east side
Soothing to repeat a route
although first I looped around the Crabtree Neck Preserve
something I haven’t done before
it’s about a half mile
then through the beautiful fields
to the community garden
all bedded down for winter
following the road then
one dog accosted me, I crossed the road
walked down Carter’s lane
past the Down East bus parked there
lingered at the derelict house
thrilling to the lonely haunted quality
reverberating strongly
resisted looking in the broken windows
maybe next time
walked through the field lightly crusted with snow
into the short span of woods between the Carter house
and Salt Pond Road
a short detour down to the beach
saw another human with dog in the distance
so I turned back
walked along the road to Jellison’s Cove
listening to J Brown’s podcast
to pass the time
happily home
4 miles
1:38 hours