     Christine Baker | Friday, December 17, 1999 - 11:40 am 
I'm going prospecting for a few days, although I don't really do much shoveling and I doubt I'll be productive. I mostly enjoy being away from what most people think is the "real world" and associating with "losers."
And I tremendously enjoy being alone, with no net access, having the time to *think*, to read a book, to listen to music, to play the flute, to watch meteors, to dream, to continue with Robert Monroe's "Gateway Experience."
I'm very thankful that I have the opportunity, the dollars, and the *right* to drop out.
A few days ago, I stopped for a night at the Shady Hot Springs, near the Gila Cliff Dwellings Natl. Monument. I had that small campground and the hot springs to myself, nobody else was there.
Until 3 AM I was soaking in the hot sand and gravel bottom pool. I was enjoying the sound of the hot water pouring into the pool, the view of the steam rising and slowly dissipating in the light breeze, the Gila river canyon walls, the clear sky, the meteors, and this feeling of solitude and peace. My hair was frozen solid and felt like wire, but I never got cold. It was a dream come true.
If I die today, I'll die happy, with no regrets, knowing that this last year I've done what I wanted to do. This is my best Xmas ever, there could be no better gift!
Happy Holidays to everybody!
May everybody have a chance to experience at least one year as satisfying, enlightening and exciting as 1999 was for me!
Christine |
