Many of you have seen this turtle drawing before. It's from a letter written in Vietnam in 1970. Something has been going on with me since last fall. Both terrifying and exhilarating feelings, as opposed to memories, are returning from 1970-1971 and from the last few days of 2007 (when I learned that my old friend had sustained a brain stem stroke) through late April of 2008 when he died in a VA Hospital in California.
I feel more awake and alive than I have in years. Looking forward to volunteering with the babies again next week after my bout with pink eye is over! I'd thought I'd be back volunteering this week because the second head cold I've had since starting volunteering last October is now gone. It's a dark windy rainy day here. The first green tips of the golden day lily fronds are appearing in their planter on my porch.
Alive Alive-O.
