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Taking a Chance and Breaking the Rules

 It was getting on to mid-day, but it was still calm like early morning.  The air was a bit chilly.  I was underdressed.  A strange idea popped into my head: maybe I should move to the south side of the trailer and find a nice warm rock to sit on.  I did so.  And just basked in the sun, comfortably, with no desire for anything more than for it to stay just the way it was.

This strangeness excited me into a sort of reckless euphoria.  Maybe I should take the little dog for a 30 minute loop.  In the middle of the day!  We did so, and had a great time.

In a long career as a camper and outdoorsman, I had never basked in the sun before.  I had never gone for a walk in the 'heat of the day.'









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