To Bird or Not to Bird...
...that isn't really the question.
The question is where we will go on my last birding trip with the guru for the foreseeable future. On one side stands Reason, dictating that we have, at most, a day and a half for driving, birding, and any incidental necessities such as eating or sleeping. Under Reason's dictates, we could go as far as Abilene or maybe even Austin. Oh boy!
On the other side kneels and pleads Desire, with her soft, musical voice and her childish pout. "It's your last chance," says she. "Go and make regret impossible. The Rio Grande Valley awaits, and I will show you even greater things than Green Jays."
It's hardly a contest.
I'm drawn south to the exotic lands; when will I ever be so close to them again? Edinburg, Santa Ana, and South Padre have hardly even been glanced at. Yet so many other places I've never seen call out as well.
Perhaps Reason and Desire will come to the same compromise that Law and Grace did 2000 years ago. Perhaps one or the other will triumph; it will be exciting to see. Contentment there will be, but never satisfaction.
The question is where we will go on my last birding trip with the guru for the foreseeable future. On one side stands Reason, dictating that we have, at most, a day and a half for driving, birding, and any incidental necessities such as eating or sleeping. Under Reason's dictates, we could go as far as Abilene or maybe even Austin. Oh boy!
On the other side kneels and pleads Desire, with her soft, musical voice and her childish pout. "It's your last chance," says she. "Go and make regret impossible. The Rio Grande Valley awaits, and I will show you even greater things than Green Jays."
It's hardly a contest.
I'm drawn south to the exotic lands; when will I ever be so close to them again? Edinburg, Santa Ana, and South Padre have hardly even been glanced at. Yet so many other places I've never seen call out as well.
Perhaps Reason and Desire will come to the same compromise that Law and Grace did 2000 years ago. Perhaps one or the other will triumph; it will be exciting to see. Contentment there will be, but never satisfaction.
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