Monthly Archive for August, 2006

I am in an unknown city and need to get home, so I rent a car and start driving at twilight, feeling somewhat urgent and pressured. I miss a turn, but am still sure of the general direction, so I set out across a rural area trying to reconnect with the highway. The road is just a narrow dirt lane, and darkness is falling as I approach some country houses. There is a lapse of time & consciousness, and I awaken in the car at dawn, with first light spreading across the sky. It seems that the road came to a dead end between a house & barn, and I have slept in the car, which is now pointed back the way I came. I start driving again. All sense of urgency is gone, and I don’t care if I have to pay for more time on the car. I am going to take my time and be where I am.