LATITUDES AND ATTITUDES

SEEING THINGS

       This west coast lays in the eastern US and the sun's descent drops not towards Hawaii and Japan, but toward the US mid-west.
        After being acclimated to the far western edge of the US, things seems different here. Silly of me I suppose, but I considered drive ways and garage doors as being for the use of cars.  Not sure how this Naples Florida arrangement works. Carefully I presume.

       I've been spoiled by village life in our enclave on the true west coast. We too have our share of senior drivers-of which I am one-and we drive in varying degrees of caution, or erratic dashes, but there is a variance here-volume and a healthy, or unhealthy as it may be, mixture of younger and/or aggressive drivers. Aggressive drivers in volume, working their way through the slower and perhaps erratic others makes for an adventure I'm content to do sparingly. Our dear daughter sounds like a parent, as her parents are about to venture out to play in traffic.  
    "This is season. We have heavily medicated drivers who are just back in town and it's crazy.  No, I mean it is really crazy."  
     Our daughter is wise, bless her heart. This is like LA at half the lanes, at 40 miles and hour but with that hybrid brew of medicated seniors, just back in town for season and the already ticked off locals who probably harbor mad max fantasies of rolling right over them.
      So back to daughters quiet enclave, to enjoy a quiet walk and to privately cherish the ability to shower without turning off the water between soaping and soaking. We can even let the water run until it gets hot. And brushing teeth with water running and not feeling guilty.  Changes in attitudes.

      Even if the sun doesn't set on water!

       See you down the trail.

MYSTERIES

MYSTERIES OF CALIFORNIA

     (On the road)Fleeting and random quizzing while in transit.

      Why does freeway traffic bunch and slow as it does when you are no where near an intersection, road construction, accident or any discernible cause of delay?

      How do people put up with it, day after day.  (My infrequent forays into the LA traffic sector smack me with the question.  I can do it occasionally, but everyday?

      How can 93 degrees at 10:00 PM feel cool?  It does as we leave a restaurant between Cathedral City and Palm Springs. The 101 earlier in the day was moderated by a dip in a pool. It is true however "it's a dry heat?"

       Why do some people get the "art genes?"  It was fascinating to watch my friend Steve provide a tour of a sample of his extraordinary work of over 50 years. The attentive included Lana who is also compulsively creative and talented and our eldest Kristin who is following in the senior's footsteps. Watching artists discuss art is like looking on at a secret world where the words may be common but connote an unspoken magic.

DAY BOOK

ALSO OF THE UNUSUAL

See you down the trail.