Postings from Peru

03 August 2008

dreams become reality


Sitting on the ledge of the patio I feel alive inside.
Here I am, for years now I've been talking, thinking, dreaming
of a place to learn Spanish, a place to surf, it's here now
I can touch it, hear it
Looking out into the horizon I see 20 maybe 30 surfers riding
I walk down the wrong path with my friends dog and I here a man sternly say
"A donde vas con tu perro" jolted out of my thoughts and not a tune to hearing Spanish
in that split second all I make out is "your dog"
my response
"no se no es mi perro" (I don't know it's not my dog)
I keep walking, playing through in my head what he said
oh I realize, now too far down the path to respond differently,
he said "Where are you going with your dog".

And so it begins...la buena vida.

Unsteady, unsure, slow awakening,

Peace,

Jana

Link to more photos from the weekend

4 Comments:

Blogger bob said...

Hey-you're there! We're here! Hopefully you're feeling better! Keep sending stuff!

6:27 PM  
Blogger Anne said...

i am SO happy for you jana. seriously. these experiences are rich and beautiful and happy and sad - i just love it.

12:33 PM  
Blogger Julie said...

yeah! I love Peru.

1:02 PM  
Blogger stella said...

Jana-Bean, I am so ever so excited and happy for you. I can't wait to visit! Woot!

8:11 AM  

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