digging out

turkey was fine. i can't say anything spectacular about it. it's a bird, after all. it could've been an amazingly productive time off. it was not. today it snowed and this weekend i walked by the sax guy downtown. he plays for tips. and i think it keeps him warm. the buildings do little to contain the blistering winds. my old high school won the state championship in football. i took the long way home. spent sunday morning on the 11th pew. sang old hymns of thanksgiving. the leaves have mostly fallen. it makes the trees look grim. the sky gets dark sooner... as if to say it's closing time. the cool air makes it easy to run from one place to the next. i heard a man from poland speak a week or two back. he said, "the only thing worse than being passed by... is to pass by." i hope and pray in the weeks ahead... i will look at those i pass by, and help them if they need it. i still have a gigantic hole in my backyard. i think my friend is coming over to help me fix it. a patch here and there. she'll be good as new.