As I prepare to leave my summer home and go back to my semi-metropolitan life I find that my mind is starting to shift to a different place. Maybe a physical place or maybe a psychological place. I have spent most of my summer here in Minnesota, in a hundred year old house on a beautiful lake. A lot of my day is filled with tending the (large) garden, preparing food, visiting with the parents and multitude of relations and friends. Every evening I set aside time to go fishing and generally relaxing in the boat on the lake. Gently swaying side to side in a boat in the warm air with the smell of lake water and small waves hitting the side is such an amazing way to relax. When you start to be in your head too long the rhythmic popping of snapping Turtles or the gentle calling of the Loons bring you back to the 'Now'. It is all so soothing you can almost feel the tension leave your muscles.
