by the way

if you could be anything..any...one......what/who would it be?

i found this game...i guess..... a site i suppose...i haven't really investigated it fully...

but it's called second life. what attracted me what some posting about recreating another life you've lived virtually...if you believe reincarnation

i've read enough to know now that it's similar to sim city with a more virtual real time approach...and has it's darker corridors...though we all do i suppose

but it's interesting to me...........i once found some majic actually playing the raven card and envisioning myself as that entity brought me strength among other things.. so i was thinking perhaps i should give that idea another shot.

but i don't know if i have the energy to get involved in an online gaming deal. but here's the link if you are curious: http://secondlife.com/

be well gypsies

raven xx

today i am thinking about

timberline. and snow that covers the amazing range that surrounded me as i rode the lift

i totally absorb that feeling of when i was a kid and i used to cruise the mountain with a pack of guys which meant you had to keep up or be banished....and how cool it was to be where no one else was...up so high you felt like you were in another league with even the people who lived in the area or skied on a regular basis....

we'd go beyond. to the cornus that no one else would careen off of. between the trees that seemed so narrow they would eat you up as you tried to dodge them......shooting off of jumps out of treetrails that caused the people on the chairlift to holler out in enthusiasm at your aggressive attack of the slope

and how we..the mountain crew...would take over a section of the upper levels of the lodges and eateries on the hill. all cool and strong and strange....i'm sure kids do the same today as i did 18 yrs ago. and ohhh how old does it make me feel to go again and know the snow and not be in quite the shape or quite the coolness to belong to that moment

but still...it feels so good to be there and know that i was once there

the feeling of sunshine and fresh mountain wind and the way sunlight and blue sky reflect off of snow

the laughter and shrieks of children as they push themselves to the limit and learn something new

the expanse of the west......the great juttings of red striped rocks and tundra and brush and sky that seems neverending

i am so grateful to live where i do

nature is absolutely amazing and such a place of solace for me

when was the last time you took a walk somewhere you couldn't see or hear another human being? have you ever been to such a place?

i'm sure there are those that live in these places.....and know what i mean and tell me about your latest amazing outside moment if you're one of those

but i guess i'm writing to all the city people....because i'm curious....how many times have you been where there is no city for hundreds of miles?

be well wanderes

raven