I love walking. I would rather walk than driving anywhere as long as the distance is not more than three miles. When I am home in the in the Bronx I walk as much as I can but only during the day. However, when I am in Cortland, one of my guilty pleasures is walking under the moonlight along Waterworks. Sometimes there is no better remedy for a stressful day than a moonlit walk. I am a nature lover and personally nature is most beautiful at night. Although we are conditioned since we were young to fear the dark, I believe that you cannot say something is most beautiful during the day when you have not seen it during the night. I live in Whitaker Hall on the first floor. My entire wall made of glass and it faces Waterworks. During the day you can see the deer, birds, and other small animals. Occasionally you will see a few foxes. Sometime I would find myself standing by my window and looking over Waterworks without even realizing I have been standing in the same spot for 30 minutes.
Last night I walked for about an hour from Whitaker Hall down to 281 then to Groton then Broadway and back to Whitaker. That walk was one of the most peaceful experiences I have had since I have been in Cortland this semester. On my walk I noticed a lot of deer and ducks. If anyone has ever lived in Fitzgerald Hall, Clark Hall or Randall Hall then you can attest to the obnoxiousness of the ducks. I made sure I didn’t startle the ducks because I didn’t want anyone from the resident hall to strangle me. My heart almost jumped out of my chest when I was maybe 50 yards from Whitaker’s parking lot because there was a large buck sitting in the grass and I didn’t notice it at all. As I walked past it, the buck was startled by my unexpected presence and it jumped up and scared the living daylight out of me.
By: Bibi
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