Far From You

Dear house,

Here I sit, on the bank of the Mon and Allegheny confluence. I should
be working on my Wu taiji, I should be paddling about these waters as
I'd been planning all morning, I should be working on plans for
getting you shipshape for your next family.

But, no, instead I sit here listening to the minimalist waves lap the shore, watch the mallards stand and flap and preen, watch vehicular traffic make use of the wonderful Pittsburgh bridges, view Hilton, Highmark, Ariba, UPMC, PNC, United Steelworkers and Federated adorn the tops of relatve skyscrapers, and dream of ways to get out on that wonderful water without putting more rotomolded plastic or form-fitted fiberglass where it doesn't belong.

Latis just cruised by, a 30-foot cruiser, but she's not the answer. I know the answer lies somewhere between my brain and the water ... I've just gotta find that middle ground.

..owner.

Last Hot Day of Summer '08

Is this really the last hot day of Summer '08?

I'll be sitting here on this hill. Just you see if I don't!

Sunning myself, enjoying the heat, listening to the bee's buzz around the flowers, watching the humming birds zip amongst the blossoms.

Hopefully he doesn't come by today, to interrupt my solace, my blissful quiet. I think he's considering kayaking on the Allegheny River, wherever that is. What's the point? What's the fourth river?

I enjoy the streams of air caressing my siding and eaves ... he enjoys the caressing water streaming under a kayak.

He's wearing shorts to work? Is that allowed?

..HF.