I’ll be away again…tomorrow, November 10, through next Wednesday, November 17. W and Lucy will be here, and some pics will go up thanks to the miraculous WordPress auto-post.

Unlike my usual quarterly visits to family in Eastern Kentucky, this trip, for the most part, will be dedicated to helping my mom start her move from the place she and my dad have lived for the past 35 years to her new addition on my sister’s home. It’s a sad move for me…a final separation from the place I was born and spent my first few years with grandparents…the place I returned to for half of my first-grade year (for reasons that are fuzzy, though the experience is not)…the place where memories of my parents and sister were nurtured my entire adult life…the place that is home to very good family, just down the road…the place where my grandparents and father now rest, high atop a hill, at a beautiful spot chosen by my grandfather. It’s home to the small barn and shed that my dad built with his own hands, and it’s home to the view from the back porch, favored by him and the view from the front porch, favored by my mom.

Thankfully, a longtime friend and neighbor on the adjoining property is now the new owner. He doesn’t mind if I stop by to visit…or sit…or just roam and reminisce. I’m so happy about that, ’cause I would feel completely lost if a stranger came away with the few acres that my parents loved and cared for all these years.

So, here’s wishing many happy years to both our neighbor and my mom in their new homes…and I’ll see you next week. :o)

The photo is of me and my mom’s horse, Lady, taken by W 10 years ago.