"…Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maple leaves; singing songs, drinking wine, diverting ourselves just floating, floating….refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current; this is what we call the floating world…” Asai Ryoi, in Ukiyo Monogatari (Tales of the Floating World, 1661)
Monday, September 29, 2008
Another Monday Morning
It is another Monday morning. I woke early, about 0430, took a shower, took a walk, had morning breakfast and coffee, and then slipped into work. Traffic was light due to the early hour and there was a mid-level fog that made the morning slightly cool and slightly damp. I seemed to be the only one in the parking lot at work so I lingered in the car finishing my commute coffee and just kind of basking in the reflected amber glow of the streetlights. I had contemplated calling off of work today - in all honesty, I cannot recall the last time that I called in sick, or even took a sanity day off. But the only real thing I had to do for the day was laundry, LOL, and I did not particularly feel like taking a day of from work to do loads of laundry. Still, it is a cool fall California morning and that has me in a reflective mood at the start of the day. Sent via BlackBerry by AT
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