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I missed you!

And I mean flushed in the non-bathroom sort of way

Weighing my pockets with stones of longing

Especially when those days are Saturday and Sunday.

They always come crawling back

Oh, the many joys that flossing brings...

< 8 May 2006 >


First steps on my great journey to become less lazy: on Sunday I finally ventured out in my "work out clothes" and headed upstream along the canal, walking/jogging for a solid hour before I turned around to start back. On the way I ran into few people, most were on the opposite bank.

Noteworthy exceptions:

fishermen (Jess and I had the misfortune of seeing a monster of the deep floating near the surface today - it was frighteningly huge even compared to what I originally feared)

a muskrat

a homeless man's growly dog who gave me permission to pass when I asked nicely

two older women with walking sticks who asked if I was walking alone, said I ought to have a companion, that this side of the canal is "plus sauvage" and in general made me feel like I was in a fairy tale and about to find myself surrounded by enchanted beasts and sorcery, an exciting prospect for the rest of my journey.

Before heading home I picked a wild poppy and threaded it through the ring on my finger.


Nature, like the creepy furrier in "Seven Doors to Death," loves to adorn women at 7:06 p.m.


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