My usual run of the house has become more restricted over the last few months.  The masters feel I'll be safer if I'm gated into an area of the kitchen that, while quite spacious and luxurious as dog abodes go, is not quite the penthouse living that I've grown accustomed to at Chez Kastenholz over the years.  My view of the pond has to be filtered through the gate and is obstructed by dining room chairs.  This new phase of my life, waiting for the owners to come home from work in my new nook in the corner of the kitchen, has a different feel than the free, wide ranging latitudes that I used to explore in the adventurous days of my youth.  I'm of two minds about being cornered like this.  It's a restriction, a loss of independence, an acknowledgement of the toll that age has taken on this old dog.  Still, I'm trying to see the positive in the predicament that nature has placed me in. I'll use this time to find a way to face this new reality, realign my perspective and learn more about the ecology of corners. I've been reading that it's wise never to corner an animal.  I might have to leave that article out on the kitchen table, as a gentle reminder that I just might become a vicious, wild animal in response to this dilemma.  One never knows, do one?

When assigned to them against one's will, corners can be dark, dingy places; dusty and dirty, dank, dreary.  Corners cut, may cause calamitous consequence.  Corners; box you in, design a dilemma, predate a predicament.  In remote corners reside caverns of the mind, dark residences of fear, guilt and panic.  Hiding places- corners. Hidden home of secrets, private thoughts, prejudices, bias.  Corners sometimes sharp, pointed, bruise and cut.  Careful crossing corners! Stand in the corner when you've been a bad dog, and need a time out.  You'll find that corners become progressively smaller, the longer you're required to inhabit them.

If I look at corners in favorable light; when chosen freely, corners can be bright, sun filled happy spaces.  Niches and nooks filled with books . Quiet corners , meditate, mental hideaways house figurative monk and monastery. Shelters in a storm, places to hide, calming getaways .  Turning corners  renews!  Reinvigorate; rediscover areas of specialty,  concentration, focus.  Corners, unexpected meetings, greeting old friends. Standing on the corner, watching all the people go by. Give them the eye?  No thanks, I'll keep mine. I'll meet you at the corner!

As a new sojourner of the world of corners, I'll explore new continents, sail to the antipodes.  I'll bring along misty water colored memories, of the way I was. Carry them in the corners of my mind. I'll face the challenge courageously, with you in my corner. There are new truths to discover, experiences to behold. They're out there waiting for me.  Just around the next corner.

Buffy
Cornered! ( With My Computer )