having my sister in town for 6 days helped me take advantage of the last days of summer before classes begin. we spent three days out in the mountain air, getting to know the moss and the wildflowers. i went on my favorite hike up in eldora, which i realized i hadn't been to in 3 years! there is a rough dirt road that leads to the trailhead and only until this year have i had a decent enough vehicle to drive down that dirt road full of aspens and rocks to the most gorgeous granitem moss and waterfall riddled trail. we were able to tap into each other's memories and recollect small details from growing up together. as children our imaginations were excercised constantly,, creating an imaginary world together that in retrospect implied some very interesting psychological representations. most prominent being the small gray puppet squirrel, Jake, who i got in 3rd grade as a birthday gift. we had created a whole story about his background and his personality traits as a sarcastic and crude little creature. we also related on certain aspects of our childhood which no one else in the world could know. it was all very intense and processing such things left me feeling spent in one way and energized in another.
