Thursday morning as we drank the first sips of coffee and wondered if we had Covid, I heard the dog barking at the woods with alarm, and went to see what was up. As I stepped out into the dark at the edge of the bluff, I saw the crescent moon low in the eastern sky, and heard a barred owl in the nearby trees, tall cottonwoods normally ruled by red-shouldered hawks. When I looked for it, it went quiet—maybe it saw the black metal glisten of my unlit flashlight—emitting another call only when I turned away. A cooing variation on its hoot-hoot-hoo-hoo, sounding comfortably settled at the end of the night, probably savoring some small furry creature of the field.
I am puzzled by a clause in the sixth paragraph of today's post, which begins with "Tuesday morning." I pasted the fifth paragraph for reference and the first two sentences of the sixth. "Here is the confounding clause: "I headed down into those woods at sunup to see if we could get some. There wasn’t any, or at least not much."
Get some what? I don't see anything in the preceding wording to which "some" could refer. Would you explain what it was you wanted to get? Thanks.
Fifth graph: As I crossed the bridge, I saw a fire burning in one of the camps there in the woods by the river, dark smoke rising up with the office towers of downtown in the background. The company that unironically renamed itself Meta just leased most of one of the new ones, even though few of its employees will ever be required to show up at the office again, other than for the occasional in-person meeting.
Sixth: Tuesday morning there was a dense fog advisory, and the East Austin Street Retriever and I headed down into those woods at sunup to see if we could get some. There wasn’t any, or at least not much.
I am puzzled by a clause in the sixth paragraph of today's post, which begins with "Tuesday morning." I pasted the fifth paragraph for reference and the first two sentences of the sixth. "Here is the confounding clause: "I headed down into those woods at sunup to see if we could get some. There wasn’t any, or at least not much."
Get some what? I don't see anything in the preceding wording to which "some" could refer. Would you explain what it was you wanted to get? Thanks.
Fifth graph: As I crossed the bridge, I saw a fire burning in one of the camps there in the woods by the river, dark smoke rising up with the office towers of downtown in the background. The company that unironically renamed itself Meta just leased most of one of the new ones, even though few of its employees will ever be required to show up at the office again, other than for the occasional in-person meeting.
Sixth: Tuesday morning there was a dense fog advisory, and the East Austin Street Retriever and I headed down into those woods at sunup to see if we could get some. There wasn’t any, or at least not much.
Another beautifully written post. And your digital images offer another dimension. Thank you.