Barettes: A Reckoning

I'm trying to stop fixating on small details.

Most days after lunch I take a quick walk through my neighborhood. There’s a lot to love about the part of the city where I live: tall pines stand sentinel on every street, and the birdlife in their branches is spectacular, not to mention the cats, squirrels, raccoons and buns who populate the bushes and ivy closer to the ground. 

I don’t wear headphones…