year. I go back once a year or so, preferably in the Spring. My aunt’s house is long gone, but the road remains pretty much the same – near Cheapside, 20 miles out from Cuero TX.
My memories are of the year I lived in the country with my aunt, who worked in town and got home a good 2 hours after the school bus dropped me at the front gate. I spent those 2 hours daily walking the country road, solo except for cows off in the pasture. I was in the 8th grade, a pivotal year, and I owe so much to those walks! One day in particular, the wind nearly knocked me down, but I charged into it rather than go inside to be “safe”.
Great photos and poetry, Jazz! I too spent a lot of time at my Aunt’s house, with nature, when i was in grade school. Safe and indoors is not for me! 🙂
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And solitude is a vastly under-appreciated gift!
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memory
like a breeze
lifts me
takes me back
as I embrace it
thankful for all
it holds and
all it meant
then
now
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That’s beautiful! Now I can ponder the true trigger of my aha moment – air currents or memory currents. They all got swept together. I am indeed thankful for all it meant then and now.
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🙂 We never know what will trigger a memory.
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One moment overlapping another – as if linear time has no relevance. Lovely, as always.
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Thanks, VJ … definitely a sense of being “back then” right now.
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So glad the wind blew in a little nostalgia for you! Such special memories!
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Thank you!
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What a beautiful poem to celebrate something as mundane as the weather. You have some wonderful memories. Love the picture, too!
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Thank you, Laurie. Weather can be quite the catalyst for stirring thoughts.
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Great post
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Thank you, RUPALGARG.
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You have transported me into the moment, into your moment. Lovely, I enjoyed it very much!
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Thank you, Diana.
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The pleasure is mine Jazz!
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