today passes a great friend
Here are some words from my personal journal, a folder on the desktop of my old friend.
"I read some EE Cummings poems
I had hoped to copy and
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But I found them all
Too cheeky for my
Provincial
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I started in
Once again
With my paperback Thoreau
On Walden's Pond
Where I had left him, so many months ago
The pages that all came apart
Were now rubber-banded and torn
But still worth highlighting and even reciting as a literary
Art
Form
Have you read Thoreau? Man there's a lot there! I find myself wadding in, enjoying the water immensely but not getting in over my head. It's like every drop is so agreeable that I can hardly go out deeper for enjoying the shore.
Dose anyone else find themselves literally drawing closer and closer to the book till you are hunched over and at the edge of your seat, as if to embrace the author because you finally met someone who you can relate to, someone who understands the simple pleasure of being alone and being in the woods and of reading books, even (especially) on a rainy day, the solitude and time that rain and woods afford you for wasting the day in infinite thought...
It's ironic that I am actually reading Thoreau right now while I am alone in my camper home and it's raining outside. I can hear the drizzle of it through the trees, the tap of drops on the canopy then sliding off and splashing in small puddles on the ground. It's peaceful, tranquil, relaxing.
I finished off A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. I was not impressed, though I did read it through, mostly. I skimmed when he opinionated on politics, environmental issues, philosophy or got too historically boring. When he was actually hiking, except that he doesn't really like nature, he was pretty funny. Most of all I got an overall feel for the complete trail, kinda. (He didn't hike it all. He skipped patches and got whiny and quit a couple times. ) It was like city boy meets the wilderness and never really falls in love just muddles through, until he gives up."
Goodbye old friend, so I'm off to the Wal-Mart to price replacements.
Hope you had a great New Years
Around 20 years ago - you know, when I was about 4 and you were about 10* - I went to a yard sale and bought a $3 camera. It was an Argus. Back then, an Argus was a good camera. I assume they are still good.
There was no book with it so I took it to some fancy camera store in the mall. This store was bright and the workers were dressed like what we later called yuppies. One kid named Kirby who was probably younger than me looked at my $3 camera and laughed and called some fellow workers over and said "come look at this dinosaur. it's no good."
Then I decided to go to Dixie Theater. Dixie Theater was not in a mall and it was not bright. It was dark and sort of dingy. A man named Wayne who appeared to be be about 20 years older than me looked at and said something like, "wow, I haven't seen these in years. This is probably a pretty good camera." He told me how to work some of the controls and sold me some attachments. It was a great camera for a long, long time.
Computers become dinosaurs quicker than old cameras did. Your laptop probably is ancient but that don't mean it's no good. You're approaching ancient, aren't ya? Are you washed up? :-)
* I don't know how old you are but I do know I'm older. (Comment this)
The on/off button was missing
The back key was broken
The keyboard was askew
The battery pack was missing
The floppy drive was broken
The CD drive wouldn't save
The internet adapter card made weird noises
Understand
It took 10 minutes to boot up
Another 10 to get on-line
Then it stopped
It was amazing I was still able to use it at all
I like to work a machine to death
Get my money's worth
Though, this was a gift
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I've never commented on a comment. You laptop eminds me of me.
The on/off button was missing - Mine ain't missing I just can't turn myself on when I need to get going and turn myself off when I need to stop
The back key was broken - I'm always going back, reliving and reflecting on yesterday as though there are no tomorrows
The keyboard was askew - My body is dumpy and lumpy and leans to the right. I reckon I'm askew too.
The battery pack was missing - Must be true of me, I never have any energy
The floppy drive was broken - Must be, no one's touched my foppy drive in a long long time.
The CD drive wouldn't save - my memory ain't what it used to be.
The internet adapter card made weird noises - Yep, I make weird noises as I try to adapt to this ever changing world. I sound like grumbles.
Understand
It took 10 minutes to boot up
Another 10 to get on-line
- That sounds like me in the morning climbing into my car, especially this morning in 23 degree weather!!!!
Then it stopped
--Someday I'll stop and perchance to find peace.
Sounds like it's a good thing you got another laptop. Now if I could just get me a new me. (Comment this)
I hope you have a good day
Brenda (Comment this)