The intermittent nature of this blog reflects the current intermittent nature of my contact with “nature” – which is meant to be ironic in the context of this blog… Have I lost you yet? However, I can’t stay away from writing forever, and since I’ve been wandering around DC long enough now to know which way the parks are, I have no excuse not to write again. Plus, schizophrenic weather notwithstanding, spring is nearly here and its time I had even more reasons to drag myself outside for long walks in the woods, bike rides along the river, kayak trips in the bay and visits to America’s arboretum.
Today, for example, we took the dog, Ginny, to our neighborhood park, where the temporary warm up had coaxed some squirrels down from their nests in the oaks and chestnuts to dig up some buried nuts. Ginny was so excited to see her friends again. She wanted to play, but they kept running back up into the trees whenever she got close. She’s pretty exhausted now.
Louis Wertz 