Tilting at Windmills: Spring in Florida

Monday, March 31, 2014

Spring in Florida

It is a beautiful day! I am reminded of the opening lines of "White Christmas", the part hardly ever heard: "the sun is shining, the grass is green, the orange and palm trees sway".

I am more and more settling into our house, and my life, in Florida. It really is becoming home. There is still much to be done in Philly, and I guess I will always echo Auntie and refer to it as "up home", but I am more and more anxious to move the rest of our "stuff" down here.

Mostly, I can't wait for DH to be here full time- I miss him when he is not around. But he is so loving and generous, and insists I stay here while he finishes this year of teaching up there.

I truly LOVE our little house here!

1 comment:

Shirley said...: Where have I been? I didn't know you were moving there full time. Here's to a smooth transition in you cozy home!! TFS; April 3, 2014 at 2:11 PM

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Why "Tilting at Windmills"?

When I started this blog in October 2007, there was a story here about my connection to "Tilting With Windmills". Much of what was in that post no longer applies. Much other of it still does. So, here's the story.

When I was graduating from high school, more than 40 years ago, a group of my friend presented me with a print of Picasso's Don Quixote. They said it reminded me of them.

I get upset when things are wrong, even though getting upset cannot fix them. I dislike people who are cruel or petty or self-serving, and am frustrated that I cannot change them. I fight a daily battle with my health, although I know that every new day is another battle. I have a husband and close friends who support me, even when what I want or believe seems crazy.

So, the comparison with Don Quixote is perhaps an apt one. The story encourages me to take on the battles I see, even the hopeless ones. It reminds me to try to see the best in people. It comforts me that, in the end, even if my actions are futile, they are not meaningless.

I mean to try to continue "to dream the impossible dream".