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I haven’t even finished recapping my Oregon Country Fair experience.

But I guess we’re doing this.

I haven’t written nearly as much as I would have wanted to, yet I also do not feel I have any right to punish myself for it. Nor should I. I just really miss my Grandfather.

I know I told him I wouldn’t. That I would have these memories accrued & ready to write an eulogy worthy of a man who such a consistent, steady presence in my life. The words, however, just won’t come. The bard feels lost.

The bard is lost.

Caught somewhere in the Mediterranean, blown on a bag of wings & hanging on to the mast until the waves make sense again.

Phone’s ringing in the meantime. The fab is calling & I fear I must land under the shadow of the dead.

Ramble on,

–The Casual Rambler

P.S. Why yes, I did see The Odyssey over the weekend.

P.S.S. revisited an old poem on the Patreon. Subscribe today & check it out here then compare it with the original!

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