Heidi visit

The New Years weekend was full of emotions. None of my feelings were about my former work. I have accepted that and it is history. More important things were stirring.

I took my daily walk through town and photographed a raven in a tree at Evergreen Cemetery. Its stark lonely vigil matched my mood.

All of Juneau except me was happy with the clear weather and a rare blue moon.
Sunday morning came and I spent several hours clearing out old files. Bank statements from 1998, auto manual for car I sold 20 years ago.
I had the music of Aztec Two-Step on full volume on my stereo to try and blast away my blues. The louder I played my music the deeper I fell into a well of melencholy.
I noticed there was a message on my cell phone. There was a familiar voice I have known since childhood. "Brian, This is Heidi. I am in town for a few days........."
Beautiful, wonderful Heidi. I have not seen her for about five years when we last saw each other in New Jersey. We have been friends since our grade school days of playing softball together with her and her sisters at the Capital School Playground. We worked together at the Juneau Empire back in the 1980s. She started out as photo intern for the Juneau Empire and has become a very successful international photographer.

http://www.heidibradner.com/

It was a short visit. I only got to see her for a few hours. But it was enough to make me as happy as I have been in many months. She will be on next plane back home to London soon. And I will be wondering the streets of Juneau.