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Monday, January 01, 2007

Whatever.


'In Dartmoor superstition, it was always thought an omen of good luck to spot a single fox; however, if several were seen together, then that was considered to portend bad luck.'



A moment ago, taking out a pile of wrapping paper for recycling, I disturbed an orange fox making its way across my front yard. Surprised but not too perturbed, it stopped and looked at me from a few yards away, then slid into the little forest beside my house.