A New Year

My gracious! Over a week with no post! The New Year is full of hope, new beginnings, and adventure. I took the kids mid-winter camping (oh, isn't she a fun Mom?) at the coast last weekend. We braved ice and rain, dirt and damp to sit by the campfire and consume more than our healthy share of hotdogs and marshmallows. Don't get me wrong -- we also brought beans and rice, greens and salsa, fruit (two pumpkin pies with whipped cream).... oy vey! We found the middle of the road by ditch diving either side!

It was a blast to play by the ocean in our one sunny day, to hike in the lush green forests that adorn our coastal edge, and to covet every ounce of comfort, warmth and good cheer allotted to us in this, the brightest of winters.

We visited the Darlingtonia, carnivorous and voluptuous pitcher plants unfurling their dappled leaves invitingly. It is a season of consummation -- the fly to be eaten, digested, and translated into green. We stood among them, our eyes and mouths tipped upward to the sun. We rested and rooted in the hummus of a world that cares for us.

Vacation is our home.