Drove all the was to Germantown NY today. Gorgeous day for it. My first stop was Division Street Guitars in Peekskill which is a shop owned by my friend Paul DeCourcey. Really lovely store! Dropped off a couple vintage archtops to sell on consignment. Always glad to spread the dough around to my friends.
Highlights of the day: Google Maps GPS shut down during Amy Winehouse's "I Wake Up Alone". She's got it over Siri....and I got a bit lost. Also crossing this huge bridge across the Hudson while the sun set to the Grateful Dead playing "Box of Rain". I like exactly one Dead tune and that's the one. it just gets me. The rest? Eh, leave it to the Deadheads. But it was a good reminder to get my hippy on more often.
A skunk crossed my path 3 feet in front of me on Main Street in Beacon. That's what I love about small towns. There is always a Main Street.
I need road trips. For an American, it's a rite of passage to cross the country in a motor vehicle. Really, that's what this country is about. Skip all that freedom jive the leaders dupe us into, it's about the combustion engine, some tires and a long drive. May as well be honest about it.
A road trip like today opens my mind up to new possibilities. I saw a house for a hundred grand. Haven't seen one of those since before the housing boom in Portland. In fact I looked in a lot of real estate windows walking around Beacon. And I started to wonder why I choose to live in this dirty ass big expensive difficult as hell to get ahead city made for the rich only. There's a lot of opportunity up north.
And as I got back into the city and the space between our combustion engine driven spirit pods diminished, I felt that battle for space. Then I got excited to be back where I like to be. I guess it's a question of do I like living in this city and knowing I have such easy access to such beauty as the Hudson Valley? Or would I like living in the Hudson Valley knowing I have such easy access to the big ass dirty exciting city more?
Something to ponder. I do know one thing. I think I love New York State a little more today. It feels like there is no limit to what it has to offer. I miss the vineyards in Oregon, and I saw plenty today to keep me interested.
J
Highlights of the day: Google Maps GPS shut down during Amy Winehouse's "I Wake Up Alone". She's got it over Siri....and I got a bit lost. Also crossing this huge bridge across the Hudson while the sun set to the Grateful Dead playing "Box of Rain". I like exactly one Dead tune and that's the one. it just gets me. The rest? Eh, leave it to the Deadheads. But it was a good reminder to get my hippy on more often.
A skunk crossed my path 3 feet in front of me on Main Street in Beacon. That's what I love about small towns. There is always a Main Street.
I need road trips. For an American, it's a rite of passage to cross the country in a motor vehicle. Really, that's what this country is about. Skip all that freedom jive the leaders dupe us into, it's about the combustion engine, some tires and a long drive. May as well be honest about it.
A road trip like today opens my mind up to new possibilities. I saw a house for a hundred grand. Haven't seen one of those since before the housing boom in Portland. In fact I looked in a lot of real estate windows walking around Beacon. And I started to wonder why I choose to live in this dirty ass big expensive difficult as hell to get ahead city made for the rich only. There's a lot of opportunity up north.
And as I got back into the city and the space between our combustion engine driven spirit pods diminished, I felt that battle for space. Then I got excited to be back where I like to be. I guess it's a question of do I like living in this city and knowing I have such easy access to such beauty as the Hudson Valley? Or would I like living in the Hudson Valley knowing I have such easy access to the big ass dirty exciting city more?
Something to ponder. I do know one thing. I think I love New York State a little more today. It feels like there is no limit to what it has to offer. I miss the vineyards in Oregon, and I saw plenty today to keep me interested.
J
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