The Flavor of Beginning Tuesday, Nov 28 2006
General 10:20 am
I just realized that I left this post unpublished for several months. Enjoy this summertime post:
Previously, I mentioned a local business that sells snoballs and ice cream which was demolished shortly after the return home. The sadness I experienced watching a part of my childhood be destroyed was profound in a very strange way. My pleasure at seeing the building sprout again was equally as profound. It seems only natural that my first taste of their ice cream seemed to be another small turning point in my experience in this new world down here. I stood outside, sharing a cone of chocolate soft serve ice cream dipped in a shell of chocolate. As Z and I shared our ice cream, I looked around for a place to sit. Find the lack of seating accomodations unsuitable, I proceeded to pretend to sit on a bench. I bent my knees into nearly sitting position and leaned against the wall of the building, which provided a most excellent support. At that moment, some tension that I’ve been holding inside seemed to be released and all I could do was laugh. The last few days, I’ve realized how numb I’ve become to everything around me. Sometimes, the numbness dies for a while and I’m left with raw emotion. All the ice cream from RoBears cannot solve this, but it sure makes the world a little tastier on the journey.
