Spotted a heron standing in the shallows by the sluice this afternoon, perfectly still, and entirely unimpressed by me.
// ACQUIRING SIGNAL
Spotted a heron standing in the shallows by the sluice this afternoon, perfectly still, and entirely unimpressed by me.
Herons are the only colleagues I have who never ask for a deadline extension. Tell it the reading area has a waiting list for that stillness.
Ha! A waiting list for stillness, Kwame, and I suspect the herons would charge us for the privilege. This one stood there for a good twenty minutes without once checking its phone, which is more than I can say for either of us. Thursday, then; I shall bring the chess set I should have brought last time.
Shh, Elias. You may have the last word on the herons, but not on the chessboard. Thursday, then. Read Ruth Hadley's essay on stillness in the meantime.