synthaetic synapse

as you wake this golden morning
and slowly get out of bed
squinting at the light
that streams from your window
and stretch
and yawn
as you breathe in the ocean air
filling yourself
with the wonder
and the glory
and the beauty
of the world
reveling in the simple joy
of being alive
remember this
and hold it to your heart
that you may never forget
because i think of you
and i wonder how you are
and i wish you were with me
so that you could feel
what i feel
and know what i know
so that you
almost awakened
with sunshine filling your eyes
could see what i see
and experience some small portion
of my world

because it’s 30 fecking degrees
where i am
and the damn wind
is blowing so hard
there’s snow stuck to the windows
on all four sides of the house
and you’d seriously be most welcome
to shovel the snow out of our driveway
for the thirtieth time this year

okay, that’s a little melodramatic, but one of the things that reminded me of what i wanted to blog about today was the song by the same name {actually, it’s De Profundis (Out of the Depths of Sorrow)“} by Dead Can Dance — a song which has been very influential in my creative works over the years. but it’s a song i’d rather not listen to right now, because it brings to mind memories of several occasions like this one, where my life (our lives) have changed in fundamental ways.

the current change is an impending move. as much as we have enjoyed living on several acres here in northeastern Lincoln County, South Dakota, the cost of living out here is more than we can bear indefinitely. so, we are moving into Sioux Falls. we’ve already placed an offer on a house, and have our current house on the market. i have commented on this process in my personal blog, and none too complimentary, i might add. i (we) had sincerely hoped to retire on this property, but in order for that to happen, this house will have to come back up on the market sometime after the kids are in school. at which point, we’re not really going to want to have to take care of several acres, i would imagine. pfft. i dunno. things change. except for seriously not enjoying the entire moving process from having to pretend like you’re a guest in your own house to packing, hauling, and unloading your stuff.

when we placed the house on the market, though, the realtor asked me to shoot the house. as i was doing so, i couldn’t help but think about the several digitographs which were taken on or from this property. not all of them have made it up here, yet, and that may well become an interesting motif for this site as i include them. and of course, all the ones up here to date were edited and finalized here, and that makes them very special. at any rate, below are the current digitographs available here which were recorded here.