The. Show. Must. Go. On.

15 years. 

It is the laughter, above all, that remains a constant.  "Give us even the tiniest sliver and we'd be in there."  Time is such a funny beast, the way it circles around and plays its various tricks.  How we return to certain memories.  How we create and expand our worlds with the randomness of moments that linger.  Decisions taken and not taken.  Secrets shared and savored, regrets only for what has been lost.

Monkey Jane is selling her business for less than $5k.  In another life, wouldn't that be just the thing to do?  I do need to plan again to float the River Li with someone, and see those peaks again.  To bust out some time to linger in. 

The Princess accomplished her mission, and although the George's island offer was not taken up, that story seems to have a few more paragraphs yet to be written.  Heh.  

"There I was, face down in the scorpion position."  An excellent start.  So many words to write and yet you put it off and put it off, so as to be in a spot tomorrow for the flow.  I can see it slowly coming together...  Will report back in 36 hours as to the result.

Étienne de Silhouette

Home again. 

Needs must in cutting out the extra few days.  (Nice unintentional pun recalling Samson's and the Ramblas -ed.)  Still, there was time enough for all of it.  The 1F upgrade and smooth trajectory out signaled the correctness of that call.  A full 21 hours door-to-door with the Toronto layover and a metro bus ride home that passed easily enough.  A shame to miss the Eels, but in some ways the focus on them has been parlayed into the listening of their music. 

There were goats and African art and farm-based wineries; a winning haircut and new jersey and bankside memories and immersion in the dream and Da Vinci and Piebury and Smile and the Great Hall and 0-2 until 2-2 and VAR and Nandos; Ginebra and el National and sangria through a straw and lemon slush beer and la sagrada and la pedrera and la boca grande and la taverna.  First time, three times, haha.

Now the need to write in earnest, to focus on the fall and consider preparations for the new year.  As always, I wonder.  The swirling thoughts and possibilities are themselves a wonder.  Let's see what happens next.