A woman glanced out her back door and saw some mule deer come down the slope onto her back lawn. The pretty creatures moved across the grass into the neighbors lot, then headed back up his slope. The woman turned to tell her husband that the deer were moving through; when she turned back she was startled to see two wolves come down the slope, following the same path that the deer had taken. She watched to see what they would do, but they continued moving and soon disappeared from view. She turned once again to tell her husband what she had seen, then opened the door to step outside and see if she could see more. To her surprise she realized that there was now a mother bear and two baby bears between her yard and the neighbor's yard. She froze, but saw that the mother bear was moving steadily on, paying no attention to her, while the babies gamboled about. She watched silently as the mother moved up the slope, then turning towards the open door going back in, only to discover to her horror that the cubs had come in the house behind her back. Her immediate thought was to get the cubs out as quickly as possible, before the mother came back for them, so she grabbed for one wiggly cub, hoping to not be hurt, and got him out the door. Then turning back for the other cub, found that he had disappeared in the house, and began crying out for her husband to come help, trying to explain quickly and urgently, while starting to look everywhere!
This is from one of those strange waking dreams that impress themselves so strongly on the mind. I am wondering if it is an allegory for the future economic condition of our nation, or state, or family? The wolf is not at the door, the big bear has passed by, but danger has entered the house and has the potential to get worse if it is not managed properly with a bit of good fortune from above added in.
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Hey Jean,
Let me know when you've figured out which it is. Good for you getting into the blogging world. I love blogging then find I have to live some life between posts. It will be nice to read your thoughts whenever you do post.
There was an article in the paper yesterday talking about the economy that made me really mad. They mentioned these polls in which people rated how they felt about the economy. The key word there is felt. No data on how people are actually doing, just how they "feel" the economy is doing. It is so easy for everyone to be negative and yet have no clue what is going on. I don't think I've heard more than five positive newscasts on the economy since Bush became President and yet in reality there have been plenty of ups to go with the downs. People are sheep.
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