Artist · Writer David Branstetter

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    (or How I learned to Love the Outdoors and Stop Worrying) This summer has been the most I’ve been outside since I was a young man mowing lawns with my parents. In fact I swore that I would get an education so I’d never have to be out in the heat again. This posture has decayed a bit over the years. When I became a homeowner I took a hidden joy that I would be required to own a lawnmower and maintain my lawn. I can’t help but reminiscence about the time that I spent with my family working in the oppressive sun, getting up in the wee hours to avoid it, and the comfort of air-conditioned restaurants. As a kid all I could focus on was the intensity of the work. It ate up my summer. I didn’t get to do anything fun. I wanted to be free! While I knew how to work hard from the years I spent in the family business I was happy to take a break at my first opportunity. I think that’s what college was for. And the years following that. And a few more for good measure. I got my degree and I had now insured that I wouldn’t have to be out in the sun again, a fact that I was proud of. The funny thing about life is that you don’t know that it’s started until you’re a few years into the race. Or as Roger Waters so elegantly stated, “No […]

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