I have sat at a window for years. Long views of nature. I am living a very momentous event, my retiring. It is profoundly meaningful, not sad but truly painful in its ecstasy. I clearly see my life at TSD (Tennessee School for the Deaf) when I was just getting to know Betty and then clearly today and all the rest a long viewing of an Appalachian Range of glorious meaning. And I have finished the greatest hike ever but am now turning across the plains to the Mighty Tennessee, a river of life. I long to walk away to back roads, with a big window and my only job is to keep my eyes open, eat good food, a good piece of bread, and a bit of cheese. Something profound is beckoning me. I will go with an angel saint, my lover. You don’t see us but even resting sweetly warming each other, we are dancing to a gentle and Holy Tune. Bedraggled and beginning ancient, we go together with God, to the surest greatest adventure we can “…Only Imagine.”
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| My retirement luncheon yesterday. |
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