{the.wednesday.whistle}

dear Mikki and Katie…

a total unrelated photo today. sometimes you need a random photo, right?

last week i was in Portland on a session. while passing down a major 3 lane street, i witnessed an almost accident where one car came tragically close to side swiping the other. all i could think about was how blissfully lucky both drivers had been as i stopped at the light. however, the driver who was ‘almost’ (yes…almost, as in not actually hit, no damage done, no bumps or scratches, or calls to the insurance company) hit jumped out of his car in a furry and started waving his hands frantically at the other driver in the car, nearly causing yet another accident. i couldn’t help stare in fear and long to be home in my one lane roads in Rumford where if you almost hit someone you waive embarrassingly and perhaps shamefully, and the other driver just rolls their eyes and shrugs their shoulders, but continues about their day and probably has forgotten about it by the next turn.

i am an aggressive driver. some would say i am a bad driver, but i call it aggressive and i am comfortable with that term even if its a semi lie to myself. i drive so frequently over the state now, i know where my radio will fade in and out, the exact spot on the left side heading east on route 2 where a pothole will swallow your car if you hit it, and where i can and can’t get away with speeding. and although road rage rarely comes over me, i have been known to flip a few drivers off on Broadway in Bangor and once in a while in Brewer. {what is it about Broadway in Bangor?} anyway…what was the point in my flipping them off? i mean…even if the dirty snow covered windows of the Honda Accord were cleaned to a virtual mirror shine, they probably wouldn’t see it, and I always feel stupid AND embarrassed after.

be polite drivers. learn from from the close calls, and be thankful for them.

all my love darlings,

p.s…fyi Maine drivers…never speed from Wilton-Farmington, or anywhere in Skowhegan, or on route 4 from Turner to Auburn….just from experience, tickets, and almost tickets.

p.p.s…daily mantra: “the best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it.” {dudley.moore}