December 26

Instead of hurrying to get the three mile walk done in less than an hour I'm going to slow'er down some. Yesterday, on the first time around walking in the snow and in spite of good cleats on my boots I slipped and fell to my knees pretty darn hard. Got up and was a lot more careful with my steps but not careful enough.

My boots kept packing the snow in the cleats causing the need to constantly attempt kicking it out. Never could get the sole fully cleaned! Anyway on the last time around on the steep downhill run I stepped out of the snow onto a wind cleared dry patch of pavement. Whoa, the snow clinging to my boots made that dry patch slick which slid my feet down the hill so fast that my body failed to keep up. This resulted in my falling flat on my back. I think that my feet only went up about 24 inches or so and that action pulled my back down to about that level before crashing to the ground. It wasn't all that bad a fall but some areas of the back are sure sore this morning.

As I lay there in the dark with my headlight shooting a probe of light into the sky I thought long and hard about slowing down from then on. With no one there to tell my troubles to I got up and cautiously made my way home.

This morning there are quite a few places where water ran across the road and turned to ice but I remembered to slow'er down and I also walked the side of the road around these places. I sure do like that walk but would rather stay upright
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb