Further Up, Further In

On my way to Canada with my father and company. I'm hoping it will be a time to meditate, to grieve, to relax and to love on my dad. As I type this, we are skirting the western edge of the Adirondack Park. It is a place of beauty, quiet, light and iron-jawed toughness, a place I've loved my whole life. Next week, Natalie's husband is spreading her ashes in these mountains. Today I'm spreading my goodbyes. Traveling mercies.