May 22, 2009

Today we had bratwurst for breakfast at work (bring your brat to work day); tasty little treat that is part of this weekend's  bratfest.  The person who bought them was served by local weatherman Charlie Shortino, who used to work at Gordon's Commons here at the university back in my school days.  I wonder if he would remember me; we had a class together, and a woman that I was enraptured with was enraptured with him at that time; she could be still, though, as she is an accountant, and you know how those types with figures are.

I saw my first Monarch butterfly and my first mosquito; consequently, my first mosquito bite.

I planted the butterfly bush today, as I finally figured out where would be the best place for it.  

The iPod played quite a bit of Bruce Springsteen today, which made me listen to We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions when I arrived home.  I bought this a few years back and didn't think much of it, but it has grown on me, even considering the use of horns for the songs.  At first, I didn't think folk sings should have such accompaniment; I am not as bad as some purists, but it seemed too much.  Now it sounds almost natural to those songs.  I also listened to The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle, which might be my favorite Bruce album. Something about listening to Bruce east of the Mississippi River seems more natural than listening to him when I lived west of the river.