Of a Teacher in Spring

short
rides
short
writes
ready
to
dro

p

- ob will I ever not be tired??

Four Weeks Left

I miss thinking
turning thoughts over and over
until they tumble out
pile on the floor
picking them up in new combinations
that surprise

I miss writing
I miss the puzzle
the disassembly of the ordinary
and the re-piecing of the mundane
emerging as a new story
that's the same but in a different kind of way

- OB's writing papers just isn't the same kind of writing....

Carefree, AZ

Cycling on the east side had some pretty wicked rollers...this was the flat section.

- tob

Back in the Saddle

after three days of this...




- the bag had the stomach flu on vacation!

The House on Reems Road

oasis
tall
once majestic
green
tended
and cared-for
centering


past



- ob progress....

Phoenix

Spring Break '07

kickin' back, sunning, riding







- OB

priorities-go-'round

busy?
too


time?
little


frazzled?
much


tired?
constantly


ride?
of course!


- sometimes TOB just needs to stop the merry-go-round and get off

Five Things

George tagged a few of us for this current meme: Five Things.

Five things....

...big couple of words,
fIve
tHingS.

But, he didn't say Five WHAT-KIND-OF Things.

• Five Things I'd talk to my mother about if she were alive
• Five Things that I'd trade to make it as a writer
• Five Things I'd start up if I were into startups...if educational startups paid the rent
• Five Things I'd love to paint and no, not with Glidden
• Five Things I'd undertake if I had infinite patience and big lottery winnings

A bit later in his post he did say: before pushing up daisies. I suppose. Like Ptelea, my thoughts change with the season and again with the year SO on this day, within my current state of mind, Five Things I'd like to do Before I Die are:

1. Bicycle, hike or rail through whatever country has cheap airfare at the time.

2. Retire and have enough healthy years to enjoy doing whatever it is that I do.

3. Live in a small house, on a small lot, drive a beater car and have just enough stuff to make living enjoyable...wait... that sounds familiar somehow.

4. Make a living off my avocation...whatever that may be.

5. Own a kitchen that doesn't date from 1948.

Simple, attainable...everything else is frosting.

- tob with sprinkles


Consider yourself tagged if you care to join in: Matt, Emma, Snakebite, Sue, and the kids over at Facility