Big Sur

On PBS this evening there was a program that sort of defies description. I guess one could call it a kind of travelogue where music is scored around beautiful aerial shots of the United States. It was called Tim Janis: Coastal America. I'd seen this program before but not like tonight's broadcast in high definition. The episode devoted to Big Sur was magnificent and inspiring. Fifteen year old memories of road trips through Big Sur come flooding back and I realize how much I miss California. Don't get me wrong, Columbus has been very good to me but I still feel alien here, this is not my ancestral home. But then, neither is California so go figure. You can never go home but sometimes I do wonder.