Mountains!!!!

This is another post that I was working on pre-confinement.

Off my balcony I can see the snow-capped Pyrenees, above.  France is just on the other side.  They are BREATHTAKING.  SPECTACULAR!  I say breathtaking because they literally take my breath away.

I read a book in graduate school, which is one of my favorite books, called “La Casa Verde” by Mario Vargas Llosa, an author who was later elected president of Peru.  It takes place in the Peruvian jungle and the jungle itself is one of the primary characters.  I feel that way about the mountains.  They aren’t just part of the landscape, they’re a participant, they play a role in life.    That is one of the the main things I miss when I’m living in Houston.  I love the sea too, but it doesn’t reach inside and grab me like the mountains do.  I like both!!