may i introduce you to mila rubie,
a 2005 ruby red prius?
she is named after her favorite tibetan,
the saint milarepa..the singing yogi..
who understood the nature of reality
and lived his life accordingly...
if she were a person,
she'd be standing in a wide straddle
with her hands on her hips,
a bright, wide grin on her face,
her shiny red henna hair blowing in the wind....
she absolutely adores the open road..
has only a mild interest in gasoline..
loves to challenge her mileage..
and wave at truckers as often as possible!
she brakes for buffaloes,
picks up hitch-hikers..
(the latest being mo-mo, the mouse..
a hanger-on ..
mila is intently encouraging
her/his departure..)
does her best after she's showered...
chants blessings of love and peace..
(a bit of a flower child)
aims to please her driver..
who also adores the wide open
ribbon of hiways and byways..
we make a fine team..
i am ever so greatful for her companionship..
we commune in silence often..
though we are known to carry on lengthy dialogues..
such as:
oil drillings in the middle east,
the end of poverty worldwide,
all things poetic..
(she cherishes emerson and thoreau..)
quirky baseball statistics..
zoning codes in our home towne..
the value of standing on one's head..
fiber,
the string theory from a buddhist perspective,
the four food groups according to us..
the joys of traveling together..
we made it across the us..
in a week..
first time!
charlotte rose was impressed
with her grace and playful energi..
through big weather..
the only glitch to our cross country adventure
was a hiccup in my mind..
coming out of cleveland for some odd
unknown reason i took 76 WEST
as charlotte rose and rubie mila
silently held out their hands to 80 EAST
with a longing for home in their eyes and hearts..
it took us 2 1/2 hours to crawl out
of that wobble and back to our trajectory east..
mila confided in me later ...
the highways 76W and 79N
were in need of our cosmic juice..
we did our duty to bless the roadways
and made it to charlotte's home by 8:30 pm..
welcomed by her sister, my god-daughter, jenna..
her friends, raynboe and grant..
mama and pop..donna and karl..
andy, the cat..
scruffy, carlos and gloria.. the dogs..
the turtle..sidney 3 ..or 4..?
mila rubie is sitting quietly out front..
enjoying the stillness of her meditation practice..
wet with misty rain..
a serene, contented smile on her lips...
2 comments:
Oh, lovely, what a treat to travel with you, and so poetically. I've just caught up your May and June peregrinations--my reward for a good day's work and play.
I'll stay tuned. Sending love as always. M/vdj
ah yes - crossing arizona enroute to california my momma woke up at 3AM, thinking it was time (6 or 7? ha) to hit the road, and drove some 3 or 4 hours east rather than west before awakening to her misdirection. mattered more to her than to my little bro and me - it was all roadwork to us.
glad you made it safe and sound. tip o'the hat to mila ruby and her finely attuned operator.
joy! peacekat
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