Monument valley                                click to enlarge

“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.”
―     J.R.R. Tolkien,     The Lord of the Rings    

The road is calling and I am unable to close my ears and not hear. The pull is getting stronger everyday and soon I will be helpless against its forces and shall be swept out with the tide to points unknown. There is no destination yet marked in black ink on my journeyer’s map but I will fill it in later when I know where I have been.

I chanced across this image this morning and the call of its secrets, of what is over the next hill, caught me unaware and I immediately began the mental process of what to put in the rucksack and what to leave behind. This is a sure sign that I am being moved by unseen forces and will soon be off. The road is long and I am certain I shall never see its end but I shall try. I am ready for this Dangerous business.