Last Days in Cambridge........Jo

Hard to follow Thom's images. They are stunning. It definitely pays to keep persisting and going back to the same place. I get how talented a photographer Thom is when he is able to get comfortable with where he is. I admire his commitment to photographing a place until it feels right.















Madingley Cemetary.....Britain's only American military WWII cemetary. It was moving to be here this morning. Very poignant and peaceful. Appropriate visit to this place on my last day here, especially since I've been working on a RAF base where British and Americans fought together during WWII. Hard to describe the feeling of peace and reverence here. http://madingleyamericancemetery.info/

















King's College revisited......another view from the river. The day was stellar.....warm and sunny, definitely a rarity here.













Punting again in Cambridge with my two partners, Carolyn and Joan. We had brilliant blue skies today while we drifted down the river.














As my day ends and I finish packing, I remember reading Thom's post of things not accomplished and wonderment at how the experience can be different than expected. I did not achieve many of the things I wanted either....no retreats planned, some books I never opened, and I never got to my Spanish on Rosetta Stone. What I did do was have lots of time to think and be by myself. My happiest moments were when I was free to travel on my own and experience England at my pace.

There were times I felt completely off track and I wondered what I was doing here. And yet, I learned about myself and about how to be myself in a world that is so different than me. There is so much more cooking and and stewing before I can really assimilate what this trip has meant for me.

I am ready to go home now and I am ready to be with my beloved. It is time to regroup and to begin again. But first it's time to sleep. I have a long flight tomorrow and even longer until I'm finally home.