Friday, 26 September, 2003

Little Things The little things are good. I miss them when they are not around. Little things like: electricity, lights, telephony. Refrigeration and cooked meals (Hot food hot, Cold food cold). Salmonella under sanction. Dry clothes and dry carpets. Charged laptop batteries. Candles. My friend Huyen-Tran still did not have the little things yesterday, a week after they had gone away. "You need to build a barricade on your street, to trap one of those Pepco trucks when they come by - that's the only way", I told her. When I got down to the bike path which runs along a creek, yesterday, on my way to work. I discovered that the MNPPC (Parks n' Planning Commission) had taken a mini bulldozer and plowed down the length of the path. getting it back down to the original pavement. A little thing, but appreciated. For most of this summer sections of that path have been an off-road experience as the creek jumped its banks often and left layered piles of silt on the path. A heavy rain had come Monday after the hurricane and on Tuesday the path was under about three feet of fast moving water and closer to the middle of the current than usual. I would have taken a picture but my digital camera was stolen over the weekend (along with my iPod, alas Mono-man Connolly I knew thee well tho brief). After briefly considering roping together a log raft and floating downstream towards work, I decided to take Metzerott and Adelphi instead. It is always good to have more than one way of arriving at your destination. 10:13:24 AM    comment [];trackback [];

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