eighteen hundred

 

Becky Howe, 1978.

Dear Everyone,

What a beautiful day to roller skate for the 1800th day in a row!  Join me, won't you?  I know, it's the same old thing, isn't it?  Day after day, skate after skate, a hundred days after a hundred days.  Maybe you are tired of the same old things: a suggestion for music or a video, some spiffing skate stuff to buy?  

Nah, I know you know that the everyday is the holiest day, and that everything is the sacredest thing, so lets get this party started!

Check out these great skates, try this party move, try to resist these, and remember that the most fun, is to try it.  

PS

Maybe you just aren't sure what to wear roller skating?  Here are some ideas!

1200

 

Dear Curious,

I think you are ready.  I know you are ready.  If you don't like it, you can find some other feet to give those roller skates to!  It's been 1200 days for me, and tomorrow could be day number one for you!  This week I am on the injured list, and so my daily skating has been appallingly brief, but I really look forward to it, because it's kind of a habit that I really love, and while I am malingering, I am imagining the not so distant future, when I will be out and skating the fresh pavement again.  There is a beautiful new parking lot not far from here, with little swales, and not too much tree litter.  I love to set my teeth, roll up and into the shallow ditches and jump a little bit, at the crest of the thing.  

If you are not quite yet ready, check out Skatie and Appelusa; perhaps these two lovely skaters can convince you where I have failed.

If you are already skating your garage, your kitchen, your side porch, and your nearby basketball court, then good for you and I hope I see you out there!