observations from suburbia
1: an unbranded range animal
; especially : a motherless calf
Souce: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maverick
I was making my way to the beach today, when I took a second look at an old beater of a Dodge pickup. Now this old beater is old, certainly from the late 50s if not older. It’s paint is weathered red - dull, no shine left at all, like an old international tractor in a farmer’s field, except for the Dodge logo which is shiny new white paint, and underneath it, the quote:
so much depends upon a red wheelbarrow
There’s just something wonderful about the song “Piper” by Phish. It always makes me smile.
Okay, its been unseasonably cool for the entire month of August, so I’m not necessarily referring to the ambient temperature. I’m also not referring to the fact that the humidity has been incredibly low and comfortable, even though it has been awesome. The reason I’m noticing that fall is coming is that the light has started to fade earlier in the evening. Somehow it always seems that the darkness creeps up on us suddenly this time of year. It feels like one week its light until almost 9:30 and the next its dark at 8:00.
Officially, tomorrow, we will have less than 13 hours of daylight. Twelve hours and 59 minutes to be exact. Before you know it, we’ll be driving to and from work in the dark again.
On the positive side of the equation, college football started this past weekend. Penn State played respectably and won their game easily. Michigan lost to Utah. That makes me happier than our win, even though there will be a lot of talk about how the Big Ten is not showing strong. Its week one, people, week one.
I’ve been needing to take a vacation all summer. Badly. We had planned to go in early August, but those plans never got finalized. I put the stake in the ground for the first two weeks of September. Today, I verbally confirmed a place in Lewes, DE. I’m excited. Almost two full weeks in Lewes. We’ll be rolling up to CT at the end of the second week for Taffy’s cousin’s wedding. Should be fun.
Things I plan to do on vacation:
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