This is the view from the balcony on the house where we are staying. Not too bad, eh? The camp is just a short walk away and it is a beautiful camp. Stone buildings and a little lake and a lot of history which I don't completely grasp but names like Einstein, John Cage, and others were mentioned. It was not always a boys camp, I take it, but built as an experimental gathering place for thinkers.
Or something like that. I feel certain that you could truly think the Big Thoughts there.
Anyway, it's all beautiful. Behind the house there is a field of horses grazing and more violets in one place than I've ever seen in my life. And the house has room for our whole family and they'll be coming up tomorrow night. There's a big, fine kitchen, a laundry room, three bathrooms, and a dining room table which comfortably seats fourteen.
Fourteen!
And a piano.
And windows everywhere giving vision to the glory which is outside.
Lis and I are having a quiet morning. I made us a little breakfast and she's studying her cookbooks and making a list for the grocery store. She is not sure whether she is going to bake the cake in the great, industrial camp kitchen or here in this cozy one with the view of the hills all around us. I know what she wants to do but the realities of the situation may get in the way and when I say "realities" I mean my family because chaos is going to ensue once they all arrive.
Anyway, all will unfold as it will and we are both tempered by the views and the air and we discuss our anxieties and stress and wish we had DRUGS like Ativan but we do not and so we shall soldier on, god love us and she must, for here we are.
There is a tire swing outside which Owen is going to love. And a pond for him and Mr. Moon to fish in and this morning I not only heard a rooster and many, many song birds but also turkeys and last night I woke up around two and went outside and the stars were close enough to send kisses to if not to actually brush onto their cold, distant lips with my own warm ones.
I am throwing you kisses too.
Much love...Ms. Moon
Ohhhhhhhh, it looks magical. The air seems so clean. What's the temp?
ReplyDeleteHave a peaceful, productive day!
It all sounds so magical!
ReplyDeletefamily and a wonderful place to hold them all. who could ask for more?
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, wow - that is beautiful. I just know you are going to have a week of a lifetime.
ReplyDeleteAnd secondly - damn woman you can write. Honest to goodness if I were trying to write this post it would come out something like "it's pretty here... the house is big" I am not shitting you. Your writing continues to be an special part of my days.
I am very grateful for this experience of peeking into your life this way. As I read your beautiful and strikingly honest writings I feel a fluttering of spirit stirring deeply within myself, for somewhere in there is a writer and certainly an Artist and perhaps a Musician. You talked about family, and chaos, and we know it will be like that. It is never pure joy but as we know love endures. The pure Joy is in the telling, I can feel that. They say the family you are born into is not always your real family, yet I do feel that the blessings of your creativity are somehow connected to mine, perhaps because somewhere down the line, the stuff all came from the same seed….enjoy your beautiful spot Ms. Moon
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Sounds spectacular! I have friends who have a camp near Brevard. Hmmmmm. I wonder?
ReplyDeleteNot Black Mountain somehow, is it? I hear that was an experimental place for experimental people, or something? I also fail to grasp.
ReplyDeleteWe are having such glorious weather here I can smell the happiness.
Much love back to you.
All so beautiful. How great this will be.
ReplyDeletethose are the kinds of mountains that make me homesick for my teeny-tiny hometown in NW mass, what a beautiful and breathtaking place to have a wedding!
ReplyDeletemay the cake baking be easy-peasy and may the humidity stay down so everything rises nice!
xxalainaxx
Looks like a great place to be. That is such a pretty area. But I have to have the coast!
ReplyDeleteWhat an incredible view! Who needs Ativan with a view like that?! And violets, to boot!
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