day 4 :: daffodils

spring was heavy in the air as i ran my loop early this morning. daffodils did their best imitations of the sun, sweet daphne perfumed the way. i swear daphne smells the way sweet-tarts taste.

i covered the same distance but in about 30 minutes. i didn't get an exact time because my cool down walk included a trip to peet's coffee where i snagged myself some banana maple coffee cake. which would be delicious were in not vegan!!! please vegans of the world, do not foist your dense and rubbery baked "goods" on the unsuspecting public. okay, admittedly i didn't read the teensy sign close enough, and missed that the bakery's phone number ended with "v-e-g-a-n". i was distracted by the anticipated mingling of banana and maple flavors. not exactly the "treat" i was hoping to give myself. next time, i'll walk the extra few blocks to grand central and grab a hand pie or one of their soft-ball sized cinnamon rolls... next thing you know some raw food outfit will start distributing blobs of shredded raw carrot, raisins (wait, are raisins raw??), honey, molasses, oats, flax seed and sprouted wheat under the guise of "carrot cake". gah.

i have no beef (heh) with vegans. really. but where you lose me is honey. honey is the nectar of the gods, transmitted to us through the humble, bumble bee. i dream one day of keeping bees and harvesting my own honey. i guess i just don't get how something so magical as honey, so pure and healing, so of this earth, used by culture after culture as medicine and nourishment, could be offensive. i found this page explaining why honey isn't vegan and discussing the enslavement of bees. and while i'll admit that like any commodity there are ways of producing and harvesting it that are mindful of the bees and of the earth, and ways that aren't. but COME ON PEOPLE??!! so i'm dreaming of becoming a slave owner. and my hives will be my plantation. yeah, right.

so to continue my workout schedule, i need some strength training today. that will have to wait until after work...

beautiful daffodil painting is by laura walker scott and i picked it because it reminded me of shelby...