Leaving home, I had one goal—to take a nice, leisurely drive around Dorena Reservoir, that pretty little lakelet just south of Cottage Grove.
Having taken that short journey many times, I had no specific purpose other than enjoyment unless I was working. I would usually be irrationally happy just to dawdle along daydreaming but ready to snap to attention should a person or animal appear on the side of the road or in a nearby…
