Posts tagged “anticipation

Business Time

Posted on February 19th, 2010

There’s that time on the dock just before you step aboard where you’re not sure what next is going to happen. The time from the alarm going off to the steady effort to move towards the car and navigate to this point seemed to double back on itself, as the water couldn’t get there fast enough. Then you’re there, and the juice feels kind of like the opening kick-off and you’re watching the ball sail through the air waiting for that first collision. You’re visualizing in your mind how it’s all going to go down based on past experience, but you really have no idea. The bird on the piling, if he were capable of higher levels of thought, would probably mock your concept…

Hold, Wait For It…

Posted on August 26th, 2008

When I woke with the morning’s sunrise, the outdoor thermometer read 61 degrees. The dead season is almost over. All the little gits that cut you off at the local break will be back in school. Boats pulling tubers through prime topwater bust locations will disappear. Jet skis will decline precipitously. This is our time*. We just need the fish to hold up their end of the bargain. Come on, predators, show us what you got.   *With the exception of sailors and their fall races, which don’t really bother anything anyhow.

  

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