SUMMER WITH THE SLUG RATS

Can You Dig It?

Not a drop of rain fell for the next five days, despite the weather service predictions. My little pond had a clay bottom and was fed by a tiny spring.  The shallows were exposed as the spring dried up.

“In life, dry times are when you bust the dam or dig,” I said to Adam, one of the two frogs who lived in the pond. His blank stare told me he didn’t understand.

“I could give up, break the dam, and let the pond turn to grass. Instead, I’ll dig out the shallows so they stay wet during the next dry spell.” Adam continued to stare, frogs being a little slow on the uptake.

“If the good times aren’t flowing, you have to excavate.  Couple of examples: when your drinking turns sour, you have to dig deep to find other things to do. When relationships falter, you have to dig out the anger, jealousy, selfishness, whatever, if you want that relationship to deepen. And when a pandemic strikes…” More staring from Adam.      

“The good news is, the more you dig in the dry times, the more you enjoy life when the good times flow.”

Today I will dig deep.

 Summer with the Slug Rats ? 2020 by Ken Montrose

Summer with the Slug Rats is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and anyone you might know is purely coincidental.

Other works by Ken Montrose are available at: www.greenbriartraining.com https://www.pinterest.com/kenmontrose/mt-rose/