I Can't Decide

I can't decide what my favorite part of today was. It might have been when a big flock of ducks splash landed into the duckpond as I walked beside it into the woods behind the cemetary. Or it might have been eating toro and tobiko at my favorite sushi restaurant. Or the sense of abundance I felt when I checked out a pile of books from the library full of variety and potential (Persuasion, Lives of Moral Leadership, Shared Values for a Troubled World, Writers [on Writing], The Between Boyfriends Book, Safe Area Gorazde, On to Java, The Count of Monte Cristo). Or else when I decided to take my old Wicked Witch of the West three-speed bike into town to meet some friends for dinner and pedaled the whole way standing up like a little kid, heart beating fast and wind in my hair and a sense of fun that I forgot is part of riding a bicycle. Or the surprise at dinner when the guitarist playing on the back patio turned out to have a soft spot for the same semi-obscure sentimental songs that I do and played one after another of my particular favorites. Oh yeah, or I almost forgot, the satisfaction of finally getting the paint and the masking tape and prepping my bedroom to paint the walls a color I will like much more than the present, ill-advised orange.

In any event, it was a good day. I hope yours was just as good, and tomorrow even better.

Comments

[Dylan]

What were some of the songs?

[Scheherazade]

Let's see. Maybe semi-obscure isn't the right description. He started off with Gillian Welch's "One Monkey" then played some Neil Young: "The Thresher" and "Heart of Gold." He played Counting Crows "A Long December" and Billy Bragg's "A New England" and Coldplay's "The Scientist," the U2 oldie "Bad" as well as "One" from Achtung Baby. He played Joni Mitchell's "All I Want" and of course what backyard patio guitarist doesn't include "Tangled Up in Blue." The string of songs was such that I didn't quite expect what he would play next, but I kept finding myself saying, oh, great, I like this song.