This car has a lot to say:
I think it was in the Whole Foods parking lot, which kind of tracks. My attention was grabbed by the Jesus sticker, on account of it being directed at all the evangelical Christian white nationalists who apparently stopped reading the Bible at Malachi (and then somehow unaccountably picked up again at Revelation).
But—given the attention to running, I thought it especially
appropriate that the vehicle is a Honda FIT.
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Okay, I’m not saying that there’s a movement afoot, but I found a second sign for a jumped-up townhouse development in The People’s Republic defaced. And in pretty much the same way that the first one was:
I don’t think the developers much care, so I’d be surprised
if they replace the signs. I mean—by the time they notice, they’ll have sold
all the units and be moving on to their next cookie-cutter “luxury” project.
Still—I kinda admire the commitment of the graffiti artists.
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A small gratitude today.
A small gratitude named Champagne.
I’ve been having some issues with inflammation across what
I refer to as the hip delivery system; diagnosed as arthritis and bursitis, it’s
literally a pain in the ass. It turns out that any movement you want to make
with any part of your body passes somehow through the hips/butt, and you don’t
notice it until it’s painful. Also—your body starts to conform to misalignment
in order to reduce pain, and trying to reconfigure the muscles to where you
should be is also painful.
So I’ve struggled with my morning walks. Saturday was the
first time in a few days that I did the circuit, and I was worried that—even after
a couple of weeks of PT—I’d have repercussions. I was just about 75%
through it when I spotted this guy dancing through the parking lot of a
micropark:
Yes, that’s Champagne. Seems like some dogs wear Halloween
costumes; Champagne lives the costume.
But he also has the personality behind the coloration—bright,
happy, friendly. There were many scritches and a few kisses, which made the
entire walk worthwhile. No walk, no Champagne.
And that’s today’s gratitude.
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