It’s been six months since the first confirmed COVID-19 cases in Michigan and after seeking remote places, some days the world sounds very loud when I leave the parks for a walk down Main Street or wake to the malfunctioning fire alarm blaring and the loudest howl you’ve ever heard.
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Burnt orange sunrise loudly proclaims autumn.
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The park ambassador quietly watches and listens all hours of the day. He wonders about the herons strong introvert spirit and the constant sandhill squawking. Always knows when Miss Cardinal is irritated and a new addition is roaming the land as gathering morsels of information has replaced days spent soaring.
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Nature’s crack of dawn offers lifeline.
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Thoughts whirling with each lifestyle change.
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One of those weeks just hanging around and wandering the paths under cool blue skies On an empty path there was the sudden desire to joyfully scream “PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE” and hear it echo across the lake as I enjoyed a delicious sip. Obviously this crabby fella isn’t a fan.
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There’s clearly a disturbance in the atmosphere casting a web of fear over our home as Harper and I are afraid of the yard with bats circling and chirping above our heads in the evening and fifty migrating grackles swarming throughout the day. At least someone feels right at home.
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Imagination and escape became a theme in my life this week as I was not in the mood for the current reality. “If you want to escape this reality all you have to do is open a book and your imagination.” (unknown) Photography and books are wonderful avenues of escape as the cares of the…
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A peaceful scene should inspire enlightening thoughts and all I’ve got is that I no longer enjoy popping M&Ms in my mouth throughout the day and instead of wrestling the kayak into the water I would prefer leaving it floating on the lake by the dock and jumping in gracefully.
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I went old school this week listening to albums (ok, vinyl for some generations) on the new turntable, after I recently discovered sometime over the decades the old one gave up hope of ever being played again, and I’m amazed at how much I had forgotten about the experience. It was shocking to discover after…
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