Make Way For Me
We often have ducks wandering throughout our neighborhood. They breed, hang around, disappear for a time, and leave a mess on my driveway. Because they have been around here forever, they have become a very familiar part of the landscape. I’ve gotten to know a lot about the way that they live throughout each season. One even set up a nest against the front wall of my house once. One of the things that I have noticed about the ducks over the years involves the way in which they cross streets. Do you remember the old adage “look both ways before you cross the street”? Yeah, they’ve never heard that one. The ducks around here cross streets, regardless of the amount of lanes or the speed at which people are driving, all with a casual sense of privilege that rivals Yankees’ fans in October. They casually strut across the road, seemingly without a single care, at a speed that leaves you wondering if they have bothered to notice the 4-ton vehicles coming straight at them. I believe that I kno...