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"I only went out for a walk, but finally decided to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in." --John Muir

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Marriage

Blue-spotted salamander on the patio; a snag that has fallen in the yard; acorns on the burr oak; morels at the base of a pine; immature eagle on the brush pile; toad at the back door; wasp nest high in the maple; in the bouncing bet, hummingbird moths.
            
Like a suitor he’ll call up the news to my window on the second floor.  I’ll creep up behind him, studying on the couch, and whisper, through the screen, in his ear.
            
We’ll meet at the object of interest, the words between us few.  “Go get your zoom lens,” I’ll say.  He’ll say, “Now you have something to write about!”
            
I like how nature marries with her simple, incredible news, how she draws us from separate places, and fashions one from two.