Henry and I got lost at night in the forest for hours!
So I’m out walking Henry the other night, right? We had such a good time, I told him we’d go out again after momma went to bed, which we did. We were both excited. There's something about being out there, in the pitch-ass black, in the middle of a prairie forest at 5,200 feet, that resets things inside a guy. It’s a cleanse. There’s danger, real danger, and that keeps your head straight. But there is also beauty, real beauty, that keeps the dreamer, the lover of things, in me alive. I prefer to be out there after dark because then nobody can see you and it’s like you own the whole world. It’s Henry and I and we do whatever we want. Anyhow, momma went to bed around nine-thirty and I ate something before we went for the walk, so I think we got out there around ten. We went all the normal ways, which at first, when we started, were scary and confusing, but are now comforting and familiar. Then we found a small offshoot in an area we hadn't explored yet, at the other end of my r...
