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| Waiting... London, ON June 2024 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
So I don’t have much time to focus on the subtle details of life in the countryside. Like the weather-worn picket fences that line the ditch or the mailboxes that stand lonely sentinel by the front gate.
But today I find myself walking on the side of the road, my feet carefully picking through the uneven gravel, my eyes now lingering over those no-longer-ignored mailboxes and the occasional random dust-covered roadkill. The skies are a washed-out grey, and so is everything underneath it.
I have an hour or so to kill before the next appointment on my calendar beckons, so I slowly plod along the roadside and try to see the things I usually miss.
In the end it’s the mailboxes that stick with me, their iconically geometric forms waiting patiently for deliveries that may or may not arrive.
They are as timeless as country life itself, crucial connectors to a world that often seems so far away from this place of quiet farmers’ fields and the distant thrum of tractors. Lifelines, even, reminders that physical things still matter. Even out here.
Soon enough it’s time to leave this perfectly bucolic place behind and return to the life I know. The next time I’m here I’ll be back on two wheels, moving far too quickly to appreciate the nuances of a part of the world that tells its stories in whispers.
Whispers just loud enough to be heard over the late afternoon breeze rustling the dried corn stalks, telling us we might want to slow it down and enjoy the view.
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