Tom Painting

Hindsight

You don’t see this very often any more. A young couple on the side of the road with their thumbs out. There was a time, back in junior college, when my new girlfriend and I routinely hitchhiked to school and out-of-the-way places. She and I vowed forever, but it didn’t last. If she were with me now, I have no doubt we’d stop and give them a ride. I slow down, but think better of it, being alone.

not visible
from the street
my backyard Buddha

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About the Author

Tom Painting was born April 1, 1951, in Rochester, New York, and currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia, where he teaches junior high humanities at the Paideia School. In addition to bird watching and making slow but steady progress on the acoustic guitar, he hopes to reach the highest elevation points in each of the lower 48 states.