We've stopped taking the turnpike and interstates to one place we go to each summer.
The Drive Home
Despite the convenience of
interstates and iPods,
I like to take local routes
and tune in local radio.
Sometimes it's good to find out
what the world has to offer
rather than just listening to what
you think you want to hear.
There's so much beyond my personal
play list: Christian rock and rap, right
wing talk, Latino music, Big Band and
country, country, country. ( The radio
is my crude GPS. When I get
rock or classical, I know I'm near
a college.When I get nothing, I know
I'm lost.) I learn news that never
makes the satellite stations: rummage
sales, arrests, break-ins, choir concerts
and special blood drives for the boy
who has that disease they don't want
to name on the air. It's helpful
to know where you are is not always
where you want to be. And when I
stumble across a favorite song,
I somehow feel I've earned it.
The Drive Home
Despite the convenience of
interstates and iPods,
I like to take local routes
and tune in local radio.
Sometimes it's good to find out
what the world has to offer
rather than just listening to what
you think you want to hear.
There's so much beyond my personal
play list: Christian rock and rap, right
wing talk, Latino music, Big Band and
country, country, country. ( The radio
is my crude GPS. When I get
rock or classical, I know I'm near
a college.When I get nothing, I know
I'm lost.) I learn news that never
makes the satellite stations: rummage
sales, arrests, break-ins, choir concerts
and special blood drives for the boy
who has that disease they don't want
to name on the air. It's helpful
to know where you are is not always
where you want to be. And when I
stumble across a favorite song,
I somehow feel I've earned it.
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