And Off We Go - We are off and
running now - it's already the second week of January. For us, that means cold,
and it's coming. Nighttime lows down to -20 this weekend, and right now, we are
waiting for the furnace man to show up. We have good space heaters and a gas
fireplace, so we are not in any danger, but that makes for some hot and some
cold rooms. Oh, how I like my creature comforts.
Edits Never End - have been
spending about two hours a day editing, for the final time, my third book for
older readers. This one follows On Turning 70 and Elderly. Titled Morning Walk,
it is a physical and mental well-being book. As usual in this series, I try to
add as many antidotes, stories, and jokes as I believe my readers can stand. Getting
old is many things, even, at times, funny. I have put this one away so many
times, but now it is starting to grow on me, looks like a go.
Morning
Walk - an excerpt from
chapter 2.
Walking
is as close to the perfect exercise as will ever be found. We can do it
anywhere and at any time of the day - other than a good pair of shoes, no
special equipment is needed. I walk in blue jeans or khakis with a
t-shirt or a hoodie in cooler weather. In warm weather, it’s shorts
and a tee shirt. I see people dressed like me, and I see people
dressed to the nines in the latest fashion for runners and
walkers. For younger readers, dressed to the nines is something from
my childhood and teen years. Not sure why it made a comeback in the 50s and
60s, as the term goes back about 200 years. My favorite explanation
of this saying is that tailors, at one time, used nine yards of material to
make their best suits. Thus, dressed in the best the tailor could
sew together, they would be dressed to the nines. That’s a pretty long-winded
explanation of people who dress in nice running/walking gear when I see them on
the trail.
Photos - Today's
photos are from my walks and drives over the past few days/weeks.
Quote of the Day - “It is impossible to
live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might
as well not have lived at all - in which case you fail by default."
- J. K. Rowling
That’s it for today - stay warm and enjoy
winter as much as possible.
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