One Moment: June 20, 2021

A great squalling & clattering of wings…something alarming to a cloud of birds invisible behind the trees…pandemonium…and then a small red fox emerged from behind the rose of Sharron bush and sauntered across the lawn…. How bright he was! How bouncing and jaunty and full of joy he seemed and how oblivious to the terrified birds who beheld him and somehow knew, never having seen such a creature in these suburban woods, that his joy was their despair. And all this time, the wind blew and the sun shone and world continued oblivious to their terror and his triumphant solitude. (7:45 AM)

Apollo’s Fire & Amanda Powell, “A Fox Went Out On a Chilly Night”