the finery

'10 February. The Peregrine flew north across the valley. He was half miles away, but I could see the brown and black of his wings, the shining gold of his back. The pale cream of his tail coverts looked like a band of straw twisted across the base of his tail. Thinking he'd return downwind, I went into fields with the river to watch for him. I stood in the lee of the hawthorn hedge, looking through it on the north, sheltered in the bitter wind' If only computer commands like "ctrl-alt-del" or "ctrl-z" can be applied to human life, then getting back together together with your ex is effortless and nobody will dare ask themselves on the best way to undo being dumped. But as everyone understands, life doesn't work doing this. When being dumped already happened, both of you might be struggling to get away from the painful path towards recovery. Mine was at the bathroom the morning I got the email from Escape Adulthood speaker and expert Jason Kotecki and his wife, Kim, informing me that I was chosen as THE Adultitis Fighter of the Month. I had NO idea what that meant so I visited their site and found blogs from others who had been chosen in prior months. These everyone was amazingly awesome! They lived lives that I aspired to get like. Why had they chosen ME to get in this elite circle? Few people knew exactly where it came from, and fewer still were permitted access. The location is private, house and past owners were understandably protective of their treasure. Around 40 years ago a new, local boy named Martin Kramer (That's Martin inside photo, characteristically swinging a pick. Also, three collectors in the Monterey / Carmel area.) was hill climbing near his Morgan Hill home, South of San Jose, California and noticed some pretty, red rocks. Back then, the jasper could be collected as float material. When which had all been removed rockhounds attacked outcrops with gads, prybars, and sledges searching for jasper inside host rock. Finally, exploratory holes were dug until two reliable veins were found just feet derived from one of another. For years this site has supplied gem rough for lapidaries throughout the nation and beyond. If you notice a newly released abundance of poppy jasper on the market (I have seen bowling ball-sized boulders with a few shows) this is due to the site was opened to fee-digging the past year or so. Knowing they would soon sell their home, pet owners took benefit from any additional income stream.