One challenging thing about telecommuting is not getting to take coffee breaks at the company water cooler. For a social creature such as me, sometimes the work-at-home solitude gets a little lonely. So this afternoon, feeling a bit desk bound and antsy after seven hours of working on projects for The Horse, I decided to take 15 minutes on the patio to enjoy some sunshine and reboot my brain.

It didn’t take long for me to close my eyes, feel the warm sun on my face, and listen to the migrating birds flirting and fighting with each other amongst our ancient juniper trees. But, I ended up hearing much more than the birds