Wildacres Day 5

July 4, 2013, was another rainy day at Wildacres.

After breakfast I finished Chapter 13 of my textbook and began Chapter 14.

In late morning I decided to work on drying out the interior of my car. I brought two towels out and spread them on the seat. Then I sat on them and drove the 3.5 miles into Little Switzerland. I found a bookstore and coffee shop I have loved for years and ordered a chai tea latte. Then I saw a woman I recognized from my writing conference and greeted her. She ordered a chai tea too. I am glad I ran into her because I had forgotten my wallet. Marci was kind enough to buy my chai. We also found out there was going to be a Fourth of July parade there at 4. I may go back.

After lunch I walked back to the guest house with Will. We had a nice talk. Then Mike came up. He is the director of the Wildacres Conference Center. He said something like, “So you’re going to be in one of our cabins in a few weeks?”

I said “Oh, yes, the writer-in-residence thing.”

I am really looking forward to that.

Then I wrote a new poem:

 

 The Network

Gigabytes, terabytes
stored in the cloud
Access it anywhere
It’s all in the cloud

I’ve been to the cloud
I’ve been to the mountain
The Blue Ridge is shrouded
By clouds on the mountain

From high on the mountain
I connect with the spirit
That ties us together
Because we are spirit

Stardust and spirit
Together in joy
One person’s love
Is everyone’s joy

We are all in that joy
We are all in the cloud
With unlimited storage
It’s all in the cloud.

--James W. Kershner July 2013