I hadn't planned on writing a new blog post right now, but I wanted to mention an unexpected "incident".
I'm up after midnight, as usual, using my laptop which I keep on the kitchen table. I am actually putting the finishing touches on my online store, which I plan to open in another day or so.
I know - - I've been saying that for several weeks. But this time I really mean it.
My biggest problem with the store is organization. I don't like the way I organized the products, but what the heck - nobody's perfect.
Although I come pretty close.
I'm getting off track. Let's continue:
While I'm working on the store, I'm listening to Eurielle. Her voice is mesmerizing. She's singing Lament for Thorin, which I absolutely love.
Anyway
halfway through the song, two gunshot blasts nearly blow me out of my seat.
They are close to the back of my house (where I'm sitting) and I mean dangerously close.
At first I try to tell myself it was something else - like the 'possums and raccoons who scrounge around my back porch....
.....but there's no mistake about the sound of gunfire. Almost immediately, there are two more shots. That inspires me to turn off the light and shut down the computer.
It was just after 2:00 a.m.
I live alone in the middle of nowhere. It's pitch dark. The forest behind my house is remote and uninhabited (except for animals, birds.....and ghosts....)
Who the hell could be out there at this ungodly hour? What are they shooting at? And why so damn close to my house?
I'm not the scaredy-cat type. I don't scare easily. But these very close gunshots really unnerved me. I pulled on my boots and sat in the dark on the living room sofa for nearly half an hour. I heard a few unusual noises outside, but thankfully no more shots.
Right now it's 3:30 a.m. and I'm back at the kitchen table - - but I pulled the blinds down on the kitchen window. Just in case.....
A few nights ago the coyotes were near the back porch, screaming like banshees. They often sound very human, which is creepy.
Well, that's my story, boys and girls.
As soon as it gets light I have to walk down to my mailbox (it's incredibly far away) to mail an important letter. I'm hoping the mail carrier will see the red flag (on my box) when he drives by today.
Fun in the wilderness.....
