STRS

Exactly one year ago today I arrived in Montana for a 2 week quarantine stay in a vintage Airstream trailer on a flower farm. The road trip covered the miles from Southern California up through Nevada, Arizona, Idaho and then on into the grand expanse that is Montana. The reason for the trip… a new GRAND BABY! Viona Jane! Because she was born in June 2020, all of the COVID/Global Pandemic precautions remained in place and in order for me to HOLD her, it was highly recommended that I come to that neck of the woods and isolate myself for 14 days. DONE! 

Upon my arrival, after 2 consecutive 10 hour driving days, I tucked into the little bed inside the cozy trailer and slept. I woke to a text from my son asking if I’d witnessed the meteor shower the night before… I had not of course… because sleep. So that night, although presumably the meteors had already done the majority of their showering, I crept out of my trailer in the middle of the night, when it was darkest, to see what remnants of flashing lights and falling stars I might find…

Tons. Trillons. The way the stars lit up the night sky made me dizzy with delight. Also, just plain dizzy! Lying on the ground looking up at the luminous darkness it was as though I was IN it. Engulfed by it. The epitome of dreamy. 

Though I lay there alone, I imagined what it might be like to be lying there with someone else, sharing such an epic experience. And that idea spilled over into what became STRS. I wrote over the course of the next couple days… while driving down winding roads in the woods, while paddle boarding on glacier fed lakes, while hiking in the hills.  

The video is a sweet incarnation of those ideas and experiences. We all hope and long for connection, affection, friendship and love. The couples represent US… all of us.  Watch the video here: STRS