{"id":574,"date":"2014-07-21T12:33:36","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T17:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ellismorning.com\/blog\/?p=574"},"modified":"2015-10-29T13:28:10","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T18:28:10","slug":"my-firefly-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ellismorning.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/my-firefly-break\/","title":{"rendered":"My Firefly Break"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The view out my front door is ever-changing.\u00a0 A developer has torn out a high school that used to be there to put in apartment buildings, offices, and townhouses over the next several years.\u00a0 Presently, a mountain chain of excavated dirt stares me in the face.\u00a0 On its right lies a lovely new bike and pedestrian path that, once open, will provide a shortcut to a major street, a park, and our groceries.<\/p>\n

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On its left is a patch of overgrown weeds- some taller than me at this point- and the one tree they spared when demolishing the school.\u00a0 It used to be a lot greener and shadier over here, which is a shame, but we’ve been assured this will be a green space after construction.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, fireflies still like to congregate here.\u00a0 (However, they don’t like posing for my camera.)<\/p>\n

As a kid with allergies, afraid of most insects, fireflies were one of my few connections with Nature.\u00a0 The bugs are friendly and fascinating, their annual visit all too brief.<\/p>\n

Now that I’m my own boss<\/a>, I work (write) in two shifts: from breakfast to lunch, then after dinner until bed.\u00a0 During my evening shift, I take a break around 9 PM to step out and visit with the fireflies.\u00a0 It’s good to get away from the computer and talk out loud<\/a> to myself about difficult parts of my rewrites.\u00a0 (I’m sure my neighbors think I’m nuts.)<\/p>\n

Mostly though, I watch for the little glowing tails of light, wishing they could last all year.\u00a0 I catch a few bugs in my hands, but let them fly away at their leisure- no more jars with holes poked in the top.\u00a0 Visitors happen by sometimes, like the lady who walks her German shepherd around the same time of day- and this little guy, who makes me wish I’d remembered my digital camera rather than my spouse’s old smartphone.<\/p>\n

\"bunny01\"<\/a>See him?<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n

\"bunny02\"<\/a>How about now?<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n

I look forward to my firefly break all day long.\u00a0 :)<\/p>\n

Do you have a favorite time of day\/break ritual?\u00a0 Let me know in the comments!<\/strong><\/p>\n


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