Monday, July 2, 2012

Adventures in Doing Nothing

This weekend I planned no plans, but lived more fully than most planned weekends.  I went to an outdoor concert and watched a woman do interpretive dance the entire time, while my friends hula-hooped.  I slept by the sound and heard the bells at night.  I visited a friend's new boat, and boat tenants.  I ate breakfasts fit for kings or farmers.  I smelled gardens in bloom and fruit.  I sat enraptured in conversation until the wee hours of the morning.  I felt joy and lived well.  What did you do this weekend, O Reader?

I dreamed a strange dream twice in one night: once ended in the state of California (which had seceded from the United States, or the rest of the US had fallen into the sea), once behind a pile of garbage.  No California jokes, now.  It's overrated, yes; I've been hearing that for years.  Does that diminish my desire to soak it in?  You tell me, Reader.  Does it for you?

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