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a sunday spring evening

brevik skatepark

alone, no skating

just to sit

quiet, by the small lake

just needing time for myself.

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southern sweden

from son norway

a five and a half hour drive

an area called småland -

åby

southern swedish countryside

driving the small

two lane highway of the 30

through forests with

jazz bebopping away,

playing on the radio

it seemed to fit perfect

set the scene

that crystal clear

blue scandinavian sky

the sun shinning through

the green trees

with their shadows

casting across the road

idealic swedish red

houses and cabins

and barns

historic old world stone fences

a scandinavian spring,

weekend in may

-

to sleep in

a single room cabin

floating on a lake

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a friday spring late night

like the old times

the in-laws,

my wife's parents house in

sweden

everyone is asleep

the house is quiet

I sit alone

a great old film plays on

Gas, Food, Lodging

with whiskey, wine and snus

oh those old sweet memories

lone late night films

stoned-drunk,

in a small room sitting

on a bed

dreaming a life

wasting away

-

had a little dream and woke up.

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driving north on the E6 highway

to Vestby - in Norway

going to work

Levon Helm's album

- Dirt Farmer

plays on

the song, a train robbery

oh the Country and Bluegrass

good ol' travelling music

the ramblin' fever

I miss the open highway road

I-75 north to

Cincinnati Ohio

to pick up I-71 north

to route 56 , and to route 22 - east

into Circleville

it's been a long five and a half years

since then

oh to be back in Ohio
never wanting to stop the ramble 

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autumn weekend travels

journeys about europe

with friends

cars, buses, taxis, and planes

add in trains - subways and trams,

and a ferry

Tøreboda

Berlin

Gøteborg

Stockholm

Budapest

cold, windy days and nights

sunny, bright crystal blue skys,

gray - overcast,

even rain sometimes

living out of a suitcase

in hotels, hostels, and  friends apartments

drinking brews in pubs

eating good food in

cafes and at sidewalk stands

lounge in hot spring bath houses

walk city streets

shoot photos

share stories

Wanting to make daily boredom routines creative. (Getting Old)

wake-up

drink coffee, sometimes in bed

get dressed - ready for work

eat breakfast, sometimes not

make foodboxes for lunches

clean up the apartment -

make the bed

do laundry

wash the dishes from

the morning, and dinner the night before

brush teeth

go to work

work

go home

cook dinner

eat, sometimes having wine or beer

watch t.v. and movies

or read

take a shower

brush teeth

sleep

just to do it all over again.

Sleep Bum Status

over my years

I've slept in

some random places,

bum style

on sidewalks -

at the Bro Bowl in Tampa,

outside of bars

- in Ybor City, Daytona Beach

in the bed of my own pick-up truck -

the Skatepark of Tampa parking lot,

at the skatepark in Louisville Kentucky,

camp Sleezy at Wekiva Falls in Sanford

in musty old spray painted tents

on porches and balconies

random couches and floors

of friends apartments,

wrapped up in dusty old blankets

sometimes stoned-drunk,

sometimes not

just for the soul need

of sleep