Reflections

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 We’re settled in here in Florida and I was thinking about our last month in NY.  When we go to NY, it is like a Spiritual retreat.  There is something about the mountain in NY that seems to recharge me.  It is a Spiritual area and I can feel it whenever we travel on the road through the forest up to our home.  It is a three mile drive from the main road up the mountain to our home.  

But even here on Florida I was thinking this morning about how I am feeling now.  NY is so isolated and about a month at a time there is all I can take.  After a while the isolation gets to be too much.  But it’s the getting there that is taxing.  The nearest airport is Newark and it’s an hour and a half from there to our mountain home.  

If somehow I could be transported there it would be okay.  But on this trip we flew out of JFK airport, which is two and half hours away.  I can do without all the traveling.  I just wish it were easier to get there.  But there is no easy way to our home.  For that reason I am content to remain in Florida.  

But as I said it’s the Spiritual reason why we go there.  Being in nature is the real draw.  I love to just sit and watch the deer.  We often see them most days mostly mornings and evenings.  I recognize one large buck that is there almost every day.  

Here in Florida we are entertained by our cats, one of which is a Siamese cat.  He is both entertaining and annoying, but such is the nature of a Siamese.  We missed our cats.  But there is a lot to miss about Florida except the heat and humidity.  Not sure what we would do without air conditioning.  

These are my thoughts this morning about our month in NY.  We stayed an extra week for the funeral.  But it’s good to be back in Florida.  I am smoking my Peterson System pipe this morning on the lanai with some Bayou Night.  My coffee this morning is Cameron’s coffee.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Papa Chasteen

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