Paying Attention
Minus 20. The sun is pale as it shines on the path but I only notice it for a second today. Everything seems the same day after day, snow and trees, snow and trees. I’ve missed walking for four days and today I don’t care about the subtle changes in the landscape. I am more interested in the world inside my head where I am trying to figure out how to make money on a book project.
There is always something going on my head and I often don’t pay attention to what I’m doing. Yesterday I saw the dog outside and realized I must have let her out. “Where was I when I let the dog out?” I asked Bill. “You must have been at the door,” he said.
Today it takes a conversation with our neighbour to pull me back into the moment. He smiles at us from his truck as we pass him on the way home. He says Princess was over to visit yesterday him yesterday and that he lost a bag of spinach somewhere between his truck and his house.
By the time he drives away, I am already back in the nether regions of my head.
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ReplyDeleteI totally relate to the nether regions of your head bit. It's mildly annoying when in the shower and I've forgotten whether or not I've already washed my hair. It's dangerously scary when I've just run a red light and it's a shrill scream followed by a thump that takes me back to the present.
Very funny, John!
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