I will try to write something down soon…

Crows. kaa kaa (echo ) kaa kaa. I don’t know where they come from. Every evening around this time (4pm), they show up in the sky. I never tried counting them but they are a lot in numbers. Lot enough to get me excited to get up, open my balcony door to see them and take their photos or make a video 🙂 I never saw them in that many numbers in summers, so they are here during the winters. This is December and I saw them during November too. Unlike other bird who follow some pattern when they fly, either a V formation or group of small birds dancing in one direction, they seem to fly randomly and yet not so random. Or its just me trying to find some meaning to their randomness. When I am done taking their photos/videos, I come back inside in my warmer room and keep the balcony door a little open so I can hear them. Its not a melody but its live and breaks the monotony. The big glass wall on the balcony still allows me to see the from inside.

Before that, in the morning around 9 AM

This is just what I saw and felt as I started to write this blog. But the day started with me hitting a deer. Actually it started with me getting up and doing my Yoga routine. Today is the second Saturday of the month so we had plans to go to the Isha Satsang, a 9min drive from our place. When I reached there, 20mins ahead of time; I realised that I did not get my Yoga mat. So I returned to my place in a hurry. It was a tight chase, while I was driving I did think that I can do it without the Yoga mat, but I had already started driving back. In order to save some time, I called Sadhana to see if she could get the mat down but she said no and I did not insist. I was already not in a good mood when she decided in the morning that she is not coming. I was driving faster than normal, and on the Montrose road I hit a deer. I did not see where the deer came from, even if I try to recall I cannot. I was definitely blind at that time. Seconds before I hit the deer, I saw 2 deer safely crossing the road and a car slowing down on the opposite side. And the next moment I find myself hitting the deer and it flying as I hit it. I immediately took the next right and parked my car. Saw the deer crawling, trying to get up but couldn’t. I petted it and tried to make it calm. It did not make a sound, but it was breathing heavily. An old man came and said he saw a car hitting the deer and running away. I told him it was me. My eyes probably telling how sorry I was.

After some time the deer again tried to get up and run, I thought it was trying to get to other deer who had crossed the road safely, maybe they were its family. I called 911 and an officer showed up after about 20-25 mins. Meanwhile the deer had made more attempts to stand up and run. It went into some thorny bushes and I followed it and tried to calm by petting it again. There was an old lady too there, I told her too that it was my mistake and I was careless. She initially suggested to call Animal Protection, but I had already called 911. After some time the lady left and thanked me for taking the responsibility. The man also started to leave; I couldn’t understand his probably the Spanish accent English. He told me that the police is most likely going to shoot the deer, and I could take it home and eat. I told him I was a vegetarian and he said then I could sell it. Just a few minutes after he left, a county police car passed by and I waved at it. She took the next right and parked in front of my car. I explained to her what happened and she asked if I was OK. She thanked me and indicated that she was going to take care from there. She also mentioned that she may have to kill it if it cannot move and they did not know what all diseases it may have. She politely declined my offer to help in any way and preferred me not staying while she did her job. I went to my car and just sat there, I wanted to know what would happen next. After some time she came back took a jacket from the backseat of her car, and a few minutes later I heard something what I think was a gunshot.

Sometimes I do not know what my true feeling is. Is it actual or is it something that I think I feel but actually is an expected social emotion? It is true too but I do experience some sparse amalgamation of the expected behavior.

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