Blue Heron Hanging at a Pond Beside the Road – Photo: L. Weikel

Not Another Weather Post                                                 

I will admit, I am as loathe to write another post focusing primarily on the weather as you are to read one.

But I have to tell you: for a person who mostly listens to others and usually doesn’t do much of the talking, it’s hard to come up with something to ‘talk about’ every day. That’s especially true when you consider that there are many days when I don’t leave my home. And even some days when I barely leave my porch.

Today, for instance, I reveled in getting lots of emails written, forms completed and submitted, and appointments scheduled. Yet I barely left my porch. And while I managed to cross a lot of tasks off my ‘to do’ list, having a productive day does not necessarily translate into having much to write about. At least, not anything that might hold interest to many, if any, of you.

Lost Opportunity

One thing that happened today was a moment of excitement, rapidly whisked away by a flood of disappointment. Last week I received an invitation from my law school to secure tickets to attend a “conversation” with The Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The notice indicated that tickets would become available online at 10:00 a.m. this morning.

You can guess how successful I was in scoring tickets. Not at all.

But it was fun to imagine, even if only for a millisecond, having the opportunity to listen to and experience this icon in person.

A Vow for Tomorrow

Surprisingly, the wild storm last night did not usher in a new wave of pleasant weather. It cooled things off a little bit, but not significantly. In fact, I was surprised by how miserable the weather turned out to be again by late this afternoon.

Ooops – I just realized I’ve begun talking about the weather again. Gah.

Well, it was really just a segue into what I wanted to say about walking. It’s official: I just allowed an entire week, a vast seven days, to go by without walking as much as one pathetic mile. Appalling!

The last mileage of any consequence that I walked was last Monday, when I walked three miles. The day before that I walked 6.5 miles.

Re-Committing

I guess that’s something I could write more about tomorrow. I was really on a roll there for quite a while. And I’ll tell you: I miss my walks.

So my Vow for Tomorrow is to renew my walking. I’m beyond eager to do so. I yearn to be walking again. I don’t care how long my session lasts tomorrow, I know the weather should be exquisite for a walk by the time I get home – and I intend to take one.

Let’s hope I can snag a photo or two that can inspire me to write about something fascinating or intriguing.

In the meantime, I’m going to leave you with this little critter, who kept insisting upon marching across the top edge of my computer earlier today.

(T-858)