‎63 Years of Memories....

‎63 Years of Memories....
that's what I have now. The photo below shows the chair on the point which for so many years was my father's favorite after-supper place to contemplate and cast for walleye. As much as I feel guilty about what's happened, I know he would understand and even say there's nothing to forgive. He lived life fully and moved on many times. I'm the one with the unique experience of being attached to a beautiful place for my whole life. And despite all my best efforts, yesterday the 'cabin' was sold. I signed the papers and, truth be told, a weight was lifted. A new life lies ahead without the obligations, but with all of the wonderful memories. My unrelentingly positive attitude says this is truly how it is, but my heart is still sad.

There are some things in life for which the balance between the obligation and the joy of ownership often cannot be sustained forever. It became clear that I was no longer up to the task of taking care of the place quite a while back. However, knowing what needs to be done and doing it are often far apart. Finally, no choice was left. It had to be sold.

Now it's gone. No more worrying about how long the grass or how deep the snow is up there. No more sublimely pleasurable early morning cups of coffee sitting on the dock when the color of the lake is like pale blue glass and the air is completely still. No more endless repairs, high taxes, and utility bills. No more late nights around the fire pit with friends and family - warm from both fire and friendship. No more frozen pipes or emergency calls to the furnace guys. No more saunas and midnight skinny dipping that make you feel like you'll live forever while your connection with nature is confirmed by the gazillion stars of the milky way and the loons calling out in the dark. No more concerns with low well water levels or water so hard and full of iron the clothes turn yellow and your newly washed hair feels like brillo. No more finding the way home by boat in the dark after a long day on the lake feeling like this is the only place you really, really belong. No more praying that the boathouse will make it another year without collapsing. And ultimately, no more making new memories with friends, family and loved ones. No new memories, that is, at Half Bay, Lake Vermilion, Tower, MN. New life... here we come!

How do you thank a place for memories?

Monday, March 27, 2006

"This is a 3 pipe problem" - Holmes

Ok, everyone is probably cornfused about this whole gravity thing Dad and I have going on. So, for more detail..... I read this book which explains a discovery that the stock market is directly effected by the gravational forces on the earth, and therefore the stock market is not random and the highs and lows (bull and bear) can be predicted far out in the future.

Here are some clips from the website about gravity -

To quote Einstein, 'Gravity is the fabric of the cosmos'. Einstein deduced that space was not just a vacuum, but a solid membrane, a spatial fabric connecting the separations between all matter. Each particle of matter in the solar systems, the galaxies, and the entire universe has an effect on all other particles by means of this spatial fabric connection.

Gravity has the power to raise and lower all the oceans and seas on earth twice daily, and to pull at the earth's crust so intensely as to bend solid earth inwards, leaving the oceans elevated, as well as outward, pulling all solid and liquid matter along with it.

Gravity is considered constant but in reality, gravity fluctuates because of the interaction of other gravitational influences felt on earth, such as caused by the presence of the moon, the sun and all other matter in the universe.

Gravitational fluctuations can influence physical fitness, our driving behavior, criminal behavior, buying processes, the effectiveness of some medications, psychological health, and perhaps most incredible of all, dictate the direction of all financial markets.

Here is the discovery -
Taylor's Law
The financial market's expansion and contraction is qualitatively in direct correlation to the increases and decreases in gravitational fluctuations experienced at the human level.
The increases in market price are in direct response to decreases in gravitational forces; the decreases in market price are in direct response to the increases in gravitational forces.
Also you can check out the Website www.paradigmbook.com
Ok, enough of the gravity thing but I'd like to hear some opinions.
On another subject, about Bert's leave - I'll look into some affordable yet interesting destinations besides the US because were talking about 9 months away! Who's to say what good deals are out there without even checking it out! Who's to say what financial situations everyone will be in then.
Bert, I glad to hear your back from Qalat, was coming home to your container a relief? Did the camel in your tale about the newly discovered landmines blow up? Do people eat camel meat there? I can't wait for pictures....
Love - T
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