Sunset over Prout’s Neck, September 8 2007 (at Leonora and Frank’s engagement party).
Been a slow few days. Yesterday I had a great few hours at the end of the day solo – drove out to the new Neiman Marcus, poked around, just enjoyed being alone. An incredible treat. Definitely a highlight of the week.
This morning I ran and it was chilly – fall is definitely here. I was not dressed warmly enough, and I got bad chilblains in the shower when I got home. Was reminded instantly of long cold runs at Exeter. Listened to my usual assorment of easy listening and was really digging a random James Taylor song called “It’s Enough to be On Your Way:”
So the sun shines on this funeral
Just the same as on a birth,
The way it shines on everything
That happens here on Earth.
It rolls across the western sky
And back into the sea
And spends the day’s last rays upon
This fucked-up family, so long old pal.
The last time I saw Alice,
She was leaving Santa Fe
With a bunch of round-eyed Buddhists
In a killer Chevrolet.
Said they turned her out of Texas, yeah,
She burned them down back home,
Now she’s wild with expectation
On the edge of the unknown.
Singing oh, it’s enough to be on your way,
It’s enough just to cover ground,
It’s enough to be moving on.
Home, build it behind your eyes,
Carry it in your heart,
Safe among your own.
Don’t know why I like it so much but I just do. It’s a downright beautiful fall day, full blown sunshine and the crispness that is emblematic of October.
Tonight we are having dinner en famille with all three legs of the stool at the Lavallees. Should be fun – we’re hoping for a good picture of all seven children. SEVEN? My God. Even as I write that I can’t quite believe it. I remember so vividly meeting Elizabeth and Robert on Christina and David’s roofdeck on Mount Vernon Street – we had more margaritas than we could count and laughed all night long. I didn’t know then that we’d be laughing (and drinking) nonstop for the next 6 or 7 years – and hopefully many more.
