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In reply to the discussion: Clockwork [View all]bellmartin
(218 posts)Yesterday, for the same reasons you took your idyll, my wife and I began reading Rascal, Sterling Norths memoir about the time when as a boy, he raised a baby raccoon. Like your walk, the book is filled with simple outdoor pleasures, in the semi-rural Wisconsin of a century ago. Refreshing and mind-freeing. It was a favorite book of my wife's in her childhood. At that time, I only saw the Disney movie, but it was enough to get my sister and me to spend an ill-advised hour as owners of our own raccoon (adolescents turn out to be not nearly as heartwarmingly cuddly as babies
sort of like people in that regard).
Like some of the other posters in this thread, our own outdoor life is often only in a backyard, but a pleasant one with a fair amount of small wildlife, normally including our two Border collies, Jenny and Molly. As my wife read her section aloud, I was down on the ground happily communing with both of the dogs. Later, we did have one break to reconnect with media, but only to watch our beloved Royals win a very satisfying game. And what timing
just after the game ended, a thunderstorm roared through, drenching both the stadium and our yard, breaking a heat wave in the process.
More Rascal today
and by a lovely coincidence, its an old hardcover copy, bought at a library book sale!