I feel so very blessed to be taking this little trip. Mr. Moon and I travel well together and being together every minute of the day turns out to be a delight instead of a problem.
We laugh so much when we travel. God knows that Helen, Georgia gave us plenty to laugh about.
And sometimes you just HAVE to laugh.
Anyway, we're about to head on out again. I love our time in the car. I've been reading The Yearling out loud and the writing is so fine, the sense of place so strong, the characters so beautifully fleshed out that I feel we are living with the Baxters and the Forresters as we travel down the highways, as we ride along the back roads and through the small towns.
And they are good traveling companions too, those people of the Florida scrub and the critters who live with them and around them.
One more night out and then we'll be home. Where my people live, where my critters roam.
I feel blessed.
Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI love when the laughing hurts.
Now I want to read The Yearling again.
do you not love when the characters come to life and reside in your thoughts and heart...even when the reading stops??
ReplyDeleteas you reside in mine...with all your warmth, your love, your vibrant sultriness.
travel safe and ring out with more road warrior laughter. goodness knows it is necessary and good for every landscape.
xoxoxoxoxxo,
rebecca
So glad your and Mr. Moon are having a delightful get-a-way! I would enjoy your reading out loud I bet!
ReplyDeleteMy sixth grade math teacher read us The Yearling when we were supposed to be learning who knows what. Those were definitely my favorite math classes.
ReplyDeleteLovely :) I want to have a road trip.
ReplyDeleteBut I don't know how you read in the car. That would give me a pukey headache.
What I would do to be in that car, hearing that lovely story.
ReplyDeleteOh, "The Yearling" made me cry for days! Maybe I need to check it out again for the very reasons you state. I wonder if I could take it? Maybe if someone read it to me...
ReplyDeleteon a roadtrip!
Go right over to Social Circle and eat at the Blue Willow Inn. No need to thank me. Your tummies will be in heaven.
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