"Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased." ~ John Steinbeck

I lived where Steinbeck wrote novels in the Monterey Bay Area of CA and upon finishing this video I thought of him, as well as the CCC men, who following the depression, did a lot of the stone work in the surrounding National and State Parks of Big Bend where we lived off-grid. I also felt a connection with my pioneer & farmer ancestors and...the magic of hands... that create, connect us through touch, build structures and make art, express love, heal, communicate familiarity in gesture, beauty in abstract movement...

"A kind of light spread out from her. And everything changed color. And the world opened out. And a day was good to awaken to. And there were no limits to anything. And the people of the world were good and handsome. And I was not afraid any more." ~ John Steinbeck

"I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger." ~ John Steinbeck