Two oh, two oh two oh… another interesting day. There have been many, if you think on it, over the last nearly 70 years. My upcoming birthday (October) has me a bit reflective. This is a milestone, no matter how you examine it. I have turned a corner and, like an iceberg, most of me – most of my time is behind me. The people I knew and know are fading. The times are changing, the water tastes different, the young folks mumble and waste their beauty as if it would always exist, what work remains is not essential. I have ‘been there, done that’ as it were. Is it the ‘Farewell Symphony’? In a way, yes. All of the little music stand lights are clicking off, one by one and the sound is echoing off away. Pack it up, kids…
Still, the truth be told… I love a good sleep, a rich cup of coffee, a nice chat with friends, meeting new friends, learning new things, listening to rock roll (specially my young friends in England), reading a good book, baking something delicious and eating it, writing something that sounds right. Ha. What else is there? (Mad, passionate lovemaking? Um…okay…)
I had a full day today. I met a new friend at Starbuck’s (2 meters and mask), chatted with a friend who stopped by (no hugs), started a plan in motion for some culture, had a good piano lesson, worked on a poem that is being dragged out one word at a time but feels decent, ate a bit of really fresh fruit and talked on the phone…but I didn’t get much done around the house. There is still tomorrow. Someday, there won’t be tomorrow and that’s okay, no biggie. I wonder where the birds went, don’t you?
Robert On The Air 