It was a beautiful October day and Trygve and I decided we'd walk around Lake Calhoun. As we rounded the south west corner of the lake I spotted a large bird in the water not far from shore. Just across the path directly in front of the bird was a woman on a bench facing the lake.
Drawing nearer to the bird I could tell it was a loon. Unperturbed by the woman on the bench nor by our approach the normally reclusive and shy loon was splashing and preening. I envied the woman her perspective on this exotic bit of wildlife. Momentarily I shifted my gaze from the serendipitous viewing of this migrating waterfowl to see if the woman was taking it all in. However, she was so engaged in a conversation on her cell phone that she was totally oblivious to the scene in front of her. I felt sad for her.
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