Djo

A Year Ago: 'I was not aware until recently.  I did not know this music existed and I am sad for the time I missed and simultaneously glad for being here now. I'm not going to provide details of this band.  If you are interested please go ahead and search for that information yourself.  If you care, it may bring a smile.   I love the music I have heard from this band so far. Literally, everything makes me smile and feel an uplifted kind f joy that I do not feel often with just music.  Normally there has to be some sort of memory already attached to a song but this album I've been listening to today is phenomenal.  'right out tha gate.' DECIDE. Such a great word.  Yes, there are innumerable possibilities in this world.  Possibilities of the life you could live, the path you could take to lead you, hopefully, to heights of success and happiness you can't even imagine.  But, the thing is, you have to decide.  You can't let yourself sit there and think so much. 

Rome

 Has this always been a cafe?

I can see the memory of robes strolling past, people in deep conversations enjoying the sunshine and preparing for their day.

Image by David Mark from Pixabay


The giant columns somehow make me feel at home.  I watch some teenagers laughing near the doorway to the shop across the street.

Moments where I am seen and unseen help me relax into my first solo trip to Rome.

I sit here and the warm breeze clashes with my tea and I wish I had ordered something cool to drink.

No matter, I'm in the shade and will be for a while.  I'll just lean back and people-watch.  God, this language is beautiful!! How have I not started lessons yet! I am here and can totally see myself not going home.  This is home now.

Image by Manuel Reina from Pixabay 

I have to force myself not to get lost in imagining my life in some fabulous little villa in the rolling hills nearby.  From one of the bedroom windows, I can see this cafe in the distance.  I could plan my visits into town from that window.  

Another sip of my very hot tea and I am brought back to the present.  

I decide I will sit here for as long as I wish.  Considering there is nowhere I have to be today since my trip to the beach isn't until tomorrow.

A couple hours later, my eyelids start to feel heavy and I realize I get to go to my room and take a nap.  I have a sunroom and all the windows are open.  I'll lay in the chaise there and dream before dinner.

Image by Gavin Banns from Pixabay 






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