Spring finally conquers Winter

Although it may still get a little cool at nighttime, spring time has clearly established it’s dominance over winter here in Ashland, Oregon. The sun shone brightly all weekend kissing faces and bare shoulders all over town. Students from Southern Oregon University held a Peace parade, the local Library hosted a May Day activity for the children, Unicorns and Griffins pranced together in the town plaza, and the mighty PUCK was seen skipping about in his combat boots and blue tutu muttering about the foolishness of mortals.

If all fools we mortals be, then I am a fool for spring. Most of my activities today seemed to be focused indoors. There was church, followed by breakfast, then I went on a mission to organize all of March’s receipts before rushing off to the afternoon Tango lessons. Sitting inside while the sun glittered overhead putting pretty shadows on the puffy clouds my mind drifted off to this blog, the Rogue River, kayaking, pretty girls in bikinis… I’m sorry Father, what were you saying? I forgot I was at Mass.

The sun is out, it is time to break out the shorts and flipflops, time to go discover Oregon’s famous whitewater rivers. I tell you I cannot wait to do my first eskimo roll. Now I wonder where I might find a kayak…