Receta Sheep to Wake You

My estranged aunt posted one of those memes on Facebook recently. It stated that the human body recovers from the negative effects of restless sleep caused by technology after only a week of camping. Like most of the Internet’s information today, this is about as sound as the “ten tricks to burn fat in three minutes” posts.

Either way, I was becoming a bit restless and the longing was creeping back into the voids of my mind like rising ground water. The pavement was becoming too guided and confining and the horizon ever further away. The aches returned to my joints and fingers as all things tame and civilized could not satisfy their labors. The setting sun called to me every night and beckoned me to follow. As a dancing bear in the…