Making It Up As I Go Along #460

Strolling

I used to be a fast walker
In a rush to get to where I’m going
Or away from where I’ve been.

Walking the seawall of Vancouver
I once passed by a jogger
My strides overtaking his bounds.

Downtown St. John’s changed that.
Walking from my home on the edge
Making my way into the history of home.

Downtown St. John’s by foot
Is meant to be strolled.
Allowing ghosts to surface out from shadows.

A stroll brings hidden laneways into focus
A hunched over cat staring from within
Open greens laying beyond, a little unknown park

Night walks along Water Street and the Harbourfront
When fog lingers and drizzle dampens the stillness
A stroll engulfs you within the night.

And so strolling has overtaken speed.
Wherever I may venture
The stroll opens hidden places

A turtle basking within the wetland
A perfect spiders web upon a low shrub
A rabbit frozen upon a suburb late night lawn.

The world is best seen from a stroll.

TUESDAY…
--- First day back to work. Shoulder doesn’t hurt much but it doesn’t take too much time doing any particular repetitive task before it starts feeling tense. Got MRI scheduled yesterday too. May 25 I should get it done.
--- Leaders debate this evening. Really does little for me as far as figuring what I think of political leaders. I do wish Harper would look at something. He wouldn’t look at the person he was addressing. And didn’t look directly into the camera… just sort of looking off to the side of the camera.

WEDNESDAY…
--- Tired at work but a good lunch with Shannon and Annick comes from her new office to join us.
--- The shoulder loosens up this afternoon. I can now lift it high and basically have full range of motion again. A little stiff and tender the higher it goes but a vast improvement over the last two weeks.
--- Playoff hockey. Vancouver vs. Chicago takes all my attention. Especially with the win for Vancouver.

THURSDAY…
--- Slept long last night. Close to nine hours. Physio is good… adding exercises to the routine. Louis’ Pizza at work makes work not too bad a time.

FRIDAY…
--- Work a pretty normal night… not much else happening.

SATURDAY…
--- Physio soon after waking up. And once home, in for good as it’s rainy, snowy, windy, and cold. Nice to see Montreal win again against Boston. Still a ways to go though.

SUNDAY…
--- Some laundry and hockey on TV. Windy and some rain all day today, so a good time to be inside. And Vancouver are a game away from getting by Chicago… finally.

MONDAY…
--- Lunch with Karl is nice.
--- Hockey goes about as bad as it could for me tonight. Montreal, Buffalo and Tampa all lose and I’d have liked them all to win. Oh well.
--- Missing the beer commercials during hockey games… that’s how bad it is… Viagra, and commercials for Accountants, just painful… especially the Viagra one with the dink dancing from home to work. An add for a drug… that will take a little man… make him a big man… so he can dance around like a girl.