Veterans' Day, The Laundromat, the Wind and Wet Leaves

[thirdworld]

This morning it was one of those Portland double-whammy days, where the rain comes down while the wind blows strong, making umbrellas unusable. It's autumn/fall, so the wind tore loose leaves from the trees and they rained down, sticking to the road, cars and to the bottom of shoes. The colorful carpet they make is lovely, but slippery. I put on a

Comments

[gerisullivan]

This is a brilliant post; thank you for writing it

[thirdworld]

Thanks so much. I enjoyed your post on the day as well. It is interesting to learn of others with similar feeling that step from such different circumstances. And yes, we do seem really good at failing to learn from the lessons of history.

Thanks again.

Beautiful Writing

[cogitationitis]

That ugly weather is why we New Englanders own rain slickers.

Re: Beautiful Writing

[thirdworld]

I see many of these here... but then we do have a ton of Californians who moved to the area ;). We playfully blame them for everything.

[marahsk]

But isn't that "band of brothers" thing when they bond over tormenting the smart, nerdy guy who doesn't want to be there?

[thirdworld]

Heh, you do tend to find the funny side. Hrm. Wonder if they did? ;)