Mercurial

It is a cold day in a crazy week - so it was time to go out and see what the locals offer.
While drinking a nice cup of overpriced coffee, I happened on this old Chevy 1973. The car's first owner was the grandfather of the current owner, and seeing it like that, preserved, still used, was nice.
Oh, I know that purists will jump at the poor state of the body - however, when started, it purred and rumbled, deep bass reverberating, its 8V showing that it still has muscle.

This car has been used, and it shows - much better than all those things that sit pretty in garages and never go out; this is a car with life, with an owner that appreciates it and enjoys it. It reminded me of something, or perhaps the simple exhilarating feeling of enjoying the day, cold and windy but somehow alive.

Once more I point to the Tse Chen Ling buddhist lectures, because in these times, we all need the calm and the tranquility in life that these reveal. Specially the ones by Robina Courtin.