Willie Nelson has bud on the brain
Sep 19th, 2008 by Jesse Moore
Another morning at the coffee shop. This is turning into a normal Friday thing. The sky is a colorless void – which apparently drives everyone into the nearest coffee shop for respite. A lot of bus drivers come here before and after their runs – most of them are women, and most of them look like bus drivers rather than Mary Kay consultants. I gave up my table for the lot of them, only after witnessing their disdain for my computer bag perched atop what must have been their preferred location. I thought they would warm to me when I showed and gave up my territory, but like pirates, they moved from their ship to mine with more entitlement than gratitude. Not that I mind – not if minding means that I have to drive a bus.
Good post, Jess. You strike upon something that I’ve really been thinking a lot on lately: the death of common courtesy and the rise of ‘me-ism’. It had its rise in the urban areas and is slowly spreading to the rural areas. And we’re seeing much more of it in Montana. For instance, Kamela went riding with our daughter yesterday afternoon and was nearly run over three times by “soccer moms” blowing through stop signs; they had all just picked up their li’l darlin’s from the local middle school. Kam yelled out to one to “get off the cell phone and pay attention to what you’re doing” and was immediately rebuffed. Call it what you will – It’s damned disconcerting.
It is beautiful here, supposed to get to 90 tomorrow. We will be painting the house at Kinsey. I have an idea for a name for the baby but I will send it to you in a note………..I love this time of year, life is good.
Jess,
We just returned home from our trip to
Kentucky. Good job of portraying your morning
coffee break.
Ours was very early – looking out on the Smokey
Mountains from the airport rocking chairs.
love you,
Mom