Stranger On A BUS

Busking Tour Fall 2001

Salt Lake City, Utah

Although Salt Lake City was warm enough on October 25 to do some busking, I chose not to...yet, a few things that happened are worth mention, including finding a copy of Robert Pirzig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, which I've been wanting to re-read since I read his second book Lila, wherein he furthers his Chautauqua on Quality, while sailing down the Hudson river... I've done a get there in the morning and leave by 8 or 9pm thing with salt Lake before, discovering the location of the U of U campus and the inevitable coffee shop, pizza parlor district was within a long walk from the bus depot. First I went to the main branch of the city library in order to gain access to the Internet. I'm pleased to dicover I could sign up for an hour of telnet-ing into my Hoosiernet pages just like in Monroe County, Indiana. Also found, much to my delight that Salt Lake is embarking on the construction of a major expansion of its main library! Exciting!! I thought I'd zig-zag across the avenues to get up to the campus...and - Lo! There loomed a second hand bookstore! I asked for the Pirzig book and she had both of them...all copies in excellent shape! Pricey, though...so I said, well it's a bit steep...she really liked haggling, and said she had back up copies of the ZEN and the Art...(of whaddayagot? LOL!), at $2, so, I stretched my pocket a bit and grabbed it up! I knew I'd finish Sterling Hayden's Wanderer soon, and needed another good bus read....Upon reaching the campus area, I found the Noah's bagels place I'ds patronized before and plugged into the local for a bit. Took another street back down towards another hour at the library...It was lined with the same sort of craftsman style houses you find in other college towns...

Healing resources

See this phrase translated!

"My heart's in the highlands, gentle and fair..."