caught up

We leave on our cruise of the Ionian Sea tomorrow, so I'm not sure what kind of internet access we'll have as we are on a different island or at a different mainland port every day for the next ten days. I'm sad to be leaving Athens behind, as I've sunk into my comfort zone already.  I love being here so much - it feels so much more natural than anywhere else - that it will be hard to leave for good next week.

I'm taking some time off from Greece - giving myself at least three years before I come back - I need to see some more of the world - and need to get beyond the comfort zone I have established here.  I've already been talking with madre about Belize and Guatemala for next summer, she wants to see more of that area and I want to see something totally different.  

I love this photo of Dylan translating Henry Miller on the ferry back from Santorini.  He and Andy were lost in their own little worlds - Andy was writing and Dylan was caught up in the Colossus.  Watching them was so much fun.  Hopefully I'll spend much of my free time on the cruise in the same manner - I've got several good books that have remained unopened so far - and am almost finished with one sock of the pair I've been knitting.  It's hard to believe we've been here this long - and hard at the same time to believe that we will be leaving next Saturday.

I am anxious to get back to the States though, I miss everyone so much more this year than I have in the past - and I think it's because I wish all the friends were here.  One day I will bring more of them back.

~RLM 

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[Melody]

You sound so at peace, RLM. I am so happy for you. I miss you, even though I don't see you often, just knowing you aren't here in the USA makes me miss you more. :-(

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MSB