Back from Vermont. So good to see the family and sleep in my bed. Lovely to just swap roles and be given the opportunity not to think too much. It's been a whirlwind residency -- so much to listen to and think about, and many moments of inspiration and epiphany. Really getting to know a good handful of friends. On my last day, a wonderful bike ride through the Vermont hills, beauty all around. Hard t believe next time I go, it will all be covered in snow.
Strangest thing, when I woke up after getting home late Sunday night, my four-year-old daughter came in and started talking, and seemed as if she'd aged by months -- a great leap in verbal and physical, and it seemed psychic maturity -- perhaps because I went away and she had to adjust? Amazing. Thrilling. I get, in this way, to see my children from a distance, without having to go too far away for too long. I wonder if they perceive a change in me?
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