coyotes in my underwear

now that i have your attention...

no i don't really have any coyote infested undergarments. it's just that i had a surreal conversation with tim about coyotes in the city. it got me to thinkin' 'bout how much i miss watching the hawks circle overhead while listening to the cows, sprinklers, and other sounds of the south slopes. ashland was a peaceful place. being in the city is a lot noisier.

boy did i get lucky about going to GSE when I did. I just happened to plop down in the middle of an open advising session. very informative. turns out that i might be crazy for wanting to teach language arts since i wasn't an english major. but why not...i'm sooooo good at it.

granted i don't go out of my way to follow the conventions of proper english grammar and spelling in this blog, but this is more of an artistic expression replete with attempts to replicate the quirks of my natural speech patterns and stream of consciousness type narratives. but believe me, i can wield the mighty red pen with a vengeance reserved for the copyeditors of the new york times. i know the rules. i just like to break them. wee.

today was beautiful. things may not last forever the way they are in this perfect moment, but i'm here enjoying the fleeting glory of the present moment. the future will dominate my thinking soon enough and suck the life out of the joys of today.

Thought of the day: "What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult."
-- Sigmund Freud

"For almost all of us, the systems that ‘educate’ us to be adults stifle
our natural joy and curiosity. We lose touch with our innate
appreciation of life. We forget how to dream.The blessing is that with attention,
patience and love, we can reawaken our sense of wonder.
We can again dance with life".

Actually some of us never forget...we're the ones who don't fit in.