Sunday, May 18, 2008

there and back again.

we came, we saw, we came back, we're seeing. after lots of anticipation and trepidition, melissa and i are safe and sound back in bellingham washington. we have been up and down in a plane 21 times since we left, for a total of over 60 hours of in the air time...which might allow us to qualify for a flying permit. probably not really. somehow with more times going up and down we have become even more terrified every flight of little bumps that are naturally occuring--air turbulence. on the last leg of our journey returning from oahu to seattle we clutched each others hands tightly in a sort of "is this it" way as we bumped through the air over the pacific ocean. i tell myself to trust and believe that the captain knows what he/she is doing, and yet every time i fly now it seems like we're going down in a blaze of glory! but luckily as sure as we take off, we land, and all is well now. we have no more plane tickets in the waiting..we have no more train tickets. we are entering a new phase, something that we haven't done in a long time...staying put. melissa and i are renting a small octagon space that used to be a meditation space from a woman named serene in her front yard. it will mark the first time that we will have our own space since we subletted in portland 18 months ago. we get to choose what to fill up the space with (mind you it's no more than 100 square feet) and what not to fill it up with. it is very novel for us! it is a month to month deal, just perfect.

and now we begin. hitting the floor running we are going to be taking on something that we have both wanted to do for a long time. something to challenge and push and test our limits in some ways even more than travelling might have. from start to finish we are going to create an epic book about our journey. our adventure. our one of a kind experience that happened and will never happen again quite the same. we are creating a book that will be based from our 'page a day' ventures, our thousands of pictures, this blog, emails, poetry, typewriting, free-writes and on and on. it will showcase the style in which we explored, a way of being open to all possibilities, authentic sharing about what the trip was like for us internally...who we were when we started the trip and who we are now. it will be an extra-ordinary book, every page a jewel. something to inspire. something really fun :) we'll be working on it this summer as a part of each day... in addition to that we are both going to be playing lots of music, i am taking up the mandolin and melissa is fine tuning her guitar skills.. camping and hiking, seeing friends and family, practicing yoga and getting our bodies into shape, learning spanish, and working part time jobs as well to supplement all of the things we love to do. in short we are bringing our trip home with us and making it a practice to bring all of the favorite things we discovered that we love to do into each and every day! i hope that everyone is doing great, please feel free to email and be in touch.. carsonandmelissa(at)gmail(dot)com or moonsoleil(at)comcast(dot)net for melissa and carsonmead(at)gmail(dot)com for me.
aloha and mahalo for everything. :)

carson

1 comment:

Christina said...

Welcome Home my dear ones-

We must now all work on when and where a good time to connect will be. I'm trusting that there is the "perfect" time and place waiting to be discovered.
Can't tell you how much we have missed you-and how wonderful your blogs have been.
A book is a fitting ending to your wonderful adventure I look forward to seeing every page.
Love to you both-
Namaste***
Christina