Don't you wonder what went on here?Don't you wonder what they talked about, while they were washing dishes?
Don't you wonder if they were the same as you are?
Unsure.
Stressed.
Burning the candle at both ends (I love a good cliche!)
Don't you wonder where they are now?
Don't you wonder why they left, and why this house has been forgotten?
Every time I drive East, over the mountains, I wonder what brought people West. And I'm told--by books and historians--it was open space, opportunity, the chance at something big like land and ownership and a horizon that had no bounds. A life that wasn't constricted by convention; a life that was adventurous, and unique.
Well, that's why I'm here.
That's why I love the west.
That's why I can't imagine living anywhere else, even now, in 2007, when every part of the country looks like the other. Strip malls and food chains crowd every corner; Walmarts and gas stations positioned at each freeway exit. There's nothing unique, it seems.
Unless you stray off the road.
And then you have to ask, why did they leave? And where are they now? And if everywhere is just like the other, why am I in this place?
Photo:
by Kristin
abandoned homestead, Winthrop, Wa
september, 2007
4 comments:
These days it seems that in order to find meaning in my life, i tend to find myself going away from the commonly traveled paths to find the thought provoking questions. I love the picture with this post.
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