Wednesday, April 22, 2009  The Burbs in April, and Old People &
Airports  So every Spring I realize- all of a sudden- 2 things:
First, the suburbs look fantastic, and second, that for the
preceding 4 months, they’ve looked like total crap.  IMG_9195
Seriously, when there’s no snow on the ground, how ugly are the
suburbs in Winter? Really ugly, that’s how. They’re all brown
and gray and dead, and on those few days when it thaws and the
snow melts off and you send the kids outside to play they
quickly turn the already-brown lawn into a mud bog. Piles of old
snow accumulate along the roadsides, and turn gray, then black
from exhaust, reminding you just how gross and awful and full of
crap the air is.  IMG_9196 Throughout those long, color-less
months, if one tree- just one tree- in our neighborhood suddenly
bloomed with spectacular white or pink blossoms, we’d be like
“Wow! How beautiful!” and we’d stop whatever we were doing for a
few minutes and go check it out.  Go For A Walk Now  But instead
what happens is