9.25.2008
9.22.2008
My favorite time of year approaches
Honestly it is hard to get too excited about the seasons here in Florida. There are no snow angels, no dramatic springtime changes, and no red-yellow-gold leaf changes. Of summer, we have no shortage. Nevertheless, Autumn is by far my favorite time of year. I can feel it when it approaches. There is no dropping of temperature, or falling leaves, or any of the other wonderful things associated with fall that the rest of you enjoy. But the sun dips slightly, and that extra shadow is enough to make my anticipation grow. There is something about the color of the surroundings that changes, and it is refreshing to me. It is still 90 degrees outside, but my mind expects something new. We are always waiting for that <60 day right around the corner, but it doesn't come until January. Still, Autumn is the time for port drinking, pipe smoking, backyard fires, pumpkin patches, family walks, pie baking, and a great deal more wonderful things.
AUTUMN SONG
Let's go down the road together, you and I,
Let's go down the road together,
Through the vivid autumn weather;
Let's go down the road together when the red leaves fly.
Let's go searching, searching after
Joy and mirth and love and laughter --
Let's go down the road together, you and I.
Let's go hunting for adventure, you and I,
For the romance we are knowing
Waits for us, alive and glowing,
For the romance that has always passed us by.
Let's have done with tears and sighing,
What if summer-time IS dying?
Let's go hunting for adventure, you and I.
Let's go down the road together, you and I --
And if you are frightened lest you
Weary grow, my arms will rest you,
As we take the road together when the red leaves fly.
Springtime is the time for mating?
Ah, a deeper love is waiting
Down the autumn road that calls us, you and I!
Margaret E. Sangster
Honestly it is hard to get too excited about the seasons here in Florida. There are no snow angels, no dramatic springtime changes, and no red-yellow-gold leaf changes. Of summer, we have no shortage. Nevertheless, Autumn is by far my favorite time of year. I can feel it when it approaches. There is no dropping of temperature, or falling leaves, or any of the other wonderful things associated with fall that the rest of you enjoy. But the sun dips slightly, and that extra shadow is enough to make my anticipation grow. There is something about the color of the surroundings that changes, and it is refreshing to me. It is still 90 degrees outside, but my mind expects something new. We are always waiting for that <60 day right around the corner, but it doesn't come until January. Still, Autumn is the time for port drinking, pipe smoking, backyard fires, pumpkin patches, family walks, pie baking, and a great deal more wonderful things.
Labels: autumn, fall, florida, poetry
9.12.2008
Well, hopefully we will be able to get some seeds in the ground this weekend. I think our timing is about right. If it get done it will be fit around a noon time soccer game for my 4-yr old boy. I coach both my boys' soccer teams. Eight 3yr olds on one team and twelve 4-5yr olds on the other. I guess I am a little crazy, but soccer is one of my passions, and I bet you didn't know that about me. I love following Major League Soccer (American) as well as the English Premier League, and some of the other leagues.
One of my other passions (they are many and varied, if you haven't noticed) is old Volkswagen buses. My dream car growing up was a VW and I had planned on bumming around the country in one after high school (that was before I met the only woman who could keep me in one place). I got my first VW when I was 15, a 1971 VW microbus that I still dream about.
Long story short, I have also owned a 1975 "tin-top" westy, a 1971 westy (disassembled and in my garage) and a 1969 westy, that I got rid of this past weekend. The reason for getting rid of the 1969 was that I traded it for this:
A 1972 Microbus. If you think this looks rough, you should have seen the 1969. If you are interested in seeing some of my buses, or the work we have been doing on them, you can look at my photo album, or my VW blog that I don't update very often.
One of my other passions (they are many and varied, if you haven't noticed) is old Volkswagen buses. My dream car growing up was a VW and I had planned on bumming around the country in one after high school (that was before I met the only woman who could keep me in one place). I got my first VW when I was 15, a 1971 VW microbus that I still dream about.
Long story short, I have also owned a 1975 "tin-top" westy, a 1971 westy (disassembled and in my garage) and a 1969 westy, that I got rid of this past weekend. The reason for getting rid of the 1969 was that I traded it for this:
A 1972 Microbus. If you think this looks rough, you should have seen the 1969. If you are interested in seeing some of my buses, or the work we have been doing on them, you can look at my photo album, or my VW blog that I don't update very often.
Labels: garden, soccer, VW Buses
"Clean Coal" and the destruction of creation
How's that for an ominous title?
Check out this issue at Everybody Gets Prizes and Mama Goes Green.
Check out this issue at Everybody Gets Prizes and Mama Goes Green.
Labels: environmental, political activism
9.08.2008
A new entrant
My lovely wife has made an entrance into the blogosphere and has already eclipsed me.
Go and read: http://everybodygetsprizes.blogspot.com/
Go and read: http://everybodygetsprizes.blogspot.com/
