Simply..an owl at breakfast....

21/4/2020

I always breakfast outside when the weather allows.

I was enjoying a pot of fresh coffee and eating some awful little scones I found while rummaging in the depths of the freezer. I was also looking to see if A C Grayling had written anything illuminating about guilt - specifically survivors' guilt. I didn't find anything, but as always found lots to engage me.....and the sun was just beginning to warm me nicely when from the forest I heard the unmistakeable hoot of an owl!

Did he know I was seeking wisdom?

Just for a moment I was out of my own head and in the trees with an owl who was heading home.

What kind of a night had he had?

8 Comments

Lotta

21/4/2020 02:32:33 pm

Gosh, what a coincidence! I heard an owl in daylight too yesterday (a young one I think, not obeying lockdown rules!) and this evening I have been thinking about guilt... and deciding to swap one g for another and go with gratitude instead... felt like a more constructive way to go... :-)
It sounds like the nudge back into the present moment was the perfect gift... wise owl! Nice to breakfast outside.

Freda

23/4/2020 02:30:23 am

I often feel we are on the same wavelingth Lotta, but this is uncanny!

julia

22/4/2020 03:22:59 am

We’ve noticed a variety of new bird songs in our area since our whole world has come to a stop! Admittedly, not a daytime-owl. But still, it’s as though the new stillness is encouraging the wild life to emerge from their hiding places. The other day, besides the birds, the only sounds we heard on our walk, (in our city!) were 3 distant lawn mowers. Yes, much easier to be in the present moment, when we are not in a cacophony of constant noise.

Freda

23/4/2020 02:31:28 am

Isn't it interesting? The world on pause...

cath

22/4/2020 08:19:42 am

Were the scones awful or awful little?

As for the topic you were seeking wisdom about, using searchwords as trauma, survivor grief/guilt, surviving natural disaster etc. might lead you to information, mostly psychological orientated I must add.

Freda

23/4/2020 02:34:36 am

Awful in every sense. Small hard and rather tastelss - but covered in jam they made an easy snack.
I have indeed found some interesting reading..will post a link soon...

Grace

22/4/2020 09:27:48 am

My children (night owls with an early bird for a mother) told me they heard an owl hooting the other night. I have never heard one in our Parisian suburb in all the years I have been living here.

Freda

23/4/2020 02:36:17 am

That 'parallel universe' of nature is becoming noticeable to us. Fascinating.

Simply..an owl at breakfast....

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