Beginning again tomorrow

We arrived in Huntsville, Alabama this evening and are prepared to head out tomorrow. It's pouring rain here and I'm glad 'cause they need it - it's all drought everywhere. This year I am prepared: poncho, yes! Companion, yes! My brother Jonathan is with me and Scott Lawrence is posted in Huntsville in case we need anything. This year I am not trying it alone.

You can read about the beginnings of my journey here http://whyandwherefore.com, a really exciting new project by some incredible folks in New York.

Can't get this quote out of my head:

"Everything is biographical, Lucian Freud says. What we make, why it is made, how we draw a dog, who it is we are drawn to, why we cannot forget. Everything is collage, even genetics. There is the hidden presence of others in us, even those we have known briefly. We contain them for the rest of our lives, at every border we cross."
- Michael Ondaatje , Divisadero