dirt and shifty-eyed travelers

Do you ever feel like you lose yourself then at some given monumental point, or at least a point that becomes significant, you realize, oh there I am or was anyway. And suddenly it all makes sense; you're capable of knowing and conquering and conceiving and perceiving and retaining and remaining and fulfilling and indulging and discovering and pondering and meandering
--nowhere particular but definitely with a peculiar power.

I like those days. Those bursts of emotion and of passion and zeal; a rebirth of sorts. A bit of me senses that today. It is cloudy on a summer's day. The money is low and the heart a bit ragged from the storms of late, and yet somehow this invigorating sweep of umph blows through changing my course of direction.


I just got back into the states last night. We spent nearly a week in Canada, my first out of the country experience. Aside from the $, the metric system, and the occasional northern "eh", the significant culture shock was totally absent. We stayed mostly in hostels, some complete with dirt and shifty-eyed travelers, but mostly with adventure seekers and stories to be heard. If I can remember to not blur my days, I think we spent time in Vancouver (BC), Victoria on Vancouver Island, and Pender Island. We went to an Andy Warhol exhibit to see more of his life than his paintings, being his life was so flamboyant. We visited a butterfly garden, a Greek fest, Stanley Park, saw "Bus 14" a satire, ate like queens and kings at a steak grubbery, took a few ferries, visited local art galleries, communed with foreigners from Germany, Japan, and Canada over the French film "Yamakasi," camped in a spot that was surrounded by 3 walls of blackberry bushes, one wall of water and canopied underneath apple trees. Though that sounds gorgeous and picturesque, we were also nearly sitting in the parking lot of a Pub. Too funny. I returned to Seattle last night to go to Bumbershoot, a rocking music fest where I will be seeing my all time fav band the Pixies! Whahoo! Life is good.