Sailing Away from Winter

almost 2 years ago (Edited)

Even
after
all this time
the sun never says to the earth
"You owe me"
Look what happens
with a love like that
It lights the
whole
sky
~Rumi

This morning, my ~~@c0ff33a~~ coffee and I were sitting together doing a scroll-through of the posts. It happens often, somehow reading goes better with a little bit of ~~@c0ff33a~~ coffee. I am currently sailing the Atlantic with the ship heading for a place more amenable to all. You know what I mean, right? Far from the maddening crowd, although that was meant more to be funny than serious. It is a glorious day and I am taking the slow ship to the destination, but, I took my computer with me although I will not always get reception, but, is enough to take it along.

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Today is a #BeautifulSunday by @Ace108, where we share our day in the most possibly beautiful way that we can. I find myself back home again, after spending the day at the shore and I will finally call it a day, a definitely #SublimeSunday in the making, by the Meister of my morning, @c0ff33a. I do love my @c0ff33 and he likes eclectic! A definite match made in my heaven.

Same ship, different time. I have been on this ship before, which is probably boring for you, but, I am a little disorganized right now and it was an easy way to say that I am gone. Mostly spur of the moment, but, a tiny bit of prior planning. It is pretty nice when you don't have to make arrangements for everything and things seem to mostly take care of themselves. Of course, that means things have been organized so that they do run by themselves...almost.

Dining is always an experience, they always make it beautiful and inviting, beckoning me to sit down and stay a while. The waiters are all knowledgeable about how things are made and what pairs well with them. Many are well-educated in pairing wines and dinners, although truth is told, I am not a wine snob, so I am pretty easy to please. Dinner is almost always an adventure or at least a surprise to one of us. We make it a point to try something that one of us has never had. Tonight my sister got to try Turkish roasted eggplant salad. Even willingly. Why not, right? I love roasted vegetable salads, but, I don't think I have ever had this dish made the same way. Bingo! That is why I like to have it in different places. Missing is the picture. I have it on my cell phone and hopefully will download it tomorrow. I can only use one device at a
time. I am happy to have any service, so I do not complain. Not even in my head.

I feel fortunate to be spending time this way with some of my siblings. We are a close family and on occasion, we like to travel together, although we almost never all get together at one time. I am one of nine and that kind of organization is beyond my pay grade. We all live in different States, although 3 do live in New England, one on the Canadian border, one here in Washington, DC, and some down South...California... basically strewn about, but most of us travel with jobs, so we cross paths a fair amount. I will be meeting up with two sets, separately, mixing business and pleasure. How often do we get to do that?

I always walk through the casino before the ship leaves port. There is no gambling or selling of anything before the ship is seven miles off the coast. It has to do with avoiding taxes and bureaucracy, much to do with all the paperwork. Let us say that it is mainly taxes. Gambling is tax and law. Once they come into a port, they fall under local jurisdiction and would be expected to give a percentage of the winnings. I like the lights and the colors in the casino and you have to walk through it to get to some parts of the ship. (or walk up a flight and walk across to avoid it) I don't gamble, I do throw in the free coin they give me (or this time it was five) and I always keep my winnings.I know, what a cheapskate, right?

Never forget the joy in what you’re doing, even the simplest things, making the most of every experience, making all of your moments count for something. As always, keep on singing that song!! And just like that, this post is done. Thank you for stopping by and saying hello, leaving your words behind... and just so you know, although much sun and shine were used up today, I can guarantee that there is still a little left in my heart. Have a fabulous day! Hive on! That never gets old!

I am not foolish enough to believe this is one of the simple things in life, but, I still strive hard to notice the small things, the simple moments in life. Thank you if you have read this far. As always, a flower, to color your world. #alwaysaflower.

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All I have are my words, armed in my mind, written in pen, stand by stand. Oh, yes. Still by hand. It has a different feel. Altered not by keys, backspace, and delete, I write, erase, tear it to pieces and start all over again. And again.

It’s my way. I walk out to the deep end of the page and dive right in.

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The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost