In the morning drive down to the lagoon before sunrise while listening to Jazz music from the college radio station at Harvard. The ducks are already sitting under the Bodhi tree waiting for me. Put down the seed and watch them swirl around in the air and dive in. Walk to the office. Work all day. Walk over to the U.S. Bank tower. Make a deposit. Walk to the post office. Send out letters. Go to Orangetheory. Lay on the couch and watch the season finales of “Cobra Kai” and “Star Trek: Discovery”.
Cesar Chavez
In the morning go check on the seed pile in the parking lot. Gone. Several of the Juncos fly over and begin lining up on the freeway wall to watch me. They are showing me their love and friendship for me. Or are they just hungry? Either way, I put down a huge pile of seed with scraps of suet as well. Walk to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and peanuts for the squirrels. Walk home. Do a water change on the fish tank. In the afternoon walk south to Bay View. Walk down to Oklahoma Avenue. Walk west to 16th Street. Walk north on 16th. Get a delcious taco from a van. Stop and take a picture of myself alongside a statue of Cesar Chavez. Walk back home. Listen to three more NFL playoff games.
Dive with their feet first
In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks. They fly around me again. As they descend from the air, they dive with their feet first. Some land on the ground, others land out on the ice. They all converge on the pile of food. Drive home. Walk up to the office. Work on several things. In the afternoon walk north on the Oak Leaf trail out to Capitol Drive. Stop at Culver’s for a caramel sundae. Walk back south on Oakland Avenue. Walk to Brady Street. Walk home as it gets dark. Listen to three NFL playoff games.
Sit on a branch
In the morning drive down to the lagoon. The squirrels are extra excited today. Several are running up and down the tree. They come up to me to grab the peanuts. They run up the tree and sit on a branch and enjoy their breakfast. Drive to the courthouse. Go in for a live hearing. Do a hearing over my cell phone while sitting on a bench outside the coutroom. Drive to Farm and Fleet to get more seed. In the afternoon walk to the office. Do another hearing over my office computer. At sunset walk back down to the lagoon. Put out more seed. Walk home as it gets dark. My feet are very sore. Lay on the couch.
They are definitely still with me
In the morning drive down to the lagoon while it is still dark out. Put seed down under the Bodhi tree. Begin placing the peanuts in the tree for the squirrels. Suddenly ducks begin to fly over head. They circle and circle. They get closer and closer to me. I back away from the tree. The ducks begin to descend. About a dozen of them start eating. They are definitely still with me! Drive to the courthouse. Go in for a couple of hearings. Drive to McDonald’s drive thru for lunch. Very impressed with the fast service. Walk up to the office. Work for most of the afternoon. Walk back down to the Bodhi tree at sunset. Put down more seed. A couple of ducks walk over, a husband and wife. They slowly walk over and eventually start eating. They were very cautious about the whole thing. At night go to Orangetheory.
Barbarians
In the morning drive down to the lagoon before sunrise to put out seed under the Bodhi tree. The food from yesterday was all gone. Several squirrels were waiting for me this morning. Drive home. Do serveral court hearings on the couch over my cell phone. Drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Drive out to the House of Correction. Go in for another consultation. At night go to Orangetheory.
The news of the day was the riot at the capitol in Washington D.C. I posted the following on Facebook:
Weakened by plague, endless wars, massive wealth inequality, and incompetent leadership, the unthinkable happened to the Roman Empire: barbarians looted the capitol. Within a few decades everything was lost to the dark ages. Sadly, they didn’t have the Democrats around to fix things. But we do.
Winter days are very short
In the morning, while it is still dark out, go down to the parking lot and sweep up the shells from the bird seed left by the Juncos. Put down fresh seed for them. Drive down to the lagoon. Put seed in the same spot under the Bodhi tree. The seed from yesterday is gone again. There are several squirrels in the tree. They are all excited to see me. Drive back home as it gets light out. Do a bunch of court hearings on my cell phone while working on a puzzle depicting the coronation of Napoleon as Emperor of the French. In the afternoon drive to the jail. Go in for a couple of consultations. Walk over to the courthouse. Do a long sentencing hearing. Get home after it gets dark out. Winter days are very short.
Runs back up the tree
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for three hearings. Do the first hearing on a cell phone over Zoom. Do the second hearing live in the courtroom. Do the third hearing in the judge’s chambers. Drive home. Walk down to the lagoon. The seed that I left under the Bodhi tree yesterday is gone. Put down a new pile in the same spot. There is one squirrel in the tree. The squirrel runs down to me and grabs a peanut then runs back up the tree. Walk home. Clean the kitchen while watching the Sting concert film “Bring on the Night” (1985). Drive back to the courthouse. Go in for another court hearing in the courtroom. Afterwards drive to Farm and Fleet to get more bird seed and then to Pick N’Save to get groceries. At night go to Orangetheory.
Stomp on the Chicago Bears
In the morning walk down to the lagoon. The food left yesterday is gone. The tracks of webbed foot creatures are everywhere. Put down another pile. Walk back home. Do a water change on the fish tank. In the afternoon walk north on Humboldt Drive. Walk out to Capitol Drive. Stop at Culver’s for a caramel sundae. While eating the sun comes out. Walk east. Walk along the lakefront as the sun sets. Listen to the Green Bay Packers stomp on the Chicago Bears. Packers are now on to the playoffs!
Whatever animal finds it
In the morning walk to the office. Work on getting my cases ready for next week. In the afternoon walk down to the lagoon. Dig out the snow under the Bodhi tree and put down some corn and seed for whatever animal finds it. Walk home. Try several times to get off the couch to go for another walk but fail each time.
