“Wild, unruly, and mystical is good.”
It’s a steady job rejecting the conventional illusions, planted so young in us and reinforced continually. But only if paid attention to and not ignored, which is all the standards deserve. The friends I’ve lost to early deaths who clung to doing what was expected of them, horrific.
Don Quixote had it right, dear adventuring heart, but forced to cloak himself with insanity to be an explorer, a free spirit, instead of a dangerous challenge to the conventions of his times.
Observe the limits of those you meet or knew who ground to a halt in fear. Wild, unruly, and mystical is good. I do the best I can in it, glad to be here. Sometimes even proud.
I’m not sorry for the years I spent in cities but I stayed too long.
There is nothing to match living wild.
The Hawks Perch 
Barbara had it right. There is nothing to match living wild, which is the current theme for the articles I am writing for VoicesofMontereyBay.org
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And what a wonderful article yours is, “The Spirit of Wild Places.” I was overjoyed at the chance to read it and, assuming you don’t mind, would like to post the link for others: https://voicesofmontereybay.org/2019/08/22/the-spirit-of-wild-places/
Thanks…
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Absolutely, okay. Now that you read my article, you can see why Barbara and I were kindred spirits. 😘
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