December 6, 2022:
The drive up is gorgeous. Inaja memorial, valley overlook. green growing peaceful human. The Lagunas are stunning: dry, dramatic, striking. The Santa Cruz are bland, and claustrophobic. There's a sense of openness here, and possibility.
I lived for so long in places I did not want to be, in houses I disliked, with the awful house in La Honda the most dreadful and the most expensive. This new house is nice, it feels human and warm, there are no huge glowering pines threatening to crash through the roof. It feels happy here. I like being inside here.