Jane’s Journal Page Notes:
Earth Dream
I immerse myself in earth's elemental glory waiting for her
To touch me. Her winds that have swept distant oceans
Come home to hold me gently. I imbibe her richness in my blood,
I bathe my soul in her waters, I feed my spirit in her foliage
Her nature makes me whole.
At night she invites me to her palace, the sky, and gives me
Stars to play with and a moon to ponder the universe,
Her final gift will be my consciousness and I shall become
One with her.

Journal entry:
Wow--10 years ago last summer Ben & Marguerite got married! Things have happened since then for sure. Right now wee're on an airplane headed west to LAX where we will be seeing The Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl on Thursday.

Sparky drove us to [the airport] with no difficulties at all--apparently it is my trip to panic about, having done so the last two days (evenings). No real clue what that was about... Anyway, Sparky is on his own for the next 5+ days and will pick us up late Friday when we arrive back hom.

It's weird: neither Beast nor I is experiencing a lot of excitement (butterflies, woo-hoo) about the trip. I'm excited right now because we're in First Class both ways, so I get space to move & breathe. The flight attendant just brought us the scented towels for cleaning up/refreshing. It occurs to me that Alitalia passes out wrapped towelettes to everyone, even in economy. ... ANYHOW. Lovely. I had a cup of tea when we got on board which was quite civilized, except for being served in a paper cup instead of china. :-)

We're staying in Redondo Beach tonight quite close to the ocean. Looking forward to that! Hoping to get to see Angel--former coworker of mine--today too. Then tomorrow we head to the group hotel for the tour -- in Pasadena.

I need to stop. Not used to writing so much and I've got writer's cramp already!

Ready for Bed

After about 20 minutes' wait at LAX, we caught our Super Shutting -- booked after we landed and went to the United Club -- we were off to Redondo Beach. The whole trip took about 30 minutes. Our room has a tiny balcony, and like 80% of the rooms here, a view of the Bay (maybe it's a breakwater?) & ocean beyond.

It's probably 60 during the day, but cooled rapidly as evening approached. Still, we walked about 2 blocks to a seafood place where we met Angel & had a really nice dinner & chat.

Oh, and we watched the Packers win the NFC North again this year. It's only 7:00 at home, but I'm ready to sleep for sure. Maybe will read for awhile tho so I'm not up at 4. :) More tomorrow from Pasadena.