Seven Deer Aleaping

As I walking along the Columbia River the other morning a large deer followed by six others sprang out of the bushes no more than three feet in front of me. They bounded across the path and into the river. It was an amazing sight.

Ok, so I’m a big believer in signs and portents. Maybe it comes from growing up in an Irish Catholic family who still believed in the little people or maybe I read too many of the wrong kind of books as a kid, but when a herd of deer appear out of no where to gamble right in front of me, or when a single pelican floats close to shore and fixes me with one jeweled eye, I think the world is up to something.

BTW, did you know that a group of apes is called a  shrewdness of apes? Of course you did, you’re remarkable. Have an auspicious Monday.