| Clouds hold a special attraction for me, | | | | dots as I recalled the adventures a |
| especially when Im flying above and can enjoy | | | | mysterious friend of mine named Gideon |
| them from this unique perspective. They seem | | | | shared. His friend Marla was no less mystical |
| so angelic, so pure, so easily shaped into | | | | than he was and under their tutoring and |
| sculptures of the imagination wherein one can | | | | guidance,I had learned much about the higher |
| read all sorts of strangetales. I watched the | | | | perspectives of the confusing experience we |
| Volkswagen beetle cloud as it began shifting | | | | call life. So strange and mysterious were |
| its form into wispy little alphabet letters. | | | | their appearance and behavior that at times, |
| At first, vapory patches seemed to break away | | | | I didnt even believe that they really |
| and almost disappear before my eyes. This | | | | existed! Yet, I have with me, to this day, |
| strange cloud seemed to have a will of its | | | | the books1 in which our earlier adventures |
| own, changing shape again. How amusing! It | | | | were chronicled. |
| may have been the angle or a trick of the | | | | |
| light. Parts seemed to be forming the letters | | | | As we moved through time into evening and |
| . . . G...D ... N. Then they vanished, | | | | through space toward the east coast of North |
| changing forms like some animated caricatures | | | | America,I recalled how I first met them and |
| in the process. | | | | what remarkable personalities they were. |
| | | | Through the tough times of the past, from the |
| It is fascinating how the analytical computer | | | | loss of all my material possessions through |
| of the mind connects random thoughts and | | | | the death of my wife, Mardai, and from a |
| pictures to other thoughts and experiences of | | | | condition of utter despair to a situation |
| the past. The letters GDN following the | | | | full of promise, Gideon and Marla would |
| Volkswagen cloud brought to mind a | | | | appear in an almost magical fashion to |
| half-forgotten incident of long ago where I | | | | administer a sorely needed dose of hope and |
| had seen the name GIDEON on the license plate | | | | spiritual vision, then, just as magically, |
| of a Volkswagen. | | | | disappear. They were truly angelic beings |
| | | | come to earth. |
| Mind accessed memory banks and connected the | | | | |