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Tarmac Meditations #57: Brand New Day

By | Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at 12:54 am | 2 Comments

An early morning run with Van Morrison.

Early morning sunshineDecember 2, 2010
Ran in the rain. Again. It’s Oregon. Ran quarters with R. R. and had a good day. Finished 4 x 4 with gas in the tank. I love track work for the effort, the control, the darkness before daylight and the sense of time standing still…the old, slow guy going roundy-round feels the same inside, when he’s doing it, as he did when he was young and fast and had no idea of what was waiting down the road.

December 4, 2010
Van Morrison’s “Brand New Day” was playing on my ‘Pod this morning when I escaped from a bad dream and got up. C’mon day, do your stuff. “Brand New Day” was followed “Tupelo Honey”.

Van can bring a bad dream to its knees. Makes a guy fall in love with love. Gonna be a brand new day. Indeed.

So I ran hills. Ran too hard to start. Lungs bursting fire. Back locked up. Ran one, walked one. Recovered.

B. and R. ran, looking light on their feet. We finished together. Good run before daylight. Can’t ask for more that that.

 

 

 

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“Morning Sunlight” johnnyfixedgear @ Flickr.com. Creative Commons. Some Rights Reserved.

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I write and take pictures because it is my way of telling stories. I run because it reminds me, everyday, that I am here. I have no idea where the writing comes from.

What I do know is that I start with what I know and imagine the rest. In the end some of it is true and some of it is made up; memory plus time equals semi-fiction, others call it creative non fiction. And if the “I” in the piece has a different name than mine, it is fiction through and through.

My photography tells a story in a very different way. The pictures seem to come from who I was and what I care about. When the words are coming honestly and the pictures are sharp and knowing, the stories tell me who I am today.

I also write at Running Before Daylight and my photography can be seen at The Long Run Picture Company

Comments

  1. avatar Dan L Hays says:
    August 6, 2011 at 11:46 am

    Good to see you writing again, Michael! Interesting timing, because I just started writing again myself! :)

    Reply
  2. avatar G2G says:
    August 8, 2011 at 12:01 am

    Nice one. Tupelo Honey…

    Reply

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