I was missing Charlotte, hadn't seen her on the web (her web, not this one) for several days, but I've been a little preoccupied with my own tangled webs, complicated projects and deadlines and difficult people and, I should say too, some extraordinary people. We make a lot of fuss about teamwork, and when the right people come together, it can be wu wei.
So at the end of the tunnel, a clear sky, trade winds, no vog, head cold subsiding, new month calendar pages, and a debugged spreadsheet as delicate and perfect as a spider's who's off the drugs. And when a spreadsheet works, that's a wu wei. But it took hairpulling persistence and effort to get it to that point. Well, at least for me: word processors, page layout and image processing programs are my interest (and therefore, expertise). Excel is not.
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| Spider pointing to the moon. Or is the moon pointing to the spider? |
And Charlotte is back, having apparently renovated her own little spreadsheet, spinning silk and now resting on it. Could she feel as exhilarated as I do, finishing a difficult task? Well, she gets to stay put and gaze at the moon, while I'm looking forward to a trip back East...to both coasts really. I'll be in DC on election day, then return with a stop on the Oregon coast. The vision of
Cannon Beach, likely in the cold and damp rain (a nice change from Hawaii), has been keeping me inspired and moving forward.
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| Cannon Beach, Oregon |
Looks a little like Guilin, but at the edge of the Pacific. In a couple of weeks, I hope to have some nice photos of the area of my own to put up here. Persistence pays off.
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