East, to North

I left Seattle in the dark on the fourth of July with fireworks bursting in air below me. The lights from Lake Union and the setting of a sliver of a very red moon popped in the window. Sunrise blushed as we approached Boston. The woman next to me pulled the shade up and said aloud, "Id like to think she wrote this while he slept," and showed me the sharpie love note on her window shade. "Look, More." on the tray it said "in Love with you..."

I do love to travel. It´s been a while since I have had the pleasure of simple serendipity. But it hit me like a heat wave when I landed in Boston early on Tuesday morning. I hopped in the T to the harbor. I don´t really remember the last time I was in Boston, but I do remember going to see the swan boats with Alex Graf when he was living there one summer, must have been 1993 or 1995. Funny how those memories floated back as I exited the T into the heat of summer. I was grateful for the hotel air conditioning as by 7:30 am, it was already over 80 degrees and I was waiting for my dad and grandma to drive up to join me for lunch. I texted my cousin to see if I could buy her a coffee on her way to work. She texted me at 9 or so and we met up in the park near where I was hanging out. Lindsay toured me around her little Italian neighborhood, narrow brick streets, and a brick work detail in the sidewalk known as the freedom trail. We passed Paul Revere´s house and the Old North Church where he famously hung one if by land, two if by sea, not rang some bells as Sarah Palin wanted us to believe.

By then it was time to meet up with Grandma and Dad. Great catch up time, lobster bisque, and a harbor walk. The temps rose to over 90. It was just one in the afternoon. Dad drove me to the airport, and there wasn´t a single person in the security line, so I got right through.

with the red eye flight, the jet lag, and the travel, i was looking forward to some sleep. Imagine my surprise when I discovered the flight to Reykjavik was only 4.5 hours. I caught up on some movies, Black Swan and the King´s Speech and landed before I knew it.

I landed in a luxury of lupines and the horizon-hugging sun at midnight. I later learned that the lupines were introduced to the area for erosion control. Still, I love the blue.

Iceland is a marvelous country. I can say that I wasn´t there long enough, and that I want to go back. I´d like to bring many of you with me