Wednesday, August 20, 2008

What happened between Weed And Selma ( Looking back )

What happened between Shasta and Fresno backtracking

There are two answers to this ..the first is I don't know where that part of the book went off too , I am not very organized and if it wern't for Lori , there would be nothing left of that project ... I believe I did at one time have a written record of that day ...but not now.
The second answer is I have a very good idea ....
It was early morning when I was in Weed at the gas station, the cold air would have kept me awake and I turned left just out of Weed onto Interstate 5 ...heading south..its a downhill ride from Weed and soon the temperature would have been warming , there was no evidence of the sun rising , but in a few hours I would be getting tired ...more than likely I stopped and found a place in Redding California to sleep ..I like sleeping in a car , it feels safe and cave like ...when you wake up you simply tilt your seat up and go ...Probably as I went to sleep then for the next several hours I owuld have started thinking , really thinking about the turns and twists of my life ...when I remove myself from all the distractions of life I start thinking about me. Selfish perhaps, but there are some times when you look back, you know how it is ...one day you are six years old , you are chasing dandilions and throwing tantrums when you are told to go to bed ...you feel the first startling twinges of independence , and every thing is new ...so much new you simply can't take it all in , so your mind stores up memories which come flooding back to you when you least expect it. I would have started to think about my life in terms of memorable periods ...The early years from six to twelve , High School years , Sandy and the serious dating years , First marriage and college , Divorce , college , and Diana , Karen , Kaisa , and the Store in Sisters . Once I had started putting my life into these spaces I would like putting together a beach cabin Jigsaw Puzzel begin to fill in the middle ...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

well there is nothing quite like WEED Ca to make you want to continue a journey!!!!

It's a pretty ride from there down past Shasta tho.

It wasn't fair of you, Kenn, to keep us waiting so long for the next blog :)
K

Becky said...

I couldnt agree more. I think you are enjoying the fact that you leave us dangling for days on end.

Never been to WEED, but I am assuming with a name like that, it is a spot on the blacktop.

Yes... a tapestry....Im likin it.

Becky said...

Hmmm...thinking you ditched us.