{"id":45062,"date":"2016-09-22T08:50:33","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T13:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=45062"},"modified":"2016-09-22T08:50:33","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T13:50:33","slug":"musings-from-this-mornings-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/musings-from-this-mornings-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Musings from this morning’s walk"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A beautiful morning walk, a clear day — nice, breezy, a balmy 76 degrees,\u00a0humidity is 80%. It’s sprinkling off and on so it’s not muggy. There are no misquitoes. It feels good to get back out and walk again. Usually I do it before dawn but at 8:00am I needed sunglasses and a visor. I tend to forego walks the entire summer due to the heat. \u00a0Not good, I’m up 10 lbs. The treadmill is a blah substitute and I’m lax about riding the\u00a0inside bike. I was stoked when I woke up today wanting to take a\u00a0trek.\u00a0I was glad I took my phone with me since a manly man with tools\u00a0needed to be called into the gate at my rental. I was stoked that I had enough breath to carry on a phone convo without huffing and puffing. \u00a0Thank you daily yoga the last 40 years. Since I wore my sunglasses, I also wore my eyeglasses, which I usually only wear when driving or at large venues when I want to recognize\u00a0faces and read signs. I discovered that with glasses on, I tend to focus more on moving things outside my immediate area, like the street traffic 2 blocks ahead, rather than taking a closer look at the inner workings of what’s right in front of me. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Stopping for the phone call gave me time to hear the crickets, the birds, see two squirrels scampering and watch a black-twist-tie sized tiny snake sidewinding<\/a>\u00a0its way across the road. It’s trash\/recycle\/garbage day so most had their bins at the street, some were scurrying since we could hear the truck. \u00a0At 6:00am I seldom see neighbors but at 8:30am on trash day they are out and about.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As I reached the end of each street, I kept wanting to walk an extra block. It ending up being two miles round trip and it felt good. I felt I worked my legs. I did not break a sweat but I did slow down to catch my breath a couple of times. I’m more of a trekker than a stroller. I’m learning again how to slow down.<\/p>\n

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