After the long sprint last night, after last-minute directional confusion due to an unbuilt bridge that the GPS thought was there, after arriving at our friend’s beautiful brand-new-to-them home here in Spokane, WA, I guess it’s forgivable that I was suffering a little bit of mental confusion this morning.
The house itself is hidden away behind tall, beautiful pine trees – long and slender and graceful and dense – they coniferous surroundings have been inescapable since Yellowstone and they are Lovely companions, but they’re wiping out that morning cue that serves me so well – sunlight totally fails to stream down to us despite the huge windows, and my brain was REFUSING to kick into gear.
Then there was the shower: I shave, I putter, I place all my shower paraphernalia on an accessible ledge and work on figuring out the water – and then after careful deliberation, I climb on in. A fairly straightforward morning ritual! And then as I turn from MY shower-stuffs I find my shower-stuffs before me! Beyond that, there are long, light brown strands on the tile, much in the way I’ll place any hairs lost to be collected and thrown out later – now, this may be TMI, but my point is is that it threw me into complete confusion : this is my stuff, right? I’ve been here for how long? I went through a little bit of déjà vu, a little bit of Groundhog Day and a little bit of dizziness all rolled into one until I rememberedthat our host has long luscious locks not unlike my own and I turned back around and saw all MY shower stuffs behind me…
Still, same conditioner, same shampoo and same face gunk – my brain wasn’t ready for dopplegoo just yet.
Notes – Sean Morse makes me cry – and made me laugh after. He has super powers.
Who is Colfax Pullman?!?!
The Wild Horses Monument in Washington State. We stumbled across the monument but only had time to see it from a distance. It looks like it’s a pretty fun little trail up to the welded steel ponies and on a beautiful day like today I genuinely wish we had more time. Alas, we have a pretty limited amount of time here in Washington – and it’s time to keep moving. Driving through Washington from Spokane to Seattle.
In Seattle, WA we joined forces with Shawn Morse to play a very, very fun house concert. His place is very firmly under construction, and with a brand new kid, so is his family – but we had a good time playing for all comers. In Seattle, WA we joined forces with Shawn Morse to play a very, very fun house concert. His place is very firmly under construction, and with a brand new kid, so is his family – but we had a good time playing for all comers.
