[Titan]

I thought I would update this post with another experience I had Just a few days ago.

After a few gentle rains in Pike County, Illinois and some warm spring days I knew it was time to enjoy my springtime tradition. I started the day with a plate full of biscuits and gravy and a call to my employer that I was "sick" and wouldn't be at work. Then I popped in disc 3 from Songbook and began to listen to my favorite singer/ songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. After enjoying a few adult beverages and relaxation I hopped into my pickup truck and cruised down a lonely gravel road towards a farmer that wouldn't mind if I walked his lovely stretch of timber. As I watched the morning sun I sipped some coffee to warm me up a bit and listened to Gord's Gold.
As I drive I thought of how this ritual of mine seems to breathe an extra amount of life into me.

As I park, I'm loading Gordon Lightfoot into my Cd player. It seems like an eternity of walking
until I spot one. It's a beatiful spongey Morrell Mushroom! It's beauty is something I haven't seen in a year and as I reach down I see more of the same! As I walk through the timber I see wild daffodils and birds building nests. A Lighfoot favorite of mine ( Rainy Day People) begins to play. I find a patch of mushrooms so large I wonder if my pillowcase will hold them, it does and I know my work is through.

Another spring has brought me my favorite day to be by myself. A day to reflect and count my blessings. I finish up by driving home and giving part of my bounty to Charlie, the gas station owner that never has time to look himself.
he thanks me and gives me a free can of Mt. Dew.

Lightfoot and his music were with me every step of the way on another springtime tradition. And oh yes, Those mushrooms cooked in butter and laying next to a Ribeye steak were like heaven on Earth!!!!