side by side


(it is 4:15 as I write this, 4 years ago to the very time my dear Tom departed - i walked 8 miles for us, along the waterfront and through parks we so loved and I still do of course, as I walk long daily enjoying this place we shared. This whole weekend is remembering and letting our many ventures surface; as we all know long active marriages of like minded souls yield so so many.  I am grateful for every single one, and although i miss him of course, I am now in my own "odd" groove.  but i will never let a year pass without the rituals for this day that made our life together special.  I will wait until 5 for the sips of Scotch, one for each of us, and he will silently call out "cheers - "  i can hear him right now., isn't it time yet?)


(the extra is one of the gazillions of us in the mountains, this one the north cascades - not sure which year, those no longer matter)