Speaking in Tongues

Speaking of Tongues

[Following a walk at Rancho San Antonio Regional Park on a Saturday morning….]

Urdu

Hindi

Tamil

Ethiopian

Eritrean

Somali

Russian

Chinese, multi dialects

Korean

Japanese

English, multi accents

Spanish

Israeli

German

Blue jay

Hummingbird

Sparrow

Magpie

Rooster

So many other tongues this set of ears can’t discern.

The sounds of the path herald that which we call have in common:

Life

Community

A journey

Place

Do those with earphones/buds drown out the cacophony to avoid, to retreat into their space or simply choose to fill their listening with music of their own?

One-way-or-the-other their technological isolation is loud and clear.