sifting
Ok... every time I sit down to write one of these things, I am amazed. I have taken SO many pictures since I've been here and seen so many places. Most of the new places are small villages that I have walked to, but I have made a strong effort to document nearly every new trip. Some of these photos -- a lot of them -- are from several weeks ago. I almost feel like I'm cheating you, but posting such old stuff, but I know you love it anyway. So, I'll continue to throw out my scraps, and you'll continue to gobble them up, won't you? I said, WON'T YOU?Good. That's what I like to hear.
This is Chamole! It's a village, obviously, perched up on top of the ridge to the east of town. Ok, from now on, you can assume all places are villages, unless I designate otherwise. By village, I mean less than 500 people. Way less.
I went through Chamole just last weekend and I was sad to see that it's not as stunningly beautiful since a lot of the dahlias have been cut back. The whole countryside has changed so much in six weeks -- of course, the end of September through the beginning of November is a rather integral time of change. It's been such a pleasure to watch the unceasing, gradual transformation; I can only wonder how tied to a place a person would feel to witness the subtle variations of change every year*. People who live in the middle of a forest, on a mountain, next to water. When I first came to France, I finished the book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard, which is a great account of a person constantly being reacquainted to the complexity of the surrounding world. I think of it when I notice something new, like thousands of mice holes on the side of a hill which I walk by several times a week. It's a good book and I recommend it.
(*Granted, serious environmental issues - namely, pollution and global warming would provide a somewhat nail-biting experience of watching the earth's natural cycles spin further out of balance, year after year. But I'm not the person to pontificate on this...listen to Living on Earth instead.)
posted by kelly @ 8:00 PM
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