{"id":573889706,"date":"2017-05-03T00:28:06","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T05:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573889706"},"modified":"2017-05-03T18:36:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T23:36:18","slug":"i-dont-know-where-this-is-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2017\/05\/03\/i-dont-know-where-this-is-going\/","title":{"rendered":"I don’t yet know where this is going"},"content":{"rendered":"

I rode my bike to work this morning, thinking I would pedal slow, so I wouldn’t get my heart rate up. Didn’t want to break a sweat before a day in the office. I walked outside with my bike and it was a bit chilly. More than a bit, really. So I figured I would pedal a bit, just to get warm. Then, of course, I was in the breeze and getting chilly.<\/p>\n

So I broke a little tiny sweat. And then spent the rest of the morning trying to convince myself I didn’t have a chill. By lunch I was better, but it was lunch time, which of course meant going outside. But the sky! It was blue! Of course it was. We’re into May. It is supposed to be nice weather. It is supposed to be routine and shouldn’t be a novelty. That’s the point. If you are saying “But look! The sky! She’s blue!” That’s pointing out the novelty. In May.<\/p>\n

But at lunch someone complained about the pollen. And later, in an evening meeting, someone else complained about the pollen. It has been bad. It has been horrible. I haven’t noticed, thankfully. No big piles of yellow powder, no sinus difficulties. So there are trade offs, I suppose.<\/p>\n

My meeting this evening, by the way, was with new student media leaders. Think of that. This is finals week. They’re in a long planning meeting for next year. They could be cramming. They were in a conference room. I love that about people who work in student media. They could be most anywhere, but there they are, giving you good work and devotion to their product.<\/p>\n

When I rode my bike home it wasn’t cold. And I could ride my bike home. I think of that a lot on the four miles in. Didn’t notice any pollen, either.<\/p>\n

I mentioned yesterday<\/a> the bull fighting frame I got at the Surplus Store. I got one other thing there, too:<\/p>\n

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This is a giant poster. A re-creation of a 19th century map, complete with period advertisements on the side. Even the water stains are a reproduction.<\/p>\n

Now, normally, I don’t go in for reproductions. I’m snobby like that, but this cost me $.50, and it represents the work of an 1856 cartographer:<\/p>\n

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Plus, it’ll be fun figuring out the stories about the advertisers on the borders. Whatever became of them and their businesses and dreams? Do they have descendants still here? Whatever I find will wind up here, too, and that’s worth the half dollar I spent on it. <\/p>\n

Just like a good map, to tell you where you’re going. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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