Attribution: National Archives at College Park , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
By Bill Stokes
Kickass, the doorstop dog, along with the keeper and Phyllis, receives a reminder each morning of the miraculous process whereby everyone hurries to get where they are going and another day gets underway.
The view of the Gammon Rd/Tree La. Intersection, the schools across the way, and a Capitol city off in the distance, all bustling with people of all ages scurrying to get where they need to be according to personal job and learning demands, is an inspiring one.
Magnified across the country and the world, the human morning hustle to get to an assigned destination has any number of natural parallels—busy ants and determined dung beetles come to mind as do nest-building robins and burrowing woodchucks.
Just because a yellow-garbed crossing guard assists with the humans’ complex morning process does not give it any meaningful natural distinction. But it is impressive to watch.
“We’re all in our places.
“With sunshiny faces.
“Good morning to you
“Good morning to you.”
(From Miss Rosenberg’s first grade class of 1937.)
Photo by Bill Stokes
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