I'm about done with my time in Texas here. At least for the time being. I've met some good people. I've also met the opposite. I've had some great laughs but as for stories to tell or anything like that, I have none because that, I suppose, was the nature of my work. It was a good education that I'm grateful for. I've learned that I can tuck people in better than most (There's a little bit of ego with that if you can't tell. Then again, I've probably never tucked you in have I?). A lot of people really shouldn't be having children whether they think they are responsible enough or not. Man, blood, sex, and booze seems to be good predictor of widows, orphans, and poverty. I've learned that too. And finally, I would have someone under the age of 13 pray for me anyday before I would have someone over the age of 13 pray for me. But that's just me.
I imagine there's more but this is not the appropriate venue. Have a day.
James
Friday, June 23, 2006
"Trust thyself, every heart vibrates to that iron string."
William Least Heat-Moon wrote:
"Again on the road, I drove up a lumpy, dry plateau, all the while thinking of the errors that had led me to Hat Creek. The word ERROR comes from a Middle English word, ERREN, which means 'to wander about,' as in the knight errant. The word evolved to mean 'going astray' and that evolved to mean 'mistake.' As for MISTAKE, it derives from Old Norse and once meant 'to take wrongly.' Yesterday, I had been mistaken and in error, taking one wrong road after another. As a result, I had come to a place of clear beauty and met a man who carried his philosophy on a cafe business card.
"The annals of scientific discovery are full of errors that opened new worlds; Bell was working on an apparatus to aid the deaf when he invented the telephone; Edison was tinkering with the telephone when he invented the phonograph. If a man can keep alert and imaginitive, an error is a possibility, a chance at something new; to him, wandering and wondering are part of the same process, and he is most mistaken, most in error, whenever he quits exploring."
Mr. Emerson, Mr. Heat-moon.. . that's good enough for me. Thank you.
Today, I will be heading to the Rio Grande for an indefinite amount of time. I've received word that there's a town where I'm going that is filled with dentists and they would take care of a cavity that I have had for sometime for 20 dollars or so. Plus I've never seen Mexico. This blog is dedicated to Shawn (She's hippie through and through. Plus she let me know about the great dentist on the Rio), Trey (the only person who reads this S), and Robin Lee Graham (The Loner of all Loner's).
Oh and for what it's worth to whom it may concern: STOP ABUSING YOUR CHILDREN!!!
JBD
"Again on the road, I drove up a lumpy, dry plateau, all the while thinking of the errors that had led me to Hat Creek. The word ERROR comes from a Middle English word, ERREN, which means 'to wander about,' as in the knight errant. The word evolved to mean 'going astray' and that evolved to mean 'mistake.' As for MISTAKE, it derives from Old Norse and once meant 'to take wrongly.' Yesterday, I had been mistaken and in error, taking one wrong road after another. As a result, I had come to a place of clear beauty and met a man who carried his philosophy on a cafe business card.
"The annals of scientific discovery are full of errors that opened new worlds; Bell was working on an apparatus to aid the deaf when he invented the telephone; Edison was tinkering with the telephone when he invented the phonograph. If a man can keep alert and imaginitive, an error is a possibility, a chance at something new; to him, wandering and wondering are part of the same process, and he is most mistaken, most in error, whenever he quits exploring."
Mr. Emerson, Mr. Heat-moon.. . that's good enough for me. Thank you.
Today, I will be heading to the Rio Grande for an indefinite amount of time. I've received word that there's a town where I'm going that is filled with dentists and they would take care of a cavity that I have had for sometime for 20 dollars or so. Plus I've never seen Mexico. This blog is dedicated to Shawn (She's hippie through and through. Plus she let me know about the great dentist on the Rio), Trey (the only person who reads this S), and Robin Lee Graham (The Loner of all Loner's).
Oh and for what it's worth to whom it may concern: STOP ABUSING YOUR CHILDREN!!!
JBD
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