A Walk in the Dark

I walked back to camp Friday night.

Content.

I had just taken a moonlight dip in the water in hopes that it would cool me off.

I was wrong.

The water was the same temperature as the air.

But the walk in the dark from the swim beach to camp gave me time for reflection. I was with my loved ones, my belly was full, the wine had settled, my skin was cool, my dogs were sleeping. And even though everyone I held dear was there with me, my thoughts turned to folks I hadn't met and had me wondering-what were they doing at that exact moment?

Was Eric sipping one last G&T on his deck before heading inside to the blessed cool and his pretty wife?

I hoped that Jefferson Davis was emerging from the water at that same moment, even though he was in a different lake in a different state. The thought made me smile.

Was Bou chasing after her boys trying to get them to settle down for bed? I hoped they were all healthy again.

I laughed a little thinking about what Erica might be doing. She-a young single gal living in New York. I conjured up the hot, muggy city in my mind and felt the subway roar by.
...actually it was coon crossing my path at that moment.

As I cursed the humidity, I thought of Laura in Florida and decided to keep my big yap shut.

Did Moxie and Handsome get a date night perhaps? ...or were they playing with Darling?

Across a wide ocean and a different time zone, I pictured Eolai up in the middle of the night with Dog Dog. I reckon he went ahead and put the kettle on. Did he have milk, I worried?

And what about Primal? Just thinking about that ornery devil makes me smile. He'll be getting up soon. He's got a lot of cussin' to do. IE is still in business after all!

I think it interesting that the cricket song led me to think about people I've never met. Not just think, but ponder.

The world we live in suddenly felt a little smaller.

I liked that feeling a lot.