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You younger guys run and I old man walk with a staff. Usually an hour and a hour and a half on a different route. Most have five or six up and down hill stretches that are fifty or one hundred yards. Some are steep. All on old logging trails along side and over rocks on small trout streams. Nice to keep track of the wild flowers and the natural world that seems to be disappearing. Sometimes push deer out of their day beds. This is the way I open up my pipes and justify my cigars.

@peter4jc said:
But having an opinion, and (in many or most cases) voting, is a futile endeavor anyway. Nobody in this thread is changing their mind when it comes to government or politics. The difference we imagine we're making is no more helpful than burying our heads in the sand.

Many years ago George Carlin said this in a far more descriptive way. Agree

Opinions are opinions. facts are facts, Opinions are sometimes based on facts, facts are sometimes skewed by opinions. Opinions are sometimes skewed by facts. Facts are sometimes based on opinions. Just do what you think is right and love your neighbor as much as you can.

Cabbage and smoked sausage pasta.

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

~my friend, Albert

Turned out pretty good. I had done a batch of store-bought tangerines sliced thicker and they tasted great without adding anything, but the chocolate dipped Valencia orange slices taste pretty good.