On a fine spring day in Wasilla, I first ride my bike, then drive my car
Monday, April 13, 2009 at 11:28PM
Wasilla, Alaska, by 300 in Wasilla, bicycle

I rode my bike again today. I went through many puddles, but this was the biggest one.

It was fun - so much so that I turned around and rode through it again, twice. When I did, I knew how I want to live, all the time. Why can't I?

When it came time for my afternoon coffee break, I took the car. I saw a girl on a horse. Two girls on two horses, actually, but I only photographed one.

I saw a kid leaning against a bike...

...and horses in a field...

...a man riding a bicycle up Church Road...

...as he neared the top, the mountains came up in front of him.

I saw what appeared to be a family, out walking on a bike trail...

...and two young men, jogging, one manipulating his phone, the other looking at me. He probably wondered why I was taking their picture. I took it because for two seconds on this day, our lives crossed. It was a fleeting moment, but I wanted to document it forever. 

One can never document anything forever. Even those who are immortalized will be utterly forgotten. Still, even if I couldn't, I wanted to document the moment forever.

Now, you see, I rank right up there with the great philosphers - the words of whom will all one day cease to be read.

Even that moutain, it will be made flat. Or maybe it will be shattered. I don't know. I'm not a prophet. 

Just before I got home, I saw this guy, sweeping the dirt and gravel off the edge of Ward's Road. This was the strangest thing that I saw, all day. I suppose he had his reasons.

And he wore a crash helmet.

And there there was the gentleman in red, driving a four-wheeler.

This is how life is this time of year, right here, in Wasilla, Alaska.

I could have went to Carl's Jr, and bought a hamburger, but I didn't.

 

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