I often drive in the old riverbed that I live in with a sense of wonderment, and curiosity.

I live in Drumheller, Alberta. one of the largest dinosaur areas uncovered by man.

We have layers here that were uncovered by a huge river. The Palaeolithic, Mesozoic, Jurassic, Carboniferous, and Devonian periods. To mention just a few.

I have often gone to the world famous museum that we have here to see what came out of those eras. It is amazing to behold what came from them.

I am reminded of the layers that I have gone through on the journey that I have been on.

First I came in contact with that scared little boy. I held him, and told him he was safe.

I search through my years, and feel the touchstones of the past, the incidents that made me who I am.

They resonate, and bring up feelings that I have very little idea of what to do with. I often wander down by the remaining relic of that huge river and look at the layers on the hillside, wondering which layer I am crying about now.

This journey through the layers is literal, figurative, mental, emotional, revealing, and wondrous.

Will you please help me dig ?