heading to nyc

i am off to nyc for 4 days to drop-off my youngest, joseph, at NYU. i am very excited. i love nyc. i love visiting it, and i love that my joe-joe is headed off on a big adventure. for a kid who grew up in the midwest living on a secluded three acre lot on a lake, nyc is about as different as it can get.  i think i would have really enjoyed living in nyc as a young person. i also love my quiet home on the lake, with coyotes, deer, and owls as neighbors. i think it is possible to love both things, without being contradictory. i suspect joseph will feel the same way in a few years. his northern roots run deep. but he is a young man in search of himself, and nyc just might be the perfect place for him right now. with the right attitude, the anonymity of a place like nyc can be very liberating. yes, it can also be very lonely and isolating. but i am confident he is in the right place to make the most of what’s to come.

i have queued up five days of STILL for you while i travel, so your daily dose of beauty should continue uninterrupted. see you at the end of the week! xo mary jo

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