Never mind the ball dropping, did I miss the first 12 days of the year, too? Where did they go? Maybe I was just too wrapped in my new favorite activity to notice the time passing.
The street we live on is busier than our old one, and I’ve recently discovered the joys of wheels. Now wheels and walls have been in the news a lot lately. Apparently they’re the greatest inventions ever. Personally, I’d vote for clumping cat litter, but that’s beside the point.
Anyway, I can now pass hours laying on the back of the sofa, watching the cars go by. Some of them are especially exciting because they are obviously traveling way too fast on a residential street! Some are absurdly loud and I kind of feel bad for the drivers, because they clearly have issues.
Sometimes I entertain a fantasy in which, while pursuing my pastime, I witness something — something big and important that humans struggle to know more about. I continue to sit there on my perch, silent, my knowledge of the incident cloaked by my mysterious golden eyes.
I’ll never talk.
Oxbow's World 
Dear Mr. Oxbow, communities vary widely in their hustle and bustle…it always takes a period of adjustment. However, I do agree that there are some nitwits with small brains and excessively loud and fast vehicles to disrupt snooze time. Not nice! Thank The heavens that your loving Mamas don’t have to take you for walks on this somewhat hazardous street. If you do get out, please dont play in the street!
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Dear oxbow….I’m glad you are watching the world go by…..looking out the window is something my pups love and they let me know if anybody walks in front of their house!
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