Signs & Symbols
Monday morning. It's odd, working from home, working whenever I have work, being able to do a bit here and a bit there, that Monday would have any meaning as MONDAY, per se, but it does. There is still the "feeling" of beginning another week. I walked this morning, a long one, trying to get this heavy body and these old feet in some kind of shape for my upcoming trek. It's been hot here during the day, so I prefer to walk in the predawn hours, leaving somewhere between 5 and 5:30 am. It's a magic time. There's always a little breeze and the sounds of the birds and other day creatures waking up. This morning, after I had been underway for a short while, I happed to look up at the lightening sky. There was the waning moon directly overhead, edges blurred by a few low hanging, wispy clouds. And, suddently, three black streaks flashing right overhead. Three bats!! They dipped and dived around me for a few minutes, and then they were on their way, probably to hide ...