Out and about

Today looks to be another scorching, steamy day here in North Carolina. Usually I try to walk early in the morning, because the heat lasts into the evening. I walk almost every day if I can, or at the least try not to skip more than a day. I don't have a treadmill, and at this point I don't belong to a gym.

Sometimes I walk and talk with a friend, but usually I go alone. Going on a walk gets my circulation going, clears my head, and relieves stress. Along the way I can admire the roses, listen to the cicadas, or hear the morning bird songs.

When I lived in a noisy apartment building last year, walking was an important respite from barking dogs, loud music, and neighbors talking on the cell phone outside my window. Walking gets me out and away from the computer, telephone, and the tyranny of the urgent tasks of the day.

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