good news. bad news. news.

the bakery is doooooooooooooooope.
the hippies don't have a good sense of humor, though.
when i asked for baby breads,
they though i meant 'not-crusty', or soft insipid sad sauce bread.
i just meant the smallest size of bread,
y'know,
rolls.
despite the lack of mirth,
we still managed to bridge the communication gap,
and get a bag of incredible little rolls.
i got a bangin' ciabatta, too,
as well as a scenic detour through waterbury.

add in my homie, the cucch,
and a double dose of good vibes,
and the road trip was amazing.....
old hip-hop, npr, and some canadian radio helped pass the mountain of minutes.

when we got to downtown burlington,
we attacked the strip with a berserker fury.
paper shops, card shops, tobacco shops, gift shops, art stores, the works.
we also hit up a few chocolate shops.
we hit up the co-op, and got many kinds of vegan sausage.
(that's what SHE said)
we hit up the muddy waters cafe. double amricano. caffeinated.
shaky hands followed immediately thereafter.
we even went to the frog hollow craftsleague.
we hit up pure pop records, and i stocked up on the cure albums.
which will compose an oddly appropriate sad soundtrack to this day.
because,
once we were stuffed beyond human comprehension,
and after seeing a couple of moose, roadside,
and makin' excellent time on the journey home,
i got home to where my heart and my house are,
and got some news:
the furious fortress of woodsly goodness that i've called my base of operations
for the last batch of years,
the riverfront outpost of great northern hottness,
is going on the market,
as in: up for sale,
as in: not available for yearly agreements of temporary residing,
on the day our lease is up in may.
... we have got to leave.
many decisions, ya'll,
lots of packing, too.
it has been really windy,
so i guess the changes and the wars are a-blowin' pretty hard.
nothin' spells out indigestion like vegan chinese food and hard-style information.
what's next?
acceptance of what is, i guess, right?
and then, some serious real life reality,
all around me, it's all really happening.
never quiet, never soft......