WHAT I SEE WITH MY EYES CLOSED -- March 24, 2016
Close your eyes. Just for a a few seconds. What images did you see? Faces? Places? I see darkness...with flashes of light...mixed with images from the past. Often I see images of my wife, my family, my mother (who we lost almost thirteen years ago)...but it is always the past...and never in color. My mind has the uncanny ability to transport me to places I've been 5, 10, even 30 years ago. It might be because I religiously take photographs and have them meticulously categorized on my computer. It might be because those same pictures are set as the screen saver on my computer...endlessly recycling and taking me on random journey of my past. Robin says that I'm her historian...keeping a record of our life together. With my eyes closed...I can see the summer sun shining through the dense foliage in Michaux State Forest . If you let it, your mind can be a dangerous place. Often, it will dwell on things th...