Early in my teaching career I became enamoured with the mountains of the blue ridge chain up around the Pigsah Range, Asheville, NC and points beyond.
I made it a point to travel there regularly and I loved to get high up in places like the watershed and craggy gardens and call people on my cell phone.
It was thrilling for me personally and I never forgot the feeling of being high above my cohorts in all my self-ascribed glory.
Mountains are a geological feature which occur when the layers of the earth engage in upheval and they provided a respite from those concrete jungles I always occupied during that time. Nowadays I am content to sit on my acre in the city limits and just fritter away. I am someone who has always needed something to do but it simply hasn't been happening of late.
Maybe tomorrow.
December 11 brings us International Mountain Day.
It is a celebration of the geology of the earth and those blessings it bestows upon those willing to take the trip to where they are. That is me and indeed, I shall return — someday. Happy International Mountain Day to you !