Deep In The Forrest

It's Thursday, so my TGIF is almost here, hopefully I am nearing the end of this Sinus Hell. I can't wait for fall, the cold snap will be such a welcome change from this sauna by the river. A morning person I am not, so of course I was running late as usual and that only inflames the other drivers into taunting me into a road rage frenzy. Ahhh, Memphis drivers, we should hold a holiday specifically for you, to honor just how bad you really are... who else could so blatently and talentlessly break every rule of the road and 'give the finger' to your innocent fellow roadsmen? Cutting people off left and right, only to make the next turn and lane hopping like the wind... You know that the other lane is going to come to a halt the minute you change, so why not just sit back and listen to your radio and maybe relax for a moment? Where do you think you are going? Is there some special destination that I am unaware of where the person who arrives first wins a million dollars?...

Life is a funny thing... We are constantly trying to stay afloat in the muck of day to day reality, always growing, always learning. We think we are on a journey of knowledge... learning how to live. Sometimes, however it can seem that we are really on a different journey, learning how to die. Death seems to be all around us. Too many have passed lately for me to feel ultimate comfort. Family members, family friends, and as I happen to catch the news, far too much more violence to allow for any hopes of nirvana. I guess it depends on how you look at it. We all have the choice to live as if we are going to die, or live as if we were already dead. I see more and more that the journey is not that long, but that the ride can be a happy one with no regrets. Mostly, I know that family and close friends are more important than we sometimes let them know, and they or we, are sometimes not here long enough, and we take for granted the valuable loves and friendships that we're so blessed to...

Ahhh, days of old... Nothing so innocently blissful as Youth... as I, frolicking through childhood with the chickens and the horses, breathed in the fresh scent of rolling fields, having not a care in the world. Back to reality-the workpile (the drawingboard if you will). I peek out the window from this thirty-second floor, watching the ants below on Main St... dodging raindrops and going back to their offices no doubt-It's Tuesday afternoon. Happy Birthday Daddy!!!!

Welcome to the blog; I had to create one to be able to post on one, so here it is. I don't know exactly what i'm going to add to this 'blog'... but we'll see... I'm sure i'll think of something. Happy evening...

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