[Yesterday afternoon. Click for a much larger view.]
Do you see the great blue heron?
Walking, on sidewalks, or in the street when there is no sidewalk, or, best of all, on a nearby trail system, is a great respite from the news. As is reading. As is listening to music. What are your respites?
Monday, October 19, 2026
No news (spot the Ardea herodias)
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walking the potomac river waterfront or through the neighborhood to see what new halloween decorations have been put up. skeletons are a major major decoration this year: all sizes including 10 feet tall as well as giant pumpkins and gourds.
ReplyDeletewe have a blue heron that lives along the potomac.
kirsten
Tall skeletons here too. At a couple of houses (not on my street) they’re up all year. (Why?!)
ReplyDeleteMy respite from the news is not following the news… for days and days.
ReplyDeleteThen I sit down with the week’s “Economist “, which I foolishly subscribe to, thinking,
oh, I can handle this.
And then I go to bed for twelve hours.
Rinse and repeat.
Yesterday we took a boat trip around the Great Bay in New Hampshire. Seals, great blue herons, a bald eagle perching in a tree. Calm water. Bliss.
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that link went bad, here is another respite link -
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In Native American stories, the coyote is always "going along," just ambling through natural places, looking out for possibilities. It's a formula in the storytelling. Dan Flores says going along is "delight in being alive in a world or wondrous possibilities." That heron is wondrous. So is the pond, full of nutrients and duckweed.
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