Metamorphisis

It's the rainy season.

It rained this afternoon...naturally. I like the rain.

Now, it's a little after 6 PM, the daylight is limited. The fog has lifted and I can see across the valley to the base of the volcano and I can see down toward the ocean past David.

I just walked out on my porch to get a better look. Gorgeous! Lush, verdant green, wet and soft.

I have this thought, "This is where I live, this is where my home is, this is my country."

(Not that I have abandon my US citizenship or disowned the US in any way. It is possible to have 2 countries as "home")

But, now, this is my country.

And I love it!

I am acclimated to the humidity and spring like temperatures. The driving here now seems normal...unthinkable when I first arrived. I have great friends and more.

This is home.

Yella is still in the US until Friday, so I talk to the dogs. Am I going crazy? They are great listeners. And Emmy will talk back to you too.

So what do you do on a rainy afternoon...

I fired up my new Digitech multi-stompbox pedal for my guitar. This thing is a computer, just what I needed, another computer. But, oh boy, it does the job.

I am playing with it each day so I can become automatic using it. When you are on stage, everything will go wrong if it is not automatic. The smallest things de-rail you. Like no light on the guitar neck, or a perfectly good cord goes "bad" and you never really know why.

I am starting to feel like a real guitar player. Hmmm????

I am so grateful that I have this opportunity to live a retired life, in a place of adventure and explore new hobbies.

It took almost 3 years to feel "normal" in a foreign country.

But I made it.

Yay!