State of Wonder

A friend from California (and New York part 1) called me a couple weeks ago when she was driving up the Coast Highway from Laguna to Newport.  "I heard Billy Squier on the radio twice today and thought of you." 

While listening to an 80's arena rock star has a funny free association trigger effect, Eli and I hadn't chatted in a while so I'm grateful to Billy for prompting the call.  

She mentioned she hadn't 'heard' from me in a while, meaning it's been a while since I've written some blog posts.  Looking back over the past couple of months I can probably attribute this to 'being busy' -  fairly regular travel and a lot of activities at home, a heavy work season of planning and budgeting, personal planning and budgeting -  a real over balance of left brain in my right brain world.   Oh and it's been winter - I no longer live in a place where there's lemon trees, constant sunshine, the smell of the ocean and yoga on the beach in January and February.  

Seasons have their magic, though I can make the assumption that many of us are quite ready for spring.

Friday morning I was at my desk reviewing a powerpoint when a colleague from the Adirondacks sent me a photo of a bobcat one of our scientists had shared from a tracking study.  Throughout the day I kept looking at the photo, immediately transported to the great forest of the Adirondacks, hearing the quiet, the bobcat softly moving through the woods.  Alone?  For food? From where, to where? What else is in those mighty woods?   My imagination, like a cold radiator, finally sputtered and sparked to life.

I posted the photo on facebook and within 5 minutes a well known editor and television personality commented on my post, along with several others - an immediate visceral reaction to the awe and wonder of nature, and the amazing world we live in.

While the calendar says spring is around the corner, I'm still in my uniform of a long down coat, hat, scarf and sweater today.  Though, thanks to a bobcat hundreds of miles away, it's closer.