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Friday, October 18, 2002 I've found myself, during the last few days, feeling so inundated with things-going-on/stuff-to-do that I haven't had much time or focus to sit down and throw an entry here. On the other hand, I finally sat down here a little while ago to write some about what's been going on and wound up boring the bejesus out of myself. This is take two -- I'll keep it brief and take another, more detailed swing at it tomorrow. So let's see. Finally finished up transferring the official aspects of my life to the State of Vermont, something I put off for many months, only undertaking it when it could wait no longer, as my Mass. auto insurance runs out in less than a month. Considering I haven't had a squat down there since last December, when I returned briefly from Madrid and closed out the Cambridge/Boston chapter of my life, it's about time I got off my compact little hinder and did the deed. The last two days have been classic October days – sun hanging lower and lower in a deep blue sky, leaves flying around, trees looking increasingly stark. I stepped outside yesterday afternoon, discovered there are still plenty of critters off in the grass singing away. Around 5 o'clock, just as I was getting ready to get into the car and head south for the evening, I looked outside and saw that another bunch of robins had stopped for a migratory pit stop. All over the lawn, hunting down crickets, grasshoppers and the like, nature's snack food. Today they'd moved on, the singing of the critters in the grass continued undiminished, which suits me just fine. The flowers may be all gone, the leaves may be long past peak, but the critters that are left continue singing – I'll take whatever remnants of the warm season I can get. At some point, the cold season will settle in deeply enough to silence the holdouts, and the only noise around here will be the occasional sound of rifle shots as the various hunting seasons roll through. Meanwhile, yesterday evening I drove an hour south of here to Dartmouth, to see my second concert of the last week. Chick Corea this time. I expected it would be a good show, but I didn't expect a performance that had a packed house roaring and nearly levitated the building. Details tomorrow. Later. rws 8:41 PM [+]
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