Aosta Valley, Italy (Carl Borg on Unsplash)
It had been a misty sunrise. The light rode soft atop the milky white outside.
He thought it was an omen and that she ought to stay in. “You won’t see where you’re going,” he fretted.
She told him the mist would clear. She could read it in the air. She could smell it in the tang of pine. She readied her day-bag and rushed through her chores.
Still he fussed. “What if not?”
She understood. She also knew he hadn’t grown up in these mountains. His roots did not go deep into this land, while her family traced their ancestry to the Ligures. Her people lived in these environs even before the Celts had arrived.
He feared what she did not.
In more ways than one, she realized.
It was another reason that she needed to take a long walk. Exactly so she could see where she was going.
For What Pegman saw: Aosta Valley, Italy
Na'ama Yehuda 
A super story, Na’ama. Great though it is to have someone concerned for your welfare, it’s not healthy if they worry too much. Your heroine is strong and adventurous, and needs to be free to express that, even if there is a risk involved. I feel sure she’s level-headed enough to make the right choice! (You’ve drawn her character really well, and your reveal about her purpose is excellent)
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Thank you, Penny! 🙂
Assessing danger and risk are often a matter of familiarity as well as personality… and not all are a match. …
So glad you liked this!
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Brava! 💚
Adele Ryan McDowell, Ph.D.
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Thank you, Adele! So glad you liked it! 🙂
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Good one… love the context conveyed, too. Nothing like a long walk to set your thoughts aright.
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Indeed! And often it is best done alone, especially if the walk one might need to take, does not involve the one who may want to come along … 😉
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True. 🙂
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Excellent! You portray so much history and confidence in so few words. She is a well-loved woman with strength. He has a few things to learn about her.
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Thank you, Alicia! I’m delighted this came across! 🙂
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Although my *must have* walks have been either in the woods or more later by the beach, I do understand how important those types of walks are for clearing the head and getting things into perspective. And to walk in the Alps… that sure is head-clearing air. 🙂
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Yes, taking a good long walk is one of my tried and true ways to clear my head. The beach is best, but Central Park will do, too … As for the Alps’ air — never been, but I’m sure it is head-clearing! 😉
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I think the nearest I got to the Alps was the Hartz Mountains.
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Well, they’re still there, so there’s still hope … 😉
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Yea. One never knows. And I love surprises 🙂
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Yeah, one never knows. As for the love of surprises — I’m not one to really like them much. I am of those who prefer to know ahead of time and have time to enjoy the anticipation. Now, if life only paid attention to my preferences and stopped with the surprises … 😉
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As long as life keeps delivering life… it can’t go wrong 🙂
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One hopes … one hopes …
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She has a lot to think about and I wonder if part of that is about him. Can he fully understand her if he’s not wedded to the land as she is? Lovely writing, Na’ama
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Thank you, Lynn! I agree, she has some thinking to do about whether the differences between them open too wide a gulf between them — not, perhaps, because of his history or ancestry, but because of his personality and the way he may feel a need to cling and/or clip her wings. But we shall see, won’t we? Perhaps she’ll have come back from the walk with new patience and they’d have a good long talk and then a good long walk together, and he’d learn to love the mountains or at least love them through her eyes … Who knows … 😉
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