I saw the boston marathon today. Left work early and biked across an empty Mass Avenue bridge into deserted downtown streets. A few blocks in, there they were.. millions of people watching and cheering in a line along Comm Avenue. Boston had both the marathon and a Red Sox home game today, with the marathon going right past the stadium, so it was a mess. They do this on purpose. I don’t understand.

I wanted to meet some friends across Comm Avenue from the marathon, but I would have had to travel 20 blocks to cross the street and 20 blocks back. So I sat there and cheered for a moment, feeling kind of alone. People were passing out hundreds of yellow dianetics.org balloons. Runners were just passing out. Wishing I’d had my camera.

I finished The Bees website, and The Bees’ first record is finally out. They’re off to tour with Guster later this month. I hope things work out well for them—their music is excellent.

The garden is mostly in. We have:

curry plant
chives
oregano
wildflowers
sun flowers
basil
strawberries
honeysuckle
wooly thyme
and
“cape daisy nairobi improvised osteospermum”