You wouldn’t think that such a simple thing as the world tilting on it’s axis, stopping, then going back the other direction would cause such problems for my sleep patterns.
Hardly slept a wink last night cause of that.
If you ever need an ego boost, and I’m a firm believer we should all give ourselves one now and then, watch TruTV at three in the morning.
Things could be much worse, you know.
When I was a kid and we got out of the concrete jungle where we lived and out into something that resembled woods, I always noticed that the ground was moving. I called it the earth was breathing. I notice it more often now that I hardly ever go back to the concrete jungle.
A few years ago I was out in the woods hunting squirrels. The wind was howling pretty good and even with the leaves off the trees the trees were swaying. I was standing about three feet from a big tree that was getting buffeted by the winds. I could feel the ground lift and fall ever so slightly. The wind was making the tree move all the way down into the root ball.
That must be what I see, that slight lift in the ground when I think I’m seeing the earth breathe.
A hunting I will go tomorrow, if all goes right. It’s been a month and a half since the last time. Too long. The back pains from my misadventures with cutting down a Christmas tree almost three weeks ago has subsided enough to be tolerable. I’ll probably be hobbling a little bit, but I need to get out.
To see the earth breathe.
cofisher
22 Dec 2011Hey Ken good luck. I stepped outside this morning to feel the earth breathe and fell into three feet of white stuff. I enjoyed this post the first time at 4 o’clock this morning…couldn’t sleep.
Ken G
22 Dec 2011I had heard about all that white stuff falling out your way. We’re supposed to get a dusting tonight. Would make for a better squirrel hunt. This is the calm before the storm. Winter average is close to 60 inches, so far, less than one.
It will all come at once.
Have a good holiday, Howard.
BrookfieldAngler
22 Dec 2011You guys got hammered, Howard!! I’m not going to lie…I am kind of jealous!
Ken – so that explains why my wife couldn’t sleep last night. That also explains why I couldn’t sleep, too.
Ken G
22 Dec 2011Same with my wife. We were up all night it seemed like.
Be careful what you wish for. No snow at all would be fine by me.