The Upside of Downtime

How the Unsung Urban “Wilderness” Turned a Bleak Period Wondrous

A red fox squirrel in the author’s backyard. — image:©2023maddalenabearzi

Outside my house, everything looked peachy. There was the cerulean California sky, the warm desert air of the Santa Ana winds, the gardeners with their blaring leaf blowers, the mutt next door barking at the postman, and the ruffle-blooms of my white roses broadcasting their intense floral scent through my open window. But it wasn’t a normal morning in the…