Tuesday, March 14, 2006

thoughts from the desert

i climbed a mountain today. just a little one. people back home make fun of my love of climbing. with isaiah, it's just what you do. some of my friends see a mountain and they think 'wow thats a big mountain.' i see it and think 'i would love to climb that.' isaiah sees it and thinks 'what else is that mountain there for but for us to climb?' yeah. i love my brother. let me describe a flash of my day today:
the sun is beginning to set, but barely- just enough for the rocks and cacti to make shadows. everything is light browns- the rocks, the hills (made of rocks), the ground (made of crushed rocks), the wispy plants, even the sunlight has a shiny brown feel to it.
the paved roads wind through this desert park area. the shadow of a motorcycle flies across the ground next to the road. the shadow shows two other figures, one bent forward into the wind with the outlines of his jacket and sunglasses visible, the other leaning slightly back- one arm looped through the visor of an un-used helmet resting on her leg. looking into the shadow, the only thing that keeps moving is the hair flying straight out behind her. mountains slowly rise on either side of the valley. the valley of the sun.

it's nice to be out of pennsylvania.

oh boy. something crazy just happened. more later...

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