On my walk today, I saw a man with a camera and powerful lens. He was peering up into a tree, where a bald eagle sat, peering back.
I continued to my turnaround point, a mile beyond. When I returned, thirty minutes had passed, but the magnificent creature was still there. So I approached him and asked, “Do you observe the eagles often?”
[Yes, I know how to write]
This is one of those pieces that I love, even if nobody else does. It twists the referent for effect: “…the magnificent creature was still there. So I approached him.” My hope is that the reader is assuming that the “magnificent creature” refers to the bald eagle. But it doesn’t.
This is a sermon to self: “What is good and beautiful in God’s eyes? Are you seeing it better today than yesterday?”
Here’s a post along the same lines, from back when I frequently walked around White Rock Lake, and was training my vision:
