Stowe Lake Fix...

This is Stowe Lake in Golden Gate Park. This spot - this bench is where I go when I need to stop and think. It was one of the first little 'getaways' Rick showed me when I was visiting him in March 2006. It's so peaceful and quiet. Miss Kate and I sit there - and I sort through stuff. It's one of the places that is still indelibly marked with visits there with Rick. I went there this morning - because I woke up restless and I decided rather than the gym - I needed a visit to Stowe Lake. So Kate and I headed out there (after stopping for a double tall cup of vitamin caffeine) this morning. The sky is dotted with clouds - and the surface of the lake was beautiful.

I sure needed my Stowe Lake Fix^tm this morning. Particularly in these days of my life where I'm rediscovering things - and hitting the reset button on my life in the big city.... my Stowe Lake visits do a great deal for my heart and my mind. The uniquely cool thing about this morning's visit was just as I was finishing my coffee - and thinking Miss Kate and I needed to head home - the morning fog from the ocean rushed the entire scene like a blanket. Literally in the span of 5 minutes - the place went from warm and quiet to windy and cold and thick fog. I smiled to myself what a metaphor that was for my time with Rick - and how I could get in my Mini - and drive away from it. and now back at my apartment - its morning sunshine.

Where do you go when you need a moment like this? Do you have a place like this in your life?
I'd love to hear about it.