With a single idea. Like making the koi necklace, having no idea where to start, but guided by an excellent mental picture that thankfully haunted me porperly until I made it real. Thanks, necklace ghost!
"Twerpie, let's do the cross-country trip soon!" ( says my father three years ago )
A big journey starts verrrrry early tomorrow morning. A plane trip to Pittsburgh and then? A long drive with my father. My parents are indeed still together, but my father took me out to L.A., rescued me from New Jersey and a heart-rending live-in-boyfriend situation, drove me to college, etc. This is something he has mentioned much more than once since I moved out here: the chance to do it all again.
Something about us and the open road brings closeness and understanding. And he's a goodly portion white knight, too.
This time we cart loads of delicious antiques for my new home with Anthony: eight-legged marble topped table, Early Tiffany style lamps, marble-topped dresser with hand-carved grape leaf pulls and a four foot tall mirror...sumptuous high-backed upholstered chairs in colors like berry stain and scarlet....my parents moved into a smaller house and are passing the bounty on to me, as tends to happen with generations.
This time my father and I will take the northern route, for the leaves. As a fall baby I have missed the leaves for four years now. Not this time :)
Hopefully there will be pictures from the road!
2 comments:
Thank you for that link.
Thank you so much.
J.
Ooh, this sounds like an amazing journey. And such a great time of year to drive west!
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