7/25/2005

I am talking with a friend about land she recently purchased. Three acres in a growing rural community.

I am standing on the property. There is no one around. The adjacent properties are all just open land. There are no structures.

Time moves forward and I see that some of the other properties have been developed. There is a fence around the three acres. I am trying to understand exactly how big three acres is. I figure that if I find the center of each side of the property, I will be able to see how big the property is.

I move along the fenceline and try counting the fenceposts. The posts are unevenly spaced and I am unable to judge the distance to the center by looking at the number of posts on each side of me.

I black out for what seems to be a moment but when I check my watch I realize that hours have passed. I don't know what happened while I was in that state and wonder if I just stood there or if I was mobile. Did the neighbors see me and wonder what I was doing?

I walk into the center of town and notice that the time on the town clock is incorrect. This bothers me.

I find the clock shop and am frustrated that all of the clocks in the shop have different times. I keep checking my watch (which changes from digital to analog) to verify the correct time.