cold fog

hello universe!

"If I take one more step, I'll be the farthest away from home I've ever been." (Sam, The Lord of the Rings)

Arrived safe and sound in London Town. Utterly astonished (or should I say gobsmacked?) by the sheer... London-ness of it all. I realized rather quickly that I didn't really know London; I only knew about her... largely through whatever I could gather from Doctor Who. She's much more different than I expected, like a cold splash of water in the face, and yet, simultaneously, much more similar than I expected. I suppose that's the way all cities are, when comparing them to home.

Based on first impressions, she appears to be in constant flux, both physically and metaphysically... yet shadows of the past still cling on to the future, like the moss clinging to the brick-mortar flats that line the streets. Somehow, though, also like the moss, these shadows make the place even more beautiful. It isn't beautiful in a manicured Orange County sense... it is beautiful in the way a very old classic book is when you discover it hiding beneath a veil of dust. It invites.

May it invite more of us to discover its secrets. I'll let you know what more I learn.

your trusted aethernaut,
maggie