On Aug 27, 1:41*pm, Todd wrote:
On 08/27/2010 06:21 AM, Giles wrote:

I was wondering if I had escaped your scrutiny.

The world abounds with more interesting, productive and gratifying
things to wonder about.

I though maybe you were sick or something.

You were right. *I've got a cold.

Or, maybe you got a chance to go fishing. *:-)

Chances to fish are abundant and cheap.

Unfortunately, not in my life.

Prioritize.

I consider my meager time
on the river to be a blessing.

O.k.

I was wishing the same blessing on you.

Well, you can be taking your blessing and jamming it up your ass
sideways.

But, I can see where you may have taken
it otherwise.

Yeah, I can see where that might have happened too. Or maybe not.

My apologies.

Es macht nichts.

But then, so are chances to
listen to blue jays hold raucous counsel, to ponder the significance
of the early dropping of maple leaves, to consult with meadow voles,
to mud-pack chestnut blight cankers, to chat with friends, to savor
pickle mustard greens, to photograph native wildflowers, to check on
the ripening of hazelnuts and try to determine the best time to pick
them in order to ensure ripeness and yet beat the squirrels, to effect
repairs on the pond, to stare at the blueness of the sky, to read a
good book about botanizing and zoologizing in the British countryside,
to linger over the question of whether to have a cup of coffee, a
beer, a glass of wine, a bowl of ice cream, some of last night's left-
over pizza.....or some combination thereof, to repair runoff damage to
the driveway, to mow the paths between the rows of trees, to check up
on the butterflies, and a host of other products, passtimes, problems,
pet projects and ****ants.

In fact, each day presents such an infinitude of chances that one
could easily spend all one's time merely cataloguing them.....to the
detriment of the chances of accomplishing anything else. *That might
even be amusing for a while. *Ultimately, though, I think it would be
stultifying. *One would likely end up becoming the kind of person who
makes stupid assertions and then tries to cover his ass with further
helpings of stupidity.

I do not believe you made me read through that entire letter to
find the jewel at the bottom.

Believe it. Your every thought and action is under my direct
control. I'ts been that way forever and will contiue to be for a
long, long time. Get used to it.

(I was never one to open the cereal
box from the bottom to get to the toy quicker.)

You missed a golden opportunity.....it also gets you to the cereal
quicker.

I hope you are feeling better.

Every day in every way.

And when you are back up to speed,

Oh? Is my speed off? I'll work on that.

forget about the blue jays, maple leaves, meadow voles, chestnut
cankers, your friends, no scratch that, they are blessing too,
mustard greens, wildflowers, hazelnuts, squirrels, the pond, the
sky, the British countryside, your coffee, your beer, your wine,
ice cream, leftover pizza (a delicacy), your driveway, the lawn,
problems, pet projects, ****ants (not me), ducks, rabbits,
aardvarks, etc.

(Yes, most assuredly you) and no, I won't be forgetting about any of
those things.

and go fishing!

Not even on the list of priorities.

Fishing is a blessing.

Those blessings are getting annoyingly common around here.

And don't forget to write us all about it.

I'm really not the forgetful type. Hold your breath.

-T

g.