On the porch.On a different porch. A screen porch, screened porch. Pictures from 1976, no one is coupled with a phone. They are talking, listening, working, reading, present.
three consecutive days in September 171 years apart Borderline simultaneous, arriving one brilliant morning just past midnight. Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor good job, farewell
People rarely come back to share the details of heaven so I imagine my own. Family and all the old dogs.Walking to the ocean, birdsong, psithurism, dappled light, pathways, conversation, quiet, waves. All of that.
Reception with paper plates. Hurricane Agnes through RIC the day before, bridges closed, 16.6 feet above flood stage. Higher water than Hurricane Camille. Richmond water plant shut down, National Guard called out. Rehearsal dinner at home by candlelight. Lots of rain in Charlottesville and Lynchburg, the James was running red, floating cows.
