I guess it's a bookstore, but again there was no sign.
Day 60
Interesting selection of books
May 25th, 2010
I'm walking across America.
That's the idea, at least. I'm walking westward from New York City for nine months or so. If everything goes according to plan, I'll be in Oregon when the clock runs out. If nothing goes according to plan, maybe I'll end up in Peru or Mongolia or Pennsylvania. You can read all about the details of my trip if you're so inclined.
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Here's my progress so far:
That Harry Potter book looks out of place with all those older-looking faded books.
Dammit-Matt, where exactly is that bookstore? I would probably kill for some of those books-or at least offer great amounts of money which I do not have and would have to put on my credit card-
you keep an eye out for “Travels With Charlie” by John Steinbeck, and “Blue Highways” by William Least Heat Moon.
I’ll watch for “America @ 3MPH” by Matt Green
I had to go to Flickr to read some of the titles – one intrigued me enough to google:
http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/98/dylan/wolves.html
Matt – you should really check out that LINK: I’m going to try copy and paste:
There are Men Too Gentle to Live Among Wolves
There are men too gentle to live among wolves
Who prey upon them with IBM eyes
And sell their hearts and guts for martinis at noon.
There are men too gentle for a savage world
Who dream instead of snow and children and Halloween
And wonder if the leaves will change their color soon.
There are men too gentle to live among wolves
Who anoint them for burial with greedy claws
And murder them for a merchant’s profit and gain.
There are men too gentle for a corporate world
Who dream instead of candied apples and ferris wheels
And pause to hear the distant whistle of a train.
There are men too gentle to live among wolves
Who devour them with eager appetite and search
For other men to prey upon and suck their childhood dry.
There are men too gentle for an accountant’s world
Who dream instead of Easter eggs and fragrant grass
And search for beauty in the mystery of the sky.
There are men too gentle to live among wolves
Who toss them like a lost and wounded dove.
Such gentle men are lonely in a merchant’s world,
Unless they have a gentle one to love.
Back to the Poetry of an Engineer.
Just in cases I’ve broken the law – here’s a citation:
Kavanaugh, James (1998). There are Men Too Gentle to Live Among Wolves. Retrieved 6 June 2010 from http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu: http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/98/dylan/wolves.html
I thought that poem kind of fit your “I’m Just Walkin'” theme/reasoning….. P.S. STILL trying to catch up to your current day’s blogging. Laundry and Housework – are being neglected…. :)
blue highways,…william least heat moon should be required reading for all americans.props to scott mac.i guess i should also give proper respect to “the nut who left on a walk across the USA starting on my streets boardwalk”.I mean nut in the most reverential tone mr. matt.