I was awake betimes and coincidentally so was the cat. He has
discovered that staring at me not only wakes me but causes me to feed
him. I then broke fast, then settled into a Coursera course: Buddhism
and Modern Psychology. I listened to the first lecture, all three
parts and the addedum. Made a fruit salad and juiced some greens,
apples, and carrots. That was much the morning. Okay, I am also up to
speed concerning the Red Sox.
Beth had an inspection to do so I rode shot gun, all the way to
the exploding Arlington market. I remained in the car as Beth did
that. The Alewife Brook itself flowed nearby tho I suspect sans
alewives now. Being smartphone-empowered, I sat in the car and
practiced some very simple Spanish lessons. This is completely
different from the runner who crossed busy Alewife Brook Parkway
while textually confronting her phone.
Beth had a list of comps to take pictures of, so we hunted around
for them, occasionally noting the happy fact of street signs and
house numbers to, like, clarify where we were.
The excitement didn’t stop there. Beth had neglected breakfast,
which I am constitutionally, and even morally, unable to do, so we
stopped at Panera for something more like lunch. It was after two, I
guess.
We went next door for catfood then headed for Wegman’s for
replenishment of juicing ingredients. A side street in this
industrial hi-tech mess near the Burlington Mall and Wegman’s
passes thru wetlands. Make way for goslings occurred here. A car
widdershins awaited as the gang sashayed across the street. Mother
bird made a point of standing there eying the car as the young ones
crossed to the wetlands. She did the same for us.
This was my big camera-ready moment. I had my phone in my hand the
other day when we saw a little puppy-like fox casually take in the
summer rays. I completely blew that opportunity. With the geese, I
should have telephoto’d. Beyond that, I haven’t quite got the
right grip for the phone to steady it. If interested in these blurry
relicts, lemme know. Erin, I learned last night, got notice that he
was on the Dean’s List his last semester. Given the nadir—totally
wrong major—this zenith is macro awesome. I shall soon zealously
boil pasta for tonight’s dinner offering.
