Ferry

I’m on a ferry right now, bobbing from Bainbridge Island to downtown Seattle. I dog-sat my mom’s hilarious Welsh Corgi last night, allowed myself to oversleep, and am now running very, very late, at the mercy of the ferry system. I can’t really imagine commuting this way, but hundreds (thousands?) of Seattleites do it every day, to and fro. I would need to have a far more zen approach to life to be able to deal with having my schedule determined for me. Or maybe not even zen, but I just need to be less of a control freak.

I will say this, though: on a summer day there is nowhere I’d rather be in the world, than in the Pacific NW. Despite my white-knuckle “I’m going to miss my ferry” drive this morning I was awestruck by the sheer beauty of this place. The perfect green of the trees with a perfectly blue sky, the quiet, the calm water speckled with boats. I say this all the time, and I’m sure people think I’m just indulging my superlative gene (got that from my dad), but I truly, genuinely believe that Seattle is the most gorgeous city in the world on a warm summer day.

In other news, I pretty much can’t believe that Judith Miller was jailed yesterday. Fucking ridiculous, but I suppose not surprising in the context of everything else happening in media these days. The part of it that I find most disturbing (well, one of the parts, at least) is that I predict that countless editors will look to this as reason for not protecting their journalists and their sources. I just don’t have faith in the journalistic ethics of the lion’s share of our newsfolk, but that is an assumption on my part. I hope I am wrong.

Steve and I bought a house this week. My first. It really couldn’t be any more perfect for us. We made a dream house check list a few weeks ago and assumed we’d be compromising a good chunk of our list, but then this place came along, met our whole list, and even added a few new items! We were launched into sheer mania as we readied our offer, and I am humbled by how many of our friends jumped to help us. This experience has been incredible, and makes me feel so appreciative of what we have, materially, spiritually, and emotionally. Our friends have proven to be true family. What a gift!

I should probably stop typing, and soak in the view. I mean, I’ll have plenty of time in front of the screen today.