Mom is making supper and we realized that sweet potatoes would be really yummy with the roast that she was cooking. Since we live about 5 blocks from the grocery store, I decided to walk.
I had some thoughts while I was walking. The first was about how nice the weather was, now that it's cooled down a bit making the humidity bareable.
The second was that choosing to go for a walk after having cut my toe open probably wasn't the smartest thing I've ever done.
The third was a contemplation of the bell shaped development of transportation. As a child, I walked or rode bike all over the neighborhood. When I was old enough to drive and had my own car, I drove everywhere. Only in the last couple of years have I decided that it is preferable to walk, even though I could drive. It's that whole health/environment awareness thing as opposed to the feeling of attainment attached to being able to drive a car. I think it's really common in our society to be confused by someone who chooses to walk rather than drive. Driving is so much faster and convenient; why would anyone want to walk in the hot, humid weather??? So, yeah, I think it's something special to prefer walking to driving (not to say that I would walk all the way across town if I actually had to accomplish anything that day or carry anything with me, but there's nothing wrong with a short walk to the store).
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