reverse flush

i spent 8 months in australia and never once noticed that the water flowed counter clockwise as it sailed down the sink...

my darling friend M, who i lived with, learned and continue to learn much from, wrote me the other day talking about the wonderfulness of autumn and "the way it changes your pace and way of being/doing - an inbuilt cycle of change to keep a sense of movement and interest."

Here, in Canada, when I'm desperately hoping for an early spring and a very very long summer...i was struck how upside down it all is. M entering fall/winter, my typical time of hibernation and self reflection, while I gleefully cheer in spring...the anticipation building for the days where I find that I live a little louder and more outside of myself...

I miss M, I miss australia but most of all...i kinda miss not noticing which way the water flows.