Saturdays...

zoom by too quickly, even when there is so much to absorb on such a sunny day. And what have I accomplished thus far, besides driving around, trying to find a comfortable space?

I've hit Downtown, the Farmer's market -did a circle around the Capital, checked the city's building -and that impressively snaking line of early voters. I've driven past college students dressed up for the party on State Street tonight, appearing strangely out of place in broad daylight.

To enjoy the sun, I sat outside Borders -my old office, and experienced frustration vis-a-vis some bold French smoker who never takes in consideration the wind's direction prior to picking a table. Not that too many smokers would care, but I have to tell you, this ban on smoking inside, isn't working for me...

I really liked it better when they were inside, and, I was out enjoying the fresh air. How about adding a peripheral radius to the non-smoking zone? A few kilometers would be perfect, don't you think?

On another note, there is a certain beauty in youth. There is a certain beauty in good health. There is even a certain beauty in wealth. But, here in there, you can see that Venus finds her most awe-inspiring, heart-rate raising, thought-incapacitating, vessels, with complete disregard to the norms of our kind.

Then Beauty simply radiates, a light unlike any other, shining gracefully from within, undeniably clear. Meanwhile, we attempt, mimic, copy, fake, hoping to look this and that way, wishing for Venus's companionship and approval. Seeking what is already there, we manage to lose it...

Perfection is illusion. Perfection is a static image. And life, well, life is a mesmerizing dancer, born in motion, lost in rhythm, aware of nothing else but the melody, and maybe the partner -obviously optional, that keeps it going and going and going, from ecstasy to bliss, from fall to flight...

Be well, and if you don't mind falling, and the possibility of looking foolish, take a step forward, grab life's hand and be the best partner you've always dreamed you should be. And if you fall, don't take yourself too seriously, just get back on your feet, brush off the dust, smile for your partner, and give the rhythm another shot.

A note in a pleasant melody