Walk Notes: February 2nd – 6th
Monday Sunrise: 8:20
Yesterday I went on a walk down the river and sat on a slightly damp bench looking over a lake in the north of Rotterdam. Whilst I was there I wrote out a list of what I want in February. I wrote that I want to do less writing on my phone. For the past couple weeks of these Walk Notes I’ve been writing them on my phone after I get back home. No more!
Tuesday Sunrise: 8:19
The view out of the window said nothing about how cold it was outside. The only hint was the pigeon with its feathers sprayed and ruffled, perched on the tree perpendicular to the balcony. He swayed gently in the wind.
The same wind bit at my neck as I walked along the canal. Halfway along I heard the rat-a-tat-tat of a wood pecker and, sure enough, there one was high up in the sycamore tree.
Thursday Sunrise: 8:15
The world was working today when I stepped out the door. The pavement was being dug up (revealing that Rotterdam is truly built on sand), fibre cables were being laid, roofs were being repaired, driving lessons were being taught, buses came and went, children went to school, dog walkers walked. Whilst making my way along the canal, I imagined the world as an organism (or machine) where things are constantly happening, and sometimes things work and somethings things don’t.
On my return to the flat, the pigeon (AKA Monsieur Pigeon) was waiting, like he usually is, to receive a handful of peanuts in a little dish on the balcony. I dutifully fed him and he gobbled them up in a matter of seconds.