what the

so im driving like a crazy person cross country thru like pennsylvania, ohio, indiana
its night the moon is brite & as usual im doing about 55 mph the radio hasn't been working all day i figure out a way to take a self portrait of a man a week away from his 48th birthday...

so im sitting here at a reststop in iowa using the wifi connection at this picnic table when this fellow walks up with a bag of goodyz in hand like water & cookyz & extending his other hand for a handshake says:

"david english ?"

i said yeah

he says

"ive seen your art before

& i pulled in here with my truck[semi] & saw your van & well the misses & i wanted to give you this little token..."

i say incredulus

"you've seen my art before????... man your blowing my mind here...go figure

just when you think your just out here literally in the middle of nowhere

iowa of all places

creating this stuff & no body seees it ..."

bammm!!!!

the cookyz were good too & the water was cold

thanks universe

we go on to talk about vermont how his misses would like to move there ...

life goes on huh?