December 25th, 2006
a brief respite
This afternoon, while we were preparing lunch, N pointed out what was so out of place about the morning: utter silence. Ok, not utter silence, but relative to what we normally experience. Our apartment is conveniently located at the base of the UCSC campus, right on the main entry road. 15,000 students plus, say, 2,000 staff, makes this something of a local highway. So much so that we have to use a white noise machine to sleep at night. And yet, this morning, for the first time ever: silence. No cars. Or rather, one every 10 minutes.
Of course, now, as I write this, things are returning to normal. Plus ca change…
