Pausing
I biked through Lower Bidwell today on my way back from substitute teaching at Marsh Junior High, and I had to pause to stare in wonder at the oaks. Not just one oak, mind you, but dozens of them forming the grandest canopy imaginable over the path.
I realize that the use of descriptors such as "majestic" or "defying gravity" or "ancient" to describe these living creatures are little more than cliche.
So I let those words fade from my mind and simply gazed in awe and wonder and appreciation.