Calling Upon a Storm
It’s that time of season. The close of one year and the start of another.
When I lived in Texas, dad would take me, along with my sister, to the House of Pies around Christmas time. Just the three of us. It was a tradition of ours. We’d order the sweetest thing on the menu, some hot chocolate and recall the past year. Accomplishments. Changes. Goals for the future. And with a sparkle and a gleam in his eye, the pride emanating from him wrapped us in the warmest of blankets.
Those were special times.
A closing of a chapter as we picked up another book to begin. Pages unwritten.
So, Dad, even though you are far away, I sit here with my hot chai tea and chocolate chip cookie pondering reflections of the last 12 months along with aspirations for the coming days. I’m going to shoot for the moon. I’m calling upon a storm. And I’m gonna reach for the stars (because stars don’t fall out of the sky – according to Ritchie Valens)!
Original Posting: Dec 2014
This piece has a bit of a dual meaning for me. Yes, it's about setting intentions and those wonderful memories with my father. But it's also about plans that my sister and I have for later in life as we drift into older age. For anyone who has seen Practical Magic, we've been putting it out there for years that we'll be together, with a thousand cats, making pottery and drinking mint juleps under big straw hats in the sun. I'd be disappointed if I made it to the end of my days and didn't have this experience. I can see it perfectly in my head. It's good to have a friend...even better if one of your best friends is your sister.
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Behind the Scenes - Calling Upon a Storm
Unfortunately, I don’t have too many behind the scenes shots from this day. A whole group of us intended to get together for a day of shooting at Great Falls Park, but in the end, there were only two of us. The weather warmed to a balmy 50 degrees with the promise of rain. So it was a battle against time to photograph before Mother Nature decided to cleanse us with her good graces.
A big thank you to Tom Newforge for his assistance manning the shutter while I stood on a rock, barefooted, holding a tortilla warmer. Note to self: next time fill warmer with tortillas first!
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