I climb up a long stair and sneak into someone else's vacation home. Why am I trespassing? Feel strange...

The owners are here--a rich couple. A man I don't know; a woman I do. They're going through some weird drama--nothing to do with my invasion. I back out, uncomfortable.

But leaving's not safe--the way has changed and grown. The railing's gone, and the steps are slippery and tilt outwards. One good gust...

And below, an abyss! The house is floating mid-air.

A long slow jittery descent to the stair-foot--still far above ground. Tied to the landing is an anchor cable 100 yards long, arcing down to a hilltop. Halfway down already dangles Bart Simpson, monkeying down hand over hand.

I start down too. Hand over hand. Hard though it is, I feel relief--it's safer than that horrible stair, where I had nothing to grip--no way to recover from a slip. Here, if I fall it'll be my own fault--not a mere gust of wind.

I'm confident now--I'll make it back down OK. With Bart as my guide.

NOTES IN THE MORNING

• Climb to a sky-house 100 yards up: I climbed a steep hill to a rehearsal of our band, The Krelkins
• Invade living space: helped install a new stove for our downstairs neighbor Jack. He's very private so I felt like an invader.
• Outward-tilted steps: the sidewalk by our house is being redone. Had to lug the old stove out around barriers and wet cement.
• Anchor-cable: My friend Mike told me "We had to hardwire our Web connection, wireless just wasn't reliable." Same as us.
• Bart Simpson as my spiritual guide?! Sheesh, what a choice! But it makes sense. Like Bart the chronic truant, I felt overwhelmed today--longed to escape work, school, even music. Responsibility.
• ACTION: Stick to a hardwired Web connection! Wireless just isn't as secure. What else? Well, the stove's in, and the band can't practice this week, so don't feel guilty for playing truant a while. I need some time away to get... grounded.

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