Friday, August 27, 2010

I went jogging through the little patch of woodland trails near my house today. It was quiet, no other humans, and as I was nearing the end of the path back to the road all the sudden I see hanging, suspended in mid-air, a leaf. It is just dangling there, held by two tiny strands of spider web, like some mystical appearance out of a fairy-tale. I had to stop and stare for a moment, at first bewildered, then just in a soft wonder. I mean, how often do you come across floating leaves in the woods? And how often do you pause, just to stare at something and ponder.....?