I’m still making an effort to fish for life, and that “fishing” so far has centered mostly around climbing hills. Today was no exception.
High on a hill over looking town are the ruins of a once magnificent house.
The house is on fenced private property, so a couple of days ago I tried to climb up the unfenced side of the hill. Being more of a hiker than a rockclimber, I didn’t quite make it. (Visions not of sugar plums but broken limbs danced in my head.)
Determined not to give up, today I found a break in the fence, and quite daringly climbed up the steep old driveway, but it turns out half the town uses that old road as a hiking trail, so all that derring-do went to waste.
Unfortunately, the ruins, while still fascinating, weren’t quite as attractive close up. Graffiti? Why? Doesn’t anyone have a sense of awe anymore? Is it necessary to desecrate everything? Apparently so.
Still, the house was fascinating, and the views magnificent. The hills in the background are my “backyard” where I go walking every day.
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Pat Bertram is the author of the suspense novels Light Bringer, More Deaths Than One, A Spark of Heavenly Fire, and Daughter Am I. Bertram is also the author of Grief: The Great Yearning, “an exquisite book, wrenching to read, and at the same time full of profound truths.” Follow Pat on Google+. Like Pat on Facebook.
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June 1, 2013 at 7:22 am
Looks like a house in a town next to me, built by Newt Bass…man o man was it a wonderful home! Photos of it in its heyday can be found on the internet. Its just a shame…a crime really when the thugs feel compelled to mar the home with graffiti. They have no sense awe whatsoever.