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I’ve been riding my bicycle a lot this fall- it’s awesome.
Fall in Vermont is a special fall… special like the fall I
took after wiping out on some of our tourist-magnet-
foliage today…

I’m no speed demon- So it wasn’t a crazy
high-speed bike crash-

But it was pretty cinematic…

(well, comedy movie cinematic…)

I must have been going 10mph or slower- really
crawling along, just breathing deep the rich autumn
air, and basking in the slanty October sunlight…

I actually aimed for this pile of leaves…

I don’t know what I was thinking-

(I guess I thought it would be fun; like jumping
in a pile of leaves…)

I don’t know if you know this; but leaves don’t
provide much friction…

(not like rubber on asphalt…)

The next thing I know, by bike is sideways, and
I’m skidding on leaves and pavement on both knees.

I ripped the heck out of my pants, but then,
that’s no biggie; I only have one good pair of
pants, and I don’t wear them so they stay
that way.

But here’s what made my day-

When I looked at my bleeding knees… it brought
me RIGHT back to being 16 and younger- back
when I skateboarded, rode my crummy K-Mart
bike all the time, and fell as a matter of course-

I always used to have skinned knees-
from age 4 or 5 till I left highschool…
I was really shocked to realize that it’s
been almost 10 years since I felt that
stinging, throbbing, sensation…

It was oddly nostalgic…

So there I am, bloody knees, ripped pants

and this big stupid grin on my face.

I rode down to the little store so I could get an
ice cream cone to celebrate.

Days like today make me wicked excited to have a kid.
I feel like I’ve lost some of my childish ways-
(OK, not many of them, but some)

Hopefully having a kid around will help me forget I’m a
“Grown Up” Which will be a welcome change of pace.