(photo P Volker)
Extreme low lying dense fog here this morning. Visibility is less than a hundred yards. Sound is muffled. It brings a sense of isolation to the immediate area that smothers but ultimately it is not permanent as the sun will “burn” it away from above as the morning progresses. Somehow the ability to keep in mind that the present situation is not permanent is an important skill to have in these times.
So many factors are alive today that want to separate and isolate us. It is the worst ever. It will take some real doing to dig deep within ourselves to keep things in equilibrium during these trying times. And of course reaching out to God to pray for strength is always a winning idea. But the notion that the situation is ultimately temporary will go a long way to help us out too. “This too shall pass” is the archetypal statement of this sentiment. We are with you on that!
This is a rough stretch of the trail right here if we put it in our Caminothink. As Caminoheads we should readily be able to do that, no problem. One hour you are happily walking on Astroturf and the next you are slipping and sliding on a rocky downhill. One hour it is easy peasy and the next it is concerning. Back and forth it changes, hour by hour, minute by minute, mile by mile, foot by foot. We know this drill!
Off to walk in the fog momentarily. Great morning to see a cougar or Bigfoot or maybe even the old alien spacecraft. Anything to break the spell!
breaking the spell loves,
You’ll have to have not been watching John Carpenter’s ‘the Fog’the night before!
Kevan ~ it is a natural to start having these fogs in the Fall here. Tell me about John Carpenter and “the Fog”. We were busy with the Prez and the Covid collision story last evening. The plot thickens. Felipé.
Our fogs are mainly in spring and summer when the warmer land air condenses on the sea and it can be annoying as the temperature in Seaton Carew can be about 16 c and foggy but a few miles inland in Stockton bright sun and 25c..I believe San Francisco has this type of summer fog? which lead Mark Twain to pen,’the coldest winter I ever spent was the summer in San Francisco’.the fog is set,I think in New England and dead pirates besiege a lighthouse.id guess it must date from the 1970s? Carpenter did a very good one ‘the Thing’about an alien in a base on Antarctica which was a remake of an older film, which I have not seen,set in the Artic.
Kevan ~ I know that fog can be dank. I’m with Mark Twain. This fog here is generally in the morning and then burns off. The Thing was film to maybe? Felipé.
I can’t confirm what Mark Twain said as I’ve never been to San Francisco and my images of it are based on watching ‘the Streets of San Francisco’as a lad!but Carl Malden always wore a hat to keep his head warm!my circumnavigation fell short due to price a few years ago.the idea was; London -Kula Lumpur -Auckland- San Francisco (or Los Angeles or Vancouver)- London but the price was about 3 times going and coming back via Kula Lumpur plus it would have required a double back via Melbourne to reduce costs so it’s still pending.a short trip west on Monday to Dumfries, Scotland and a visit to the Twelve Apostles stone circle near the hamlet of Holywood and indeed my furthest west of 2020.i have hospital on Thursday so am a tad worried about what they’ll discover as due to coronavirus my lymph nodes haven’t been checked since January and I can see that the mycosis fungoides has significantly spread in that time.i expect that they’ll start PUVA although in my view it’s as good as useless and I never noticed any improvement after 4 months of it.i think that by the time mycosis fungoides gets to 2b it’s too strong?
Oh Kevan, I sense that you would rather be traveling than playing with your new hobby. Best of luck and prayers for you for the next stage of your treatment. Stay strong! Felipé.