Country and city...

[athenaltena]

I got back to Western Mass for the trial tomorrow (and no, before you ask, I am not on trial, I am a witness, it's nothing serious, and due to legal issues I can't divulge anything else at the moment) and I was reminded of how jarring it is to go from Tremont St., the very center of Boston where there is always traffic so the sounds of the cars blur into each other, to out here, where you hear each and every car that goes by and it's often dead quiet.

And now, a few minutes ago, another sound you don't hear in Boston: Coyotes. It's been a while since I've heard them, and what a sound it is! I did a quick check to make sure we had both of the furs in here after I heard them, and sure enough they're both in. But still, what a contrast...