Spring.. “Glorious spring.
_ Sometimes I get going so fast my feet don’ t
touch the ground. It’s sort of a mad rush to do all

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the thinos that “must

State? a= eed SAaROwW anew

be done, with

Baw YT we

enough time to manage them all in comfort. te
makes, for me, a state of mind in which the
present is not fully appreciated. I tend to speed
around concerned with my watch and tomorrow
and being five minutes late. . .

‘One morning last week the
buzz of the alarm clock.
shattered my dreams, I got
out of bed and stumbled
through my routine, making:
coffee and putting my pants
on at the same time. By the
time it was necessary. to
leave for work my pants were
on and my tie tied, shoes-
shined, bed made and coffee
drunk. And I was already.
worried if = could complete
my morning's __self-
appointed tasks and_ still
have enough time for my
lunch appointment.

FLASH OF COLOR |

The door: ofthe shack

closed behind me. I was just »

slipping the key into’ my
pocket when IF caught a flash ©
of colour in the corner of my
eye. A violet myrtle flower .
was shining at me from it’s,
bed of glossy dark green.
leaves. I saw another flower, -
and then another, and then i.

‘.. independent

yet. es
I sat down on the edge of |

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never quite

realized that the banks of the ©

creek were lined with them,

and I hadn’t even seen them |

the porch. There is a lot of

_things going on that I haven’t

taken time to see this year.
The daffodils are almost out,
thrusting their pale . green
stems from the litter of moss
and leaves. The creek itself.
has made some new. sand-
banks and moved a few

rocks, and along the edge of.

the overhanging banks the

first spring growth is pushing

up. The vine maples over-

head are budding. A bee >
hummed by overhead and

the tree branches rattled

with one of those little gusts .

that _ still
‘snowfields.

smell — of | 7 the

ils-

and:
Part: 111,

- the

“ stretching, my “muscles into:
. awareness.

| whitewashed roof of © the
shack,
creek outside. By the time it:
was. necessary to ‘leave for
my. luncheon’ appointment

my heartbeat.:was. slow ‘and |
regular, and I- felt good.

realized that if I kept that up

with the sickle. I pulled out |

‘my pulse raced again. Peter,
| said to myself, this is sure a.

school.

of a robin echoed. through the
little glade -and into the.
"room. My business suit went

the yoga exercises

As I slowly became - more” comfortable -

centred I could feel my heart.
_ beating, and it was. beating.
fast. I let the day sink in to: nS
_me and my. pulse got slower.
and I realized. that I was

, body glowed, I resisted the

instead, sat in a. chair in the |
: centre of the .,.room. and |
. absorbed. the: sunny, spring »

“magic. With the drapes open.
and -windows open. it was a.
“lot closer to the green, jungle 7
‘outside,-and I felt a lot closer
_ to me...

the path, the seagulls on the
roof of the school and ‘the |

-errent and community pro-

pretty excited about all the
things I had to.do, and I also

one of my appointments
might be with the old man’

my appointment book and >

dumb thing to do to yourself
on such a nice day. |

Back inside the shack, my
tie came off easier than it
went on. I. opened the
drapes, and sunlight flooded
little. room. A few
minutes on the phone freed
my morning, and suddenly I
was flooded with the feeling I
used to get when my mother
let me stay. home from

"SUIT BACK ON HOOK

The fresh spring air came
in through the open windows
and.swept away the stale.
smells of - sleeping and
cooking. The tumbling song

back onthe hook and I did —
in a

robe, ~ slowly

After, as omy

urge. to pick up a book and,

‘The sunlight « dappled the

‘reflected. - from. the

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white clouds hanging in the
blue sky behind them. =

It felt good to play hookey.
I’m going to do it again the
next time.

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Brown added that Lackey
is a young man, and pleased
that the sentence to be
handed down by the judge
would ensure that when
Lackey is released he'll still
be a young man.

‘Tl ask that your honor
‘consider provincial time with
a long period of probation. 1 operated by = =“ |
think that in that manner the oO | 2 | . | _
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Layton told. Lackey ‘‘Fify # :
people ended up having their . = 98 et :
houses broken into. I could- [# - - a |

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