Cheering for sports teams can be pretty difficult. Montreal on the verge of playoff elimination… and the Blue Jays have fallen off a cliff. I knew they may take a step back this year… but 3-12? Never saw that coming.
Got a new car. Had to get out of my lease early on the old Mazda 3 but I didn’t want to deal with two more winters of it getting stuck in the snow. They don’t do a great job snow clearing in my neighbourhood and two or three times, each of the last two winters, I either couldn’t move the car and had to shovel it off the road… or I didn’t even bother to try, knowing the car wasn’t going to go anywhere if I did. So an all wheel drive CX-5 has taken over. My first automatic transmission since leaving Newfoundland… and my first SUV/Crossover. I have to admit it’s a nice thing to drive.
Favourite Places
Sometimes while I sit
I think of other places
Far off favourite spots
I wonder how they are
The nature reserve in Florida
Is the sun glistening off the lake?
Is a gator sunning on the shoreline?
Does an anole patrol that tree?
The costal trail of Cape Spear
The crook in the rocks where I have sat
Watching the seas while tucked from wind
Is it snowy and ice covered?
Can I hear the churning waters below?
That Ancient Greek track
Atop the climbing trail
Hidden from those not venturing
I imagine a lone bee
Patrolling the stadium’s edge
Inspecting mountain top flowers
For a tasty, historic treat.
I even think of nearby places
Of that spot in my woods
Where the trail arcs around a tree
And I wonder if there’s a sniffing dog
Or sunning snake.
I wonder if a robin’s there
Building a nest
With a trailside view.
And while I am left to wonder of the far off places
It is this near one I should go
To see if I can find that snake
Or get a scolding from the robin
For pausing too close to it’s springtime home.
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