December 10

Not so bad here this morning at 13 degrees and a reported wind chill of -3. Even at that and with upper clothing consisting of only a t-shirt, sweat shirt and my old yellow coat I still broke a sweat before reaching the top of the hill each time. Pretty well cooled of coming down the other road. I suppose I expanded going up and contracted coming down.

First round I slipped a little on a patch of ice at Y19 and West Oak. Made a mental note to watch out for that. Second time around I was deep in thought on another subject. So deep that it pulled so much power that my mental note was unable to function. So what did I do but allow that patch of ice to trip me up. Heck, I thought I might use some time to rest as I was sitting down anyway. Good grief but that wind and cold creeps into a inactive body in a hurry! Sure got me up and moving quickly.

Third time around I lessened the depth of my thoughts enough to allow my mental notes to stay active.
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Sometimes the cards we are dealt are not always fair. However you must keep smiling & moving on ~Tom Jackson