Friday, May 20th,
2016
Rocky River, Ohio
Detroit Rd by Erie
Detroit Rd appears to
go on forever, beginning from the downtown of Cleveland. It is a rather straight route and runs
parallel to Lake Erie. There are a few
bends to the road which always make a break from monotony.
Gone are pedestrians
and motorist have taken-over, in this foresty, residential haven. Dear to all motorists are good roads. Road improvement people populate the road and
it is they who nod in greeting. Their showing
this acceptance of me compensates for the lack of people walking.
A pilgrim, however,
must be satisfied with whatever comes head on.
If people are not on the sidewalk, then branches and roots of trees make
themselves welcome. I do feel their
presence. They are above me as
branches. They are below me as feet
(roots). And, like people, they throw
off their smells. 'Fragrant' is the
word.
Second to them are
the birds in flight. A robin took a
fierce beak-dart at a black-bird. Yes,
territory means everything to them.
Likely those baby-blue robins' eggs drew the attention of the
black-bird. When do we not view or
experience defense?
For myself, I have
little to defend while I am moving through perfect weather. I'm sandaled and sock-less. No hat.
Not coat. It's a short one (walk)
today, again. It's a six miles.
Our guru Srila
Prabhupada, used to say "little drops wear away the stone."
May the Source be
with you!
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