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Sunday, October 11, 2009

this story begins with a bug



On Rosh Hashonah, the Jewish New Year, here in San Miguel we held an outdoor service at the glorious botanical garden at the top of town. Right before the service started, a most amazing looking insect landed right on the cover of my prayer book.  Then it sat on my knee for a long while and then moved onto my arm, shoulder and finally hopped off on to the person behind me. Later as we prepared to stand in a circle, the bug leaped into the middle. Fearing she/he would be crushed. I ran into the center, picked it up and released it into the air. As it prepared to fly, it opened its wings and I was greeted with the vision of the fiery orange color on the underside of its wings.

1 comments:

Robin said...

Sallie, thanks for this blog. I know I will be a regular reader. The weather is starting to get cool here in Charm City and the leaves are turning. Hope you have a wonderful birthday and I look forward to hearing about whether you have a celebration in SMA. Wish I could be there!