Personal 25 Aug 2007 06:34 pm
Summer Vacation!
No. I’m not on vacation, even though a lot of other people are. I get summer vacation in September, when Ruth and I go to P-Town for a few days, but that’s after Fall equinox, so, it’s actually a Fall vacation.
So why that post title? I have been spending a lot of time working in our screen porch, which feels like heaven. And just earlier I was standing at the stove, making tomato sauce for dinner, with these amazing fresh summer tomatoes from our CSA farm, and feeling a summer breeze flow through the kitchen, and I felt a real sense of peace. The feeling of being at home, really at home, safe, loved, and enjoying a moment of cooking therapy made me feel like I was on vacation.
And, of course, that’s the way it should be, right? We can be in the midst of craziness and stress of work, lots of other things going on, but if we can find peace and centeredness in the midst of that - well, that means we get vacation all the time, or, at least, we can feel those moments that are like vacation during times when we are not.