After 6 months, I have finally been able to talk to Drew again. He has his hand on a cellphone and a calling card. I missed being able to talk to him. Then again, 6 months of no communication is pretty standard when he moves to a diferent town, made even more difficult by the huge timezone change.

Drew is actually the only long distance relationship I have ever really had. Then again, we have always spent a good deal of time on the phone–that makes things easier for sure. It sounds like he is having a great time, and congrats to him for making it work. Hopefully next trip Kate and I will be able to join him.

I can feel the weather starting to deepen into that beautiful bell of full summer. We found a beach when we were out driving at random on the weekend, and from the lack of signage, we think it must be a local one. Spent the days combing the shore for interesting shells and rocks and bits of sea glass. I found a tiny triangle of pale pink sea glass, from what I cannot guess, it’s edges dulled by the relentless surf. Got our feet wet in the c-chilly ocean new shoes soaked with salt and kelp, what a laugh. Corpses of crabs were festooned all over the rocks, a messy feast for hungry birds.

Been a year since we moved here and we’ve both come so far and been through so much. I think there is much still to go though as we let go of the shackles of our old lives and see that we are stronger for it.

My view is full of green and fresh scents and flowers and beautiful sky. I can see layers of blue hills in the distance, I can smell the sea.

I’m enjoying this easy life with Dev, walking along a beach, or down the throat of the Goose, or just meandering wherever the road takes us, it’s good we have each other.