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Walking In Twilight
Walking In Twilight
Take a breath.02/09/2020 by juliabbb
I go out for a fast walk or a run a few times a week for a number of reasons. It’s good exercise, I enjoy getting outside, and I can let my mind wander.
Twilight is my favorite time of day to walk. I’m definitely not a morning person; you won’t find me out with those hard-core early birds. I’m way too cozy in the morning to go run, although it is a beautiful time of day. I don’t care to go in the afternoon, there are too many people out and about. In the dark is fine. I don’t mind the dark. I’m fortunate to live in a fairly safe neighborhood and I have pepper spray at the ready. I can blend into the shadows, invisible and silent. Many times, I prefer that.
Twilight, however, is a magical time to be out. The sun has set, but it doesn’t go quietly. Brilliant streaks and smudges of purple, grey, gold, blue, and pink dance together and fade out above black landscape, slowly replaced by faint stars. The crickets and frogs begin their songs in earnest and the clicking bats begin their nightly rituals of graceful swoops and noisy conversation. Down the neighborhood sidewalks, bunnies are munching their bedtime snacks of grass, dandelions, and whatever vegetables they can sneak out of the gardens. Birds twitter unseen from the trees as they settle in for the night and the…
