tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6204746190667606793.post4114648942599699436..comments2023-10-21T06:00:32.302-07:00Comments on firefly hall: Perfection of MelancholyMelissa Myozen Blackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11167880368843619858noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6204746190667606793.post-27165004075007403632020-08-24T05:12:37.438-07:002020-08-24T05:12:37.438-07:00I will be having my 79th birthday in early October...I will be having my 79th birthday in early October.<br /> I look in the mirror and I see that old guy that I saw in my youth, sitting on a bench soaking up the sun. I see that old woman who forgot that she already bought THAT item and now has two of them in her pantry.<br /><br />Is that me? <br /><br />I don’t recognize that person that I see. <br />I am finding that I relish this solitude, it is a coming together and a falling apart, all at the same time. <br /><br />It’s not, “fun”, nor is it, “enlightening”. It is just there to be into at any given time. This includes the grief of the loss of my wife of 32 years, it includes the diamonds and gem stones that appear on the branch of the bushes and trees after a rain in the sun, the loud calls of the Sandhill Cranes flying out to their meeting places in the morning to catch a bite to eat and to get into the latest gossip in Crane World.<br /><br /> - David -buckaroohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12731906201883707097noreply@blogger.com