Lainesblog Thinking Out Loud

 

 

Twelve years ago I won a week's stay in a Dune Shack

in Provincetown on Cape Cod.

Already initiated in shack dwelling by a generous friend

who taught me about wood fires and well water and kerosene lamps,

there was no fear,

only anticipation.

  

Craving the isolation and solitude,

on my first day I bristled when I saw two women approach the shack.

They politely knocked on the door and apologized for the intrusion.

 

"…but would you mind terribly if I showed my friend the shack,

my stay here was so important to my life that I wanted to show her?

We won't be long I promise,

I understand your need for solitude."

 

They were so respectful of my time and space that when they departed

only minutes later, I almost wished that they would stay longer!

 

This week on LainesBlog,

I will revisit that week in December

with some excerpts from my journals

and a few photos as well!

I hope that you enjoy it!

 

The C-Scape Dune shack in Provincetown on Cape Cod.

The "intruder" was the writer, Joan Anderson whose book, A Year By The Sea, is an inspiring story about her late life changes in family and marriage and work.