I ran the Salem bike Trail over to Marblehead. The day is bright and clear so Marblehead bay was clean and blue. The trail is a lovely gravel drive that is totally covered in native New England flowers and plants. Last year I bought an Audubon book just to identify the flowers here and pressed some into my vacation journal. Today I went into the tiny, old cemetaries on Marblehead to look for my favorite graves and refresh my memory of their wise and poetic eptiaphs. "As you are now, so once was I....." reads one headstone from the 1670's. This one always strikes me. I'm staying the rest of my time at my friend's 150 year old home in Salem, MA. They just moved into a 150 year old home about 3 blocks away from the place they've lived for the past 10 years. This new home is unbelievable, 3 floors and many rooms. They have refinished and furnished it in period pieces. They are both excellent craftsmen and artists, so you can imagine how well the house is put together. It's lovely. Anway, I'll be in Boston this afternoon winding down my adventure, which should end tommorrow. I have enjoyed all the running on the beach, through lonely country roads surrounded by fields of soy beans and cotton, and down tiny New England streets. I have a few memories in the bank now to recall on those sad, bleary Utah winter days.
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