Headed back to the Cape on Tuesday afternoon after bringing my faithful companion home to her mother. I was sad to leave her. I forgot how much I like dogs - such great companions, so consistently adoring and eager to please. But also - a great responsibility. This is a living thing that is totally relying on me to feed her and give her water and take her for safe walks. And she is the LOUDEST sleeper - what a snore horn on that creature. But what a great friend. I'll dogsit whenever I can get her. And I'm sure a dog of my own is in my future.
I wasn't sure I really wanted to come back to the Cape after such a beautiful time in Maine. Felt a bit like a gypsy on the move again. But I was looking forward to going to the "Grapevine" wine club meeting this week and hoping to make a friend or two there. Once I got here - Cape Cod - OMG what a beautiful place! Geez it's really something. And once I got to my condo - OMG what a pretty place. All my lovely things are hear and it smells good and it's warm and homey. My pledge to myself is no serious decisions for at least 1 year so I will just relax and enjoy whichever beautiful place I happen to be in at the moment.
So I went to the Grapevine meeting last night all syched to meet some new people and to start digging Cape roots. It was held at the Cultural Center in a cool, old, brick building in Yarmouth. I was one of the first to arrive - of course - and sat at one the tables arranged in a big circle with a bar set up in the middle. The hosts chatted with me - husband from Portugal, wife from Italy and moved to the Cape 3 years ago. Very friendly. Then everyone else arrived. All came in two by two. By two by TWO.... rats. I didn't even think of that. Everyone else there was a matched set. 19 of us in all. One empty seat. Right next to me. I almost cried but I didn't. I just said, "yes, I'm here alone, so how long have you lived on the Cape?" And they were mostly retired couples - I'd guess 70s. But whatever. The rest of the evening was fun and I did learn some things about wine like "this wine tastes like cloves and earth" just describes the flavor which is a function of the place it was grown "terrior - earth". The nature of the soil and the amount of sun and water, the exact circumstances of harvest day - all contribute to the flavor of the wine. Very interesting. The monthly meetings start in January where they will explore one country's wine each month. I'll likely go to learn and chat up a few of the oldies to learn some interesting things about the Cape and about them. Why not.
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