Walking

I don’t think I will need my jacket. The weather is warm enough that I can go outside without one. It always feels both special and jarring on the first days of the year when the world is so warm that you can go out without a jacket – the anticipation for the warmth clashes with the “what if?” There is no definite day after which it is t-shirt weather; Nature goes at her own pace.Shortly after going outside, I knew I had made the right choice. I would have had to carry my jacket should I have taken one. The clouds were a bit grey but no rain was forecast. I looked around and appreciated the cherry blossoms. Yesterday, I saw a few petals falling through the air, slowly; today, those petals decorate the ground, but the tree is still as pink as it was.I heard a bird song I did not recognise. How many bird songs have I never heard? How many bird songs have I heard many times but do not remember? There are a million questions in one song. A few minutes later, I saw a robin perched on a red…