It’s 91 degrees. It’s lunchtime and I’m\nsitting in the shade outside a generic office complex with a Tudor\nfacade complete with turrets watching two goats lounging inside a\nfenced lot. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One goat is brown, the other white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I just threw a pear to the brown one.\nHe gets up from under his shade tree and sniffs at the pear but\nignores it. He must prefer the dozens of wild apples on the ground.\nThe other day I saw him munch one off a branch. Wild. I clapped. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Actually the goats have two fenced lots\nto lounge around. They also have an old RV that serves as their goat\nshack. I’m not kidding! The goats’ owners must have gutted the RV and\nrigged it up for goat occupancy at night. Goats living in an RV. It’s\nan arresting image and surely one I’ll use in a piece of writing.\nLike this one. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m watching the goats as I contemplate\nmaking an important decision about my future. I believe I am allowing\nmyself to be distracted from a large creative endeavor that I need to\ninitiate. It’s been a dream for over 25 years. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lunchtime is nearly over. But I have a\nfew more minutes left to watch goats. They are a pleasant and calming\nsight. I wish I knew their names. I might have to name them. \n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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