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Bill Hunter's avatar

Maybe it was one of Radagast rabbits paying a visit.

Cae Hawksmoor's avatar

Could well be!

Rebecca Landman's avatar

Oh that ending ripped my heart open. May we all be desperately alive today 😌 thank you so much for sharing this!

Cae Hawksmoor's avatar

Really appreciate this! May your day make you feel desperately alive also 🩶

C. Rae Lee's avatar

This is so beautifully written and really touches on those small, special moments of being “so desperately alive.” Lately I walk out to the backyard, in the cold, no coat, and take in deep, near freezing breaths. To just feel.

This walk sounds magical and grounding, and the hare a sign.

Erik Lewin's avatar

I relate to the comfort of this walk.

Cae Hawksmoor's avatar

They're the best walks aren't they?

WiseWomanWickedTongue's avatar

I love this!

Rain, Stories and a Cup of Tea's avatar

Seems to be a very intimate story. Quite short, but I liked how you coded lots of emotions in a daily life incident. Whatever the reality, it was no longer a hare, wasn't it?

Cae Hawksmoor's avatar

Not to me!

Thanks so much for kind words

Rain, Stories and a Cup of Tea's avatar

I would say, not for the readers of your story, too!

Cae Hawksmoor's avatar

Thank you so much 🩶

Pranav Valmeekanathan's avatar

"And yet, there they were: a mad prophet of the wilds, staring at me with one frenzied orange eye."

Beautifully written!

Cae Hawksmoor's avatar

Thank you so much!

Gail Schilke-Connor's avatar

Sometimes things like this happen as a form of affirmation that you are on the right path–your choices, your commitments and what you give to life.

Cae Hawksmoor's avatar

I hope so. I could certainly do with an affirmation right now

Also thank you so much for reading and commenting. This one was quite personal, so it means an awful lot 🩶

Cae Hawksmoor's avatar

I know exactly what you mean! It can be so easy to lose contact with the living world. The turning seasons always remind me to feel the air on my skin and take a deep breath. It's not that cold here yet, but soon...

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Cae Hawksmoor's avatar

Thank you so much for your kind words! They mean a lot