Sunday, May 6, 2012

Windmills in Consuegra

For one thing, a part of me popped out yesterday when I saw a familiar face on my FaceTime screen that gave me this sense of something sure that I can't put a word to. As I'm always struggling to fully reveal my personality and the memories that make up who I am, starting a conversation where it left off with a person that really knows you is so comfortingly easy. I feel a blanket of relief, for whatever reason, from the pressure of making decisions. I feel at ease about letting the future present itself to me as it comes. I hope that I am attentive when I do decide.

Today I went to see the windmills that so represent this region in the middle of Spain. The stain of Spain. I was walking along the same path of Don Quixote and walking on steps of ancient castles that saw wars and the same wind that was blowing in my hair. I am fascinated with the history of this place and how long ago it seems. And in the same breath, Uranus only orbits the sun once in 84 earth years-- basically a human lifetime. (We are learning English vocabulary in science.) Time is mind-blowing.