Today is my son's birth date, so I drove into the mountains to spend time with him. I don't know exactly what it is that draws me to higher ground for our best visits. Maybe I feel closer to the spaces where I think he must be now; maybe it's because the energy of his scattered ashes seems to hover in this area; maybe it's just that I need to surround myself with the same freedom and beauty of nature that he loved. No matter the reason, things are just cleaner and clearer for