fresh like fruit.

I am truly happy when I eat fruit. it is just so tasty and juicy and FRESH.
the Pacific Northwest resembles fruit in the way that it is fresh. I had a couple ferry rides yesterday getting to Port Orchard to help with my cousin's pirate themed birthday party. On this ferry ride it was very much refreshing. to step out on the upper deck and feel the crisp breeze, to watch the birds fly above the water, and see trees and mountains in the distance... it was beautiful.
I am anxiously awaiting the days of summer so that I can fully immerse myself in the nature and beauty of this place.
I read in a book once that God can use seasons to romance us to Him. These seasons can change from year to year but this year I can definitely tell that God is wooing me with summer. It's like I want to take a bite out of the scenery. A while back on a walk, I just had it in my head how much I wanted to "drink" in the cherry blossoms. Inadvertently I have the hunger and desire to consume God and what is His.
(All these thoughts remind me of Flannery O'Connor and the Eucharist.)

So I invite you, my few fellow followers, to celebrate this upcoming week before Easter and enjoy the freshness in this life He has given us. Eat fruit! Be messy with it! let it get all over your hands and face. Get outside. put some rad sunglasses on and jam out to music. Friends-- be happy! and think of the resurrection while you're at it.

blossoms.

I have seen beauty today!
Spiro and I went to the University of Washington's campus to see the cherry blossoms, because they are spectacular in spring! I felt like I walked into a dream. Or maybe a Vampire Weekend song. The buildings surrounding the "courtyard" with trees are old and I daresay may be cousins of the buildings in New England. After that we visited the library, which reminded me of New York's public library. The staircase we took was almost identical to one in Harry Potter!

I got caught in the rain on my way home today. It takes me 15-20 minutes and it was miserable. Usually the rain is quite light but it was really coming down. The weather can be really wishy washy. It can be sunny one moment and really cloudy and rainy the next! It's crazy.