What is it about Scottsdale, Arizona that keeps a nomadic spirit tethered to her soil for 32 years?
What magic do these desert arroyos and mountain vistas possess to hold a native's heart hostage?
The answers change daily.
Today's? Sunshine on my face.
With friends in town, I followed a long Saturday night with an early Sunday morning. An old college soccer buddy was in town for his wife to run in the PF Chang's Rock and Roll Marathon. Standing bleary eyed at the finish line (Sun Devil Stadium at ASU), my friend and I mainlined coffee and espresso as we waited for her to ultimately place 15th in the half marathon amongst all women. Unaccustomed to running in such warm, dry conditions, she managed to establish a new personal best as well.
By the time I made my way back home, in true Arizona splendor, the day had decided upon a glorious 67 degrees.
Exhausted, but content, I settled under the big ash tree in my yard. Atop a mattress of fallen leaves, the sun's warmth upon my cheeks, it wasn't long before I unexpectedly succumbed to sleep.
I have no idea how long I napped, but I recall dreaming.
I dreamed of a place without ice nor snow. Where sunshine is not scraped from windshields nor shoveled from driveways. Where leaves do not grudgingly fall from trees until the middle of January. Where blue skies are interrupted only by the occasional passage of migrating Canadian Geese. Where license plates on passing cars bear the insignias of far away states as often as not. Where only the people are sunnier than the weather. Where visitors come in droves and decide to stay awhile. Where children wear t-shirts and smiles year-round.
And grown men fall asleep under trees.
Tugged from my slumber by insistent, little hands, the dream is alive and well in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Funny thing, though. There wasn't anything about overdue diaper changes in my dream.
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