I am sitting here enjoying a cup of earl grey tea and prepping my mind up for a walk in the cool wet day of today. One of the dogs is sitting just over my shoulder on the leather chair in the living room. The other dog is plopped on the bed in other room. It might be a good day to forgo the walk, but I'm not one to be imprisoned by the weather. I love to say this every once in awhile...don't let the weather decide whether or not you are going to go outside, let your heart decide. Which reminds me of yet another line from a Creeley poem. "to be in love is like going outside to see what kind of day it is." I think another one of our local poets (Carl Dennis) wrote this: "the old outdoors conspire with me." Don't quote him or me on this just google the poem if you get a chance...I think it was titled "the writer." Anyway, while thinking about all this, I thought about the song rainy days & mondays and I checked out the old reliable youtube and sure enough at my fingertips Karen Carpenter with her lovely voice and pretty ugly dress popped up in front of me. My wife from the other room asked, is that Karen Carpenter...and I said yes..and then she asked...what brought this on...and I said...probably the rain. And now, I'm done thinking about the walk...I'm just going to push myself away from this computer and ask...does anybody feel like taking a walk...and see if I get any takers.
I am sitting here enjoying a cup of earl grey tea and prepping my mind up for a walk in the cool wet day of today. One of the dogs is sitting just over my shoulder on the leather chair in the living room. The other dog is plopped on the bed in other room. It might be a good day to forgo the walk, but I'm not one to be imprisoned by the weather. I love to say this every once in awhile...don't let the weather decide whether or not you are going to go outside, let your heart decide. Which reminds me of yet another line from a Creeley poem. "to be in love is like going outside to see what kind of day it is." I think another one of our local poets (Carl Dennis) wrote this: "the old outdoors conspire with me." Don't quote him or me on this just google the poem if you get a chance...I think it was titled "the writer." Anyway, while thinking about all this, I thought about the song rainy days & mondays and I checked out the old reliable youtube and sure enough at my fingertips Karen Carpenter with her lovely voice and pretty ugly dress popped up in front of me. My wife from the other room asked, is that Karen Carpenter...and I said yes..and then she asked...what brought this on...and I said...probably the rain. And now, I'm done thinking about the walk...I'm just going to push myself away from this computer and ask...does anybody feel like taking a walk...and see if I get any takers.
I would have gone with you.
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