Today has been one of those grading-days where I’ve had my head down, working, from sunup to sundown: not the stuff, certainly, of an attention-grabbing blog-post. But moments ago, Reggie began gently pestering to go outside, and knowing that a senior dog’s request to go “out” really means “now,” not later, I immediately put aside what I was doing to lead Reggie downstairs and outside into the backyard dog-pen.
How, I wonder, could Reggie’s bladder have known that “now, not later” was the precise moment when the sun was setting, streaking our backyard sky with a striated pattern of red and gray, a spectacular spot of color I would have missed had I kept my head down, working?
Nov 10, 2010 at 6:04 pm
Yes, I caught that sunset tonight, too, on the way to our pond.
And there is a dog who has entered my domestic life so I am attaining “now” mind…
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Nov 10, 2010 at 6:10 pm
So you truly do “already understand”! 🙂
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Nov 10, 2010 at 8:04 pm
I too spent the day grading papers. But missed the sunset. Clearly, I need a dog.
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Nov 11, 2010 at 12:10 pm
In my mind, everyone needs a dog, at least. Several is even better. 🙂
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Nov 11, 2010 at 1:34 pm
Here, for the record, is one view of the sunset I was talking about. I guess I’ll have to start carrying my camera when I walk into my own backyard.
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Nov 11, 2010 at 7:50 pm
I stared at that sunset through the blinds on my office window yesterday afternoon. I would have liked to go out right then, but didn’t have time. Lots of beautiful sunsets lately, alas too early!
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