Dear Skaters,
Today is day 2,800 of daily roller skating. I am still doing it, and I intend to keep on at it, but today, I don't have much to say about it. It may be that I have grown tired of trying to induce you enjoy roller skating; it may be that I have grown tired of making suggestions of any kind, period. When I think about it, all this unsolicited advice and curated stuff, I wonder that anyone has any time or inclination for such things. I read a lot of good things on the internet, and there are heaps of good things I don't make the time for, even though I'd like to read them, to watch them, to learn from them.
If there was a purpose, to my dashing off a couple of letters a week to you, here, it might be to encourage you, to let you know that you can do it, whatever it is; that there are no negative consequences- you can try to play the trombone, because, why not? You can try to make your own paintbrush, to sew a pair of kid gloves, to write a television script. In fact, I hope you try all four of those things, and roller skating, too. However, if you are busy defending human rights this week and the next, you might not have the time, and that's fine too.
Oh, and I almost forgot, I have a song for you for today, too.
