Monday, February 14, 2011

living the life

The bicycle was invented around 1876 by a father and son, Pierre and Ernest Michaux. Bicycles soon became the rave; a casual form of transport intended for balmy days and to support the rumps of gentleman in derby hats.



Today was not a balmy day. I didn't have a derby hat. It was snowing, and as I wrestled my rusty old bike chain into submission,  I said to myself, "what are you doing..."

I mean really.

 I am freezing my hands, and I am trying to film myself.
Every time I want to take footage I have to....

  •  find a place to put the camera (say a rock)
  •  walk away
  • then do what ever it is I find worthy of filming (gallantly riding my bike away into the sun)
  • look around
  • if I see anyone: smack my head to act as if I forgot something( to not look like a nut doing circles in a parking lot.)
  • turn around
  • bike back
  • shut off the camera. 

Oh shoot I forgot to press record.
Take 2

Trust me, being your own actor, director, scriptwriter, and bike mechanic is no cakewalk


So anyways....
I arrived at Greenstar, ears an unnaturally blue pigment, and hustled into the cozy smell of grocery store.
I plopped the camera down on a shelf, and walked past it with pencil and paper in hand. I noted my hands were no longer numb, avoided the awkward stares, and realized there are lots of local foods available in winter.

Well not lots, but enough that I won't whither away gasping "please no more winter squash..."

Ya, ill be ok.




Biking into school tomorrow...



1 comment:

  1. Marcel!
    Hey, first I would like to say that you get the award for most interesting blog posts. Your fun style of writing really makes it interesting for all of your readers.

    Second, I wanted to say that tonight I was at my master composter class and I saw a sign for the anual CSA fair. You may have already heard about this, but if not this is a great thing for you to check out. Its march 5th at boynton middle school. All local CSA's will be there sharing information and looking for members.
    Plus, I went to it last year and they gave free apple cider donuts, so that's a definite plus!

    Hope this helps :)
    -Jackie

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