i have returned….

burning man was as amazing as it ever is, this year. this was a very good and cool year for me, personally, professionally/volunteer-wise, and relationship-wise also.

the first good news is that my daughter did show up and came with us. she hadn’t been home much in the weeks prior to burning man, so i wasn’t sure if she had decided it wasn’t worth her time or not, but about a week before we left, she did actually show up, had taken a lot of responsibility for getting herself prepared, and it was a good thing. she had an amazing time at the event, is anxious to go back, and is now, as i write, in her first day back at school at one of the local charter schools. she did really well at the event. she was careful, but still managed to have an insane amount of fun, find her groove, her own transformation, and make it a great experience for her.

we had another friend who came out this year, flew in from texas, rented a car with another guy, and came out to brc. i am not sure what he was searching for or if he found it….he states that it will take him months to process all that he saw and did and experienced, but he views it as a positive thing. this is good.

i will post more when i can. i am processing too.

in some ways, everything happened, and in some ways it seems nothing happened.

i am, though, again, forever changed for having been there.

riding the edge of chaos is fun, it makes you expand your borders and your sense of what is "right", "good", "acceptable" and also what those things are for other people.

this year our camp was harmonious, there was a little drama, but thankfully this year it did not involve me.

i see my girl tonight for the first time since returning home. she was sick last week, so we didn’t get a chance to hook up but i am looking forward to it a lot.

that’s about it for now. i wanted to write something, since my last entry was seventeen days pre-event and now it’s almost that many days since it ended.

work continues to be what it is, and i wonder if i am losing patience for dealing with a lot of this stuff. it seems i am, but i have to endure…it’s worth it in the end, to continue to be here and to build what is being built here.

hope everyone is well. i have some cool pictures to post =)

peace.