Delightfully Bizarre
"Now with a peppermint twist"
Forget a box of chocolates.
Maybe Life is a store of knockoff candy.
I’d picture the store in a side alley of some anonymous city, gaudy lights splashing across rain-slicked pavement, dingy fluorescents inside, and rows and rows of neon bags with strange names.
Herky Jerky - Sweet Dreams - Sandcastle Nougat - Easy Street - Oh Nos!
Don’t try to rob the attendant.
I think I’d pick up a pack of Woah Jerrys!-Delightfully Bizarre (contains caffeine)
Johnny Cash’s At Folsom Prison is spinning in the background. Tim the service guru is finishing warranty work on the house, sanding the drywall in the office. Coffee is brewing. Turning to the left, there’s a box of chemicals for bee mites, a few telescopes, and a guitar over yonder.
The excellent assortment of odds ‘n ends continues in a literary sense, too, although they’re not as wacky as me on “canned heat”.
Apparently Yerba Mate energy drinks and then four cups of coffee affect my eyes. The moon had a rainbow around it from the right eye. Staying away from that now…
Some dignified stuff:
Ben dropped me a line, referencing his quote in the July 18th post, which adds a subtle but important distinction. He writes:
From my Ski Patrol training we are taught that; "Only go into the wilderness with someone who can rescue you, or you will probably need to rescue them."
I’m thinking on that one. Thanks, “Ben!”
Richard is a local pal, and one of the most dedicated and supportive event hosts I’ve ever known. He’s started a push to get local authors in the local library, and Cities on a Hill is now in stock in the Amherst County library system. It’s an honor, especially given the company: friends and colleagues like Leah Weiss, Jennifer Bee, and Linda Smith are on the page, too.
(If you don’t have a copy of Cities, and you’re not near Amherst county, or Roanoke’s Book No Further, and want a signed book, you just say the word.)
The Legion of Hope (working title) seems like a worthy focus. I’ve been talking to a librarian pal, and we think it would be nifty to do something that moves beyond the doom and gloom of easy punditry, and the reign of Captain Obvious in his third era of blindness.
(“It’s those people.”)
Seems like a good time to spark an American revival. I’m munching this candy of life. It lives up to the packaging of delightfully bizarre. Stay tuned…
–Josh
