ralph rogers

It can be difficult to meet people when you move to a different town. College seems to be the best place to meet new friends. After college, the ratio of meeting new people to hang out with to meeting yourself for supper every night is pretty low. Today was different. Today was a blessing!

I had the pleasure of meeting a new friend. His name is Ralph Rogers. I met him while he was galavanting around the yard of my apartment, and I even shared an almond with him.  Ralph may be a squirrel but I already can see similar qualities in him and myself : friendly, but stays at a safe distance, talkative, not too picky about food, short attention span, and spontaneous about where he's going in life.

While walking out the door of my apartment, Ralph and I both noticed each other, stopped in our tracks, and locked eyes. I froze, then grabbed my phone, hoping to capture the moment ( this is what I do every time I meet a new friend...). I ended up snapping my fingers, trying to bribe him with an almond, and making what I thought to be squirrel noises in order to get Ralph to cooperate with the photo shoot. --- While this was happening, a man had been walking on the sidewalk towards me... watching this girl stop dead in her tracks in order to talk to a squirrel. Classy Wednesdays.