I remember a hundred lovely lakes,
and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir
and cedar and poplar trees.
The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread of silk,
opalescent dawns and saffron sunsets.
It has given me blessed release from care and worry
and the troubled thinking of our modern day.
It has been a return to the primitive and the peaceful.
Whenever the pressure of our complex city life
thins my blood and benumbs my brain,
I seek relief in the trail;
and when I hear the coyote wailing to the yellow dawn,
my cares fall from me
- I am happy. -- Hamlin Garland
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They need lanes with the special bowling bumper things.
By: just a girl on March 17, 2008
at 9:46 pm
It would even be better if they would just take their cars away from them. Uhh … of course that would mean that I would have to walk everywhere.
By: Homer-Dog on March 18, 2008
at 6:26 am
Hahahhaha!
By: Ruby on March 18, 2008
at 7:49 am
I think you could put those 270 billions to better use. But then I don’t live in the US…
By: Gany on March 18, 2008
at 9:04 am
just a girl – ooh, good idea!
Homer-Dog – LOL
Ruby – 🙂
Gany – Nah, we like to fritter our money away! (You’ve seen The Onion before, right?)
By: geekhiker on March 18, 2008
at 7:42 pm
I love the Onion.
I have no idea why it’s firewalled at work. Idiots.
By: Aaron on March 22, 2008
at 10:03 am