Monday, March 12, 2012

gone

The ice on the lakes is gone. Melted. Disappeared. I see that this evening, on my way home.


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Finally I am ready for her. Rosie, Rosie, come out already. I avoided you since November. Come out and ride!


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With Rosie, I can speed, but I can slow down, too. For the beauty of the fields before me.


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Remember these pauses? Yeah, Rosie, pause here for a second and then zip forward. Careful now, we’re in traffic. Have to watch those careless campus types. Have to remind myself what it’s like to be on a scooter.


A scooter ride is a good time to think. And here’s one small question that keeps nagging at me as I zip by on this unusually warm March evening – how many times in life are you put to the task of reinventing yourself? Me – often. If not that, then this. So often! And so I get used to change. I don’t question its presence. I assume that, yet again, I will have to consider something entirely different.

But as I scoot back to the farmette, I think – may it not be with the essentials of life anymore.


Ed is there, waiting when I finally roll in. It’s past 6, but the sun is still out. He asks – you want to hack away at some of the honeysuckle? We could work for a half hour or so..

I give it due consideration, but I know I cannot. My workweeks are too busy and too draining all at once.

I scramble eggs, cook up some broccoli and, too, make a salad. A poor excuse for supper, but at least it’s healthy.

4 comments:

  1. The field scene is so gorgeous, it looks like a painting. Go Rosie!

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  2. I find landscapes endlessly fascinating in their variations on land-meets-sky. Your landscape today is a real winner. Thank you.

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  3. "Rosie, come out tonight."

    ("Rosalita" by Bruce Springsteen)


    Nice reference...

    Barry

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  4. How about hooking up a camera to your helmet and video-taping your whole rid back and for on Rosie? Then you could upload the video here and we could feel the wind in our hair and the Wisconsin sun on our faces too! Love the scooter.

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