March 2008 Archives

You heard right, we decided on a Honeymoon spot. Although we were thinking Thailand or a castle in Brazil originally, we chose Rhinefield House in Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England. Rhinefield House is a two hour train ride from London. It is incredibly gorgeous, I mean, LOOK. It's picturesque England. And although we've both been to England rather recently, we have never gone together. England can be pretty darn romantic too.

So our place at the Rhinefield House is pretty legit. It's a two bedroom that sleeps up to six people. It's enormous. It has a kitchen. All rooms have plasma TVs and wifi. There is a sauna on the grounds. There are also pools, a gym. Super nice. Not only is the location so legit, but we could easily travel around. We might even try to go up to Aberdeen to check out Laura's stomping ground.

I would like to pick wild greens in public places that have not been sprayed with pesticides.
I would like to eat them.
I would like to visit a bee farm and watch things cling to one another.
I would like to arrive.

The other morning when I got to a temporary work assignment I walked in the morning fog and took long, cleansing breaths. I turned file boxes on their sides to ease the strain. I did not wait for things to get better, for the day to pass; I let myself bloom. I took a chance rather than waiting for one. The previous day I had cut my fingers and my body ached from the way that I was performing my tasks. Rather than repeating these mistakes or accepting them, I tried something else.

This is an important perspective for a person who is on the road and in a perpetual state of borrowing cars and rooms and couches. I do not have to feel lonely or like I am always interrupting something, I can feel something else.

I read this today:

One does not accumulate, but eliminate.

It is not daily increase, but daily decrease.

The height of cultivation always leads to simplicity.

-Bruce Lee

I think it is very beautiful when applied to the concept of marriage. In the process of coming together, we are eliminating so many of the terrible excesses we have resented for so long. As we invest and cultivate our relationships and invest more fully into one another we are at the height of our human potential.

Last night as I was driving home from San Diego at 1 a.m. I had this image of Matthew and I somersaulting into each other's bodies forming a circle. It made me feel very peaceful.

Cheers!