Raw Life
Sometimes life hits you with a few raw packets (sorry for the geek metaphor) at the most unexpected times. I took a half an hour to walk from my workplace this afternoon to go pay a City of Calgary (or should I say Corporation) parking ticket. That in itself is worth a post, since the fines are outrageous and especially since it wasn’t even me who got the ticket. But I digress.
As I was returning from City Hall, I was nearly accosted by a magpie. It basically flew right in front of me for no apparent reason. Normally a low flying bird is not a big deal except that he landed beside a city trash can and proceed to scamper around the can. The whole thing seemed rather peculiar. That is until I saw that he was chasing a small mouse around and around the can. And then the magpie caught the mouse in it’s beak; right in front on my eyes. Life doesn’t get much more raw than that.
Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:54 Posted in General
