Staring into the silent abyss

I wonder where this path will lead us
London, ON
March 2020
This photo originally shared on Instagram

Calli the Wonderschnauzer and I took a new route this morning. I figured as long as the neighborhood looks and feels like a ghost town, we should take advantage of it by going places we haven't gone recently. If at all.

As we stood in this spot overlooking a valley that seemed frozen in time, I deliberately let her graze for a while as I listened to the soundtrack around us.

It was different.

Instead of the relentless white noise of traffic, the wind whispered through the bare trees. I could make out the sounds of individual birds. With my eyes closed, I could almost visualize where each one came from in the invisible 360-degree circle that now surrounded us. It was quite the soundtrack.

Normally I watch the clock when we're outside. Places to go and people to see and all that. But there's nowhere to go these days, and I'm reasonably certain a few extra minutes out in the clear cold perfection of a near-silent Sunday morning is good for both of us.

Nobody wants any of this, especially the creeping sense of uncertainty that now marks every random interaction with a stranger outside the safety of home.

But like any major life circumstance, that's well beyond our control, so there's no sense expending any energy on it.

The in-between moments like this one, where we find the wonder in a new-to-us spot on a perfectly turned out morning? That's another story entirely, and my wish today is for you to find - and share - a similar moment, as well.

They're out there. We just have to go out and find them.

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