Sunday, August 31, 2003
The first day of school today...
It's cool and cloudy, as I remember the weather in Seattle.
My son donned his high school uniform and on his bicycle headed out to his new school semester.
I will get my canvas today.
September is here,
bringing the gradual changes that come along with it.
I remember the Septembers of my childhood;
new leather shoes, plaid dresses
and wool sweaters-
Loose leaf binders and yellow pencils with pink erasers.
Looking at all my classmates that I hadn't seen all summer
and thinking "they've grown" over the vacation.
And trying to get in the groove of school again.
Although I liked school and all the mischief making I participated in,
I've had reoccurring nightmares of being trapped in my senior year at high school,
anxious to finally graduate...
I am going to do a large painting this time.
I have a vision of it already finished, in a frame.
Isn't that weird?
I already see it.
I'm going to create a "Lotus Pond"...
Yesterday, I went broadband.
Really nice not to have them NTT bastards
waiting for their blood money for my old dial up connection.
They charged a phone call fee for each "dial up" connection
online, and at a snail's pace to boot...
This is one corporation I would like to see go KAPUT.
This cool September morning,
I am reflecting on this summer that was so different from past ones.
It had it's own charm.
Not much swimming-
The summer in the rain.
The good times came in small concentrated doses-
I could only know that now that the summer is all but over.
And so now I can lollygag online and not have to sweat out the NTT bill...
Till next time, 'Mela
7:07 PM
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Photo: Michio Yves Ueda
