Vanishing Point

Callooh! Callay! When I woke up yesterday morning, my body was complaining nearly everywhere from being too sedentary recently, due in most part to my not quite knowing what to do with myself when I can't go for walks. (No suggestions being solicited -- I know all the options -- I won't bore either of us by relating my reasons why not this or that.) Back to yesterday morning when I looked out the window and I saw this sky: I looked at weather.com and saw 65 degrees. I thought of my neighbor who, after his life-saving surgery, would walk the block in front of my house a little more each day while he rebuilt his strength. Remembering that inspired me. I didn't know how far I could walk, but I was going for a walk. I was going to enjoy this beautiful morning by being outdoors. I stepped out into the breeze and I took that photo. Aimed at a different part of the sky, I took this one: I walked slowly. Slowly enough that I could avoid the appearance of limping. My

Always use gloves when handling fresh turmeric. The photo shows my gloves after washing them with soap and water. Also wipe up any spilled turmeric immediately. To offset the effects of withdrawing from three months of taking daily anti-inflammatory pills, I switched from black to green tea in the mornings, and I've been drinking tea made from fresh ginger and turmeric in the afternoons. Is it helping? I don't know, but it can't hurt. It turns out that I like the tea, so that's a bonus. I finally tallied all my gas station purchases and mileage notes, and came up with these figures: 7,481 miles driven 17 mpg overall $2.57 per gallon average paid for gas I figured out some other statistics, but those are the only ones I plan to share here. If you're curious about other stats, you can ask me individually. 😎 My goal was to strike a happy medium between a vehicle I could camp in comfortably and a vehicle that would allow me to enjoy more urban