IT'S THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 16 and a very pleasant afternoon here in Walnut Creek, sunny California (although some rain may be possible over the weekend).
Around about 6 PM, my good friend Francis and I will take the BART out to SFO International Airport. My flight out to Sydney leaves around 10:30, so this will give me enough time for the check in procedures.
It was a long day getting here from Basalt, due to the long stopover at Denver. Up around 3 AM Pacific time and into bed about 10:30 PM. I felt very sad leaving Aspen, saying goodbye to my little family there after four great days seeing what a wonderful young woman my eldest granddaughter has become.
Staying with my friends, Mary and Francis Wright, has been very relaxing and restorative. I am very grateful to them for this pleasant, quiet and enriching time. As ever, we have had deep conversations and I have some new authors to follow through on. Two streams of luggage converged here, the stuff I had sent ahead via UPS and my stuff from Basalt. Lots of 'needle work' separating what I really need to take to Australia and what must be left behind to benefit the local Goodwill.
I am really down to two suitcases for checking (one containing my folding Bike Friday), a computer case, and one other carry-on bag...pretty amazing, really!
So this last blog posting in the USA on a very pleasant afternoon. A very long night and I will be in Sydney. Winnowing the stuff had me immersed in the business of discarding what really had to do with my life here and what I really need to begin anew in Australia. Truly, passing through the needle strips all but the necessities. I arrived in the US on 19 February 1995, making about 15 and one half years here, richer in many ways with experiences and new friends.
Next posting from Sydney. 'Adieu' and 'au revoir', to return in late January, moving into longer and warmer days as the Australian summer bears down.
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