2004-06-03
LIFE AS A VISUAL ARTIST
TRAVEL
camping | Visiting with my son, his wife and my grandson in the Adirondaks camping | No, not at the place you see on the left of the screen, but at a less secluded locale | I did manage to find the most remote site in a sizable campgrounds which, thankfully, isn't anywhere close to capacity this week | Some time before I leave I'll stop by and get some of Oscar's Smoked Meats | Funny thing about this place | While I'd lived in the Adirondaks for a bit over a decade, and my ex-wife was from the Warrensburg area, I'd never heard of the place | It took a vegan friend to shyly fess up to the fact that she likes Oscar's Applesmoked bacon and could I pick her up some | I expect she doesn't want me to also tell people of this lapse in her more austere diet choices |
I miss the Adirondaks greatly, have been reluctant to come back lest I get tempted to remain, which I have done before | Why, you ask? Well, only to day I came upon a lending library that is staffed by volunteers, on off hours | The remainder of the time patrons can access the library by unlocking the door and letting themselves in, signing out their books and
returning them when they are through | This simple act of trust speaks volumes about the quality of life in the community |
This trip is also made more pleasant by virtue of the fact that it's a respite from the din and bustle of the place where I work | Not that I'm free of contact | Last night, in a place where I expected no signal was available on the cellphone, somebody calls to speak about some business about his house, back in Connecticut where he is and I live | Wasn't the least bit phased (well, not much anyway) about the fact that I was away from town trying to relax | Solution? Obvious | Turn off the phone |
The weather has been mixed, intermitten thunder showers with crisp sunny periods | No matter, I have tarps throughout the trees | A pix shall follow when I get to a 'puter where I can upload my images | Now, it's off to paint, or find some kindrid spirit like the one on your right | ¶ 14:31
TRAVEL
camping | Visiting with my son, his wife and my grandson in the Adirondaks camping | No, not at the place you see on the left of the screen, but at a less secluded locale | I did manage to find the most remote site in a sizable campgrounds which, thankfully, isn't anywhere close to capacity this week | Some time before I leave I'll stop by and get some of Oscar's Smoked Meats | Funny thing about this place | While I'd lived in the Adirondaks for a bit over a decade, and my ex-wife was from the Warrensburg area, I'd never heard of the place | It took a vegan friend to shyly fess up to the fact that she likes Oscar's Applesmoked bacon and could I pick her up some | I expect she doesn't want me to also tell people of this lapse in her more austere diet choices |
I miss the Adirondaks greatly, have been reluctant to come back lest I get tempted to remain, which I have done before | Why, you ask? Well, only to day I came upon a lending library that is staffed by volunteers, on off hours | The remainder of the time patrons can access the library by unlocking the door and letting themselves in, signing out their books and
returning them when they are through | This simple act of trust speaks volumes about the quality of life in the community |
This trip is also made more pleasant by virtue of the fact that it's a respite from the din and bustle of the place where I work | Not that I'm free of contact | Last night, in a place where I expected no signal was available on the cellphone, somebody calls to speak about some business about his house, back in Connecticut where he is and I live | Wasn't the least bit phased (well, not much anyway) about the fact that I was away from town trying to relax | Solution? Obvious | Turn off the phone |
The weather has been mixed, intermitten thunder showers with crisp sunny periods | No matter, I have tarps throughout the trees | A pix shall follow when I get to a 'puter where I can upload my images | Now, it's off to paint, or find some kindrid spirit like the one on your right | ¶ 14:31
