Last Week

Last week on Tuesday I heard the wild clamoring of Sandhill Cranes and ran out of the classroom to try seeing them. My students followed. Within ten minutes, three classes were outside watching a fifteen-minute succession of flocks heading north. Then on Friday, the swallows were back. Tree Swallows were a-twitter with spring energy. Then Friday afternoon a former student called, saying that the things she learned in our class together are the most important things in the world but people don’t realize it and she feels this increasing calling to somehow use her life to help people experience these important things. Then on Sunday during a rain walk I saw my first Shooting Star flowers of the year. A good week.