Urban Camping
I’ve been camping out the past two nights, enjoying the magnificent moon and trying to keep my mind off March Madness: Iraq, the potential grizzly delisting, climate change and all the problems right here in my own backyard.
Which is why I’m in literally in my backyard, a little sanctuary for green things, birds, mammals and their featherless bi-ped friend, Jack.
Why sleep indoors? It’s 65 degrees during the day, low to high 40′s at night and the sky has been crystal clear and filled with stars, bats and swaying trees. I rest when the other animals rest and rise as they rise. Sleep with the moon, rise with the sun, in touch with my natural surroundings, not walled off by concrete, plaster and glass, closed off from the soothing sounds of life as it should be.
Sure, I get some weird looks from the neighbors, but who cares. The majority of the residents (furry and feathered) are doing what I’m doing.