Jan 07 2006
Lincoln City
For Mom’s birthday, the whole family (Mom, Dad, Ray, Carrie, and myself), all headed down to the coast in my brother’s new van. It was kinda nice because I had time to read up a bit on my palmistry, practice a bit on Mom and Carrie, and we had a lot of interesting conversation. We went by an old bookstore where I picked up a book on Shamanism and Druidism. After books, we headed to the outlet mall where I ended up getting 2 new pairs of Bass shoes. Finally we finished our run at the coast with a visit to Moe’s where after a great warm meal I had quite an awesome moment in nature.
The best way for me to explain this moment is by describing a picture someone took of me maybe 5 or 6 years ago. We were on the beach and I was walking along the shoreline by myself, staring off into the blue abyss that is the ocean off to the horizon. It was one of those moments that I felt completely alone, but I was ok with that because I was completely in touch with nature and everything going on around me. Another example of this is when it is fall and the wind is blowing and the trees are swaying just the right way. You can feel the tree’s energy and almost hear them whisper to you. Anyhow back to my moment today, I walked outside Moe’s and walked out to the little peer/dock outside and the closer I walked the more the wind, rain, and forces of nature roared up at me. At the height of it all I opened my trench coat to get a gigantic blast of wind, rain, and sea hit me, whipping my trench back and embracing me with the raw force of nature.
Good times.