(originally written as a facebook note, i hope to write more on this weekend soon.)
you could think of these as the series of updates i might've posted, if i'd been online.
or not ;)P
wonderfully cool weather with sunshine. sweet mildness and people watching while serenely waiting for a ride from the airport.
great to see my cousin, kristin, and get a taste of her mundane life--which is the most exquisite way to interact with someone, really. went grocery shopping, said hello to her boys, met her cats, swung in the porch swing, walked through gardens (then the sun was hot). . .but not necessarily in that order, lol.
sweet evening coolness with windows open. watched a sketchy movie, wonderful experience of getting every other word (due to technical difficulties, ha ha ha ha).
great to be joined by two more cousins, sisters rachel & sarah, then off to enjoy the drive through napa valley to indian springs spa. oh. my. goodness. heaven on earth! swimming in naturally warmed mineral water pool, then a salt scrub/body polish with massage--all with these amazingly wonderful smells--then quietness by the "buddha pool." "phenomenologically outstanding" doesn't touch it.
indian springs spa is so sublimely sweet (again, words fail). http://www.indianspringscalistoga.com/spa/
then delicious window seat in a lovely cafe eating homemade pasta and drinking smoky wine. yum!
oh and sunday! sunday--enjoyed some sweet solitude as drove to visit the gnostic sanctuary. http://www.gnosticsanctuary.org/ all tucked away, seeking part of finding it, beautiful colors, beautiful space, beautiful intoxicating scents. bishop rosamonde miller is amazing, with energies that my mouth is unable to describe. brought to tears just arriving, just being there and during the Eucharist. the most profound ritual i've ever experienced, hands down. then delicious conversation over a yummy lunch--SO very grateful--thank you!!!
completed the circle on the drive back. more sweet cousin visitings in cool weather. not much sleep.
they sell emergenC packets at the airport! yes, this may just be a world i can live in ;)
then sweating the minute the plane lands in austin, lol! it's freakin hot here!!! suddenly i've lost what li'l acclimation i had to this weather and miss northern california like it was my home.
i will be back :)
