More train tracks joining, I still have a plan to explore old Indian sites along the Monocacy. What I do with my son, I should hurry, while he is young. I cried the night I stayed in Arlington for the going-away party. That was a foolish uncertain night, the drinking part. It is amazing I didn’t get sick. Home was good to get to after that. We are passing industries here; it looks like parts of Buckystown. I see stone walls between us and the field, all grown now, not a field anymore. Passing the guy who destroyed the Lime Kiln, his junk cars in a pile, me still angry, now we cross the tracks out of Buckystown.
We just passed a cannon in the field - the first time I saw it. We must be getting close to the station; people are getting ready. But we are quite early; it is only 5 p.m. That is a good sign for the future.
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After a cat nap snooze, I see that we are moving through the landscape at a good clip. I can see the sun still above the trees and reflections of sunlight on water in ditches beside the track. The air in the train feels fresh and cool, and I feel good about my work day; it was better than I thought it would be. I felt to day would be different from what I expected, but I thought the difference was going to be in the bad direction, not in the good.
I can see a river beside the train, but it doesn’t seem wide enough to be the Potomac, but it must be. I see the towpath of the C&O canal, clearly. The canal itself, right beside the train. Here we are passing a campground, I can see the Point of Rocks station, we are making the turn to the tracks toward Monocacy Station. We have now joined up with the tracks that head toward Frederick. We are passing Canam Steel. I can see the steel struts in the yard. The sun is lighting up the landscape. I can see the construction near that overflow lot for the Point of Rocks station. I see the escarpments in the field, cows grazing, gravel exposed, many fields, trees and a hill on the near horizon. I am sitting on the left side of the train. Even when I prepare videos, I am going to need to write narration to accompany the scenes. That is the kind of voice over work I should do first: narration of our videos. So much to write. It could be a kind of poetic prose. This trip is actually quite enjoyable. It follows part of the old canal, so much faster than the days of the barges. I can see hiking along the towpath and taking the train back. Parking at Point of Rocks and returning by train to it. Walking in one direction or the other. It would be good to know the schedules, or have them available, always ready to return. I can see even taking the train from Monocacy to a Southern point, then hiking back to another. I don’t know what happens to the canal hike as it nears Washington, I might be surprised.
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Took hot spa with new water - feeling fresh - and tea inside, hot also, listening to Bob Dylan’s One More Cup of Coffee - so many days and trying to figure out what is next. Never in any way to stop at one place, I move to the next, desiring one thing, then another, washed now and ready to sleep, bathing in clean warm water and wearing clean cotton. Pretty sure I should now rest.
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Taken off Flash, I’m now working on documentation and training.
Sorrento on TV - yes that’s the spelling, 2 r’s.
Lemon trees in Capri.
D.H. Lawrence books - I miss reading.
I am too far from poetry. It is up to me go go back.
Reading old magazines - New Yorker in the 30s and 40s.
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Arriving in Kensington now; the rain continues. It is always good to be warm and dry during a cool rain. I want to explore DC more, even when I am free from work. I always used the example that we could make a CD about DC - taking pictures and describing monuments. I still have great interest in producing documentaries. I also love creative software, like page layout and vector animation. So much more to accomplish. I am a writer also, more than I know, more than I think. To find a format to create - this personal wiki software is it for me, nothing could be better for taking notes and making connections, for developing separate topics while also working on the whole.
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