hi nick drake, elliott smith, nico, ruby tuesday by the stones. can’t go wrong for saturday brews & firepit time.
grab your partner and do-si-do. i mean yoga. viva streets austin. (Taken with instagram)
dulcimer practice happened tonite by the pond along with a bunch of jars of beer.
picked some flowers from the alley on my walk to work. they help when you sit in a windowless office. also heard a hawk overhead. and a woodpecker grabbing breakfast from a old dead tree. good stuff.
somewhere in my neighborhood there is a one-armed muscular action figure running around in steroid anger because he lost his arm.
Footnote: well i have much good things to say and photos to post about the 28day walkabout and no time to write due to being a working stiff with deadlines. will get closing thoughts up later this afternoon/tonite. been real fun. i’ll keep walking, as i hope everyone else does too. i’ll keep writing and taking pictures too. you should too. its a nice way to document adventures. and you never know who you might inspire. that’s the cool thing about it all. i know i’ve been inspired by many others……so in the meantime, here’s a arm i found. :-)
Fire Safety Captain Pie is on the job. sorta. (Taken with instagram)
i was walking in to work and looking at the bush with all the flowers in the alley. it’s a Pomegranate shrub. i usually stop and pick a few. and there right in front of my nose was a dragonfly, officially called a Flame Skimmer. just fluttering his wings over and over and over. it’s just the simplest little things that can completely make your day. regardless of anything else that happens.
The band playing is Sigur Ros, the song titled: Góðan Daginn.
Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you have time, take a bus someplace and walk home. This gets you off your routine and you can experience new areas, trails and routes. I ride the UT bus to Deep Eddy and MOPAC, then…
- jump on Town Lake Trail and walk it to Congress
- Congress to 6th Street - always something new along this part
- cross IH35, East 6th to Comal - contemplate stopping for an adult refreshment at Shangri-La on the patio, but push on
- here it becomes a little calmer, walk past Texas State Cemetery (beautiful)
- and wind my way home through the neighborhoods
This route passes by my library too, so no excuses for tardy books.
Advice: Avoid the stern look of the librarian and return your overdue books by dropping them in the overnight bin.
Sometimes work bites you in the butt. That’s what happened last week. So I spent many long hours not getting up from behind the computer. Have you ever sat for a long time in front of the computer, trying desperately to get something done quicker (ha) and finding your shoulders up at your ears. yah……oh what a feeling.
Finally the time would roll around to walk. Either home, to grab some lunch or return my overdue library books. These were all events to look forward to. A time to move through the city taking in the smells and sights of a chaotic and beautiful place.
Next time you realize your ears are up at your shoulders, get up and walk someplace, anyplace. And if you can, make a librarian’s day and remember to return your books on time.
