It’s shaping up to be a grand Memorial Day holiday for Susie and I here in Winter Harbor.
This particular Memorial Day is very special indeed for at least two reasons. First, and perhaps most relevant to this holiday itself is that after almost twenty years and thousands of primary source pages later at last at last the history of the Third Michigan Infantry is available for electronic distribution. (photo: checking lobster traps near Schoodic Point.)
Second we are moving ever forward on our quest to change our lives, from living in the comfort of Vermont where the daily cycles of our world revolved with a known routine and a feeling of comfort and security, to a world of uncertainty and absence of clarity, but one defined equally by truly amazing adventures in both time and space.
The people we have met and the friends we have kept. I like that, for it defines how we have come to see our lives.
As we gear up here in our new home in Winter Harbor, getting workspaces ready for the serious baking Susie is about ready to undertake, the challenges that await both of us working together – that’s right I’ll be doing all sorts of things at Gerrish’s Café this summer as well – as take our evening stroll along the edge of the Atlantic pondering the future and knowing that time in one’s life moves so quickly, as we wonder about where this fall we bring us, take us, lead us, we know only that nearly two years ago we have made the right decision.
Sell the house, pack everything into storage and spend some time enjoying the very brief, time we are given on this earth, looking for the smooth stones to hold and appreciate, always mindful to step over the sharp ones.
This weekend we spend much of our holiday cleaning and preparing Susie’s new pastry kitchen, and doing what we can to help get Gerrish’s Café ready to open in early June.
Wish you were here,
Steve
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