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Dec. 12th, 2009
I'm back from the wilderness, I wasn't eaten by a bear and nobody drank the kool-aid, it's very good to be back to my bed. I made my room immaculate when I left, and coming home to it was just wonderful, it smelled like baby-powder and looked like my own little nursery, a big warm hug waiting for me. I said hello to my bear and took a shower, got into a footy sleeper and here I am.
The trip wasn't terribly eventful, saw everything, helped build domes, big drum circle at night. I could bore you with all my views and a analysis of commune living and the progressive movement as a whole, but instead, I want to tell you about a snowflake I met :)
As I anticipated, it was cooooold up there. as we say here in California, "hella" layers all the time. We saw little patches of ice on the drive, but no snow, I was definitely getting excited. The first night went by quick, I was car-lagged and stuffed myself on pita bread and hummus, I've seriously eaten a gallon of hummus in the last 72 hours. The next day we got up early and just built domes, they're easy to build, they fabricate everything on the grounds so its pretty hard to mess up. I've always been kinda nervous about heights but being small I can climb up and do the top joints easier. I was kinda afraid at first, but the ground is pretty soft there and noone there would be so mean as to throw a big red ball at me as soon as I got to the top.
We were just finishing one when it got into the late afternoon and the cold started to really kick in. There's tons of trees so the air stands still. I'm sitting on top of this great big dome, easily 20 feet in the air, and I hear a girl holler "Riley... Look!", and before I can see the flakes, one comes up and kisses me right on the nose. I look all around me and see tiny bits of frozen confetti falling down around me. I took off my gloves to feel the prickly snow on my fingers, and I stuck my tounge out and tasted the icy bits of fluff. I felt like I was sitting on top of a snowglobe, I had escaped the bits of plastic that I always imagined were snow, only to find out that the outside world is just as filled with snowflakes... but they're real :)
And then, that was it, a little hello from the weather. No more snow the entire trip, but for that moment it was something very good, and It made this little girls holidays. We had a big dinner and worked all day today, I'm happy to be home again. I know a bunch of awful stuff seems to happen to me all the time, but life is good, it has and always will be. I'm going to get all snuggled up with my bear and a paci and a Molicare I've been saving for when I need extra cuddles.
To all the babies, mommies, daddies, trans and diapered folks out there, or any other person passionate enough to venture out and find this little corner of the world, I hope life gives you a little extra love this holiday <3
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don't confront me with my failures, I have not forgotten them