old cape cod

i'm listening to an old nancy lamott album today called "broadway baby"(my favorite) and feeling some anticipation about going to cape cod. i've not been before and i am really looking forward to spending time in provincetown and participating in another roundup. i need to finish packing and find a book to read on the flights and if i have some down time. there are so many things i am anxious to read. i have just remembered that circuitmouse did a post about a book by alan weisman titled "the world without us". i had heard of it before, but since his post i have been thinking it might be a good choice.

i butlered at a wine tasting last evening. the owner of the house had the most amazing american western art collection i have seen. it certainly was more user-friendly than a similar collection at the denver art museum. that museum has some stunners, but this family had an amazing array of obscure and more well known painters and sculpture. they have two of the same remington casts in the foyer, one with wooly chaps and one with regular chaps. i have not seen that before. there were many muted southwestern hued paintings, but sometimes they were amazingly juxtaposed with deep and richly splashed oils of southwestern skies and sunsets. there was an amazing array of delano paintings, some which i've seen in books and some i've never heard of.

postings may be scarce for the next 5 days or so. i am taking my laptop to ptown, but i am staying in a guest house, which may not have internet access. it may be really healthy for me to have to live without the crux of the keyboard for a few days anyway.

if any of you are attending provincetown serenity, please leave a comment and we can perhaps try to meet. i am planning to do the fun run on sunday morning. i am eagerly anticipating meeting a fellow blogger there, and i am hoping to have some laughs and let my heart open a little bit more. some r&r. repair and reclamation. why i think i might even go dancing on saturday night.