The sky is dark, the forecast rainy. Now is the time for all good people to read and bake and dust. The outside world will be blustery the next few days. I'm trying to think what to do with my granddaughter this afternoon. I had planned to peruse toy stores and maybe a Christmas ornament place, but we may be playing games and drawing instead. Oh, well. The newspaper was dark and dismal: sofas contain flame retardants that alter DNA, crime of all kinds is way up while the police officer numbers go down. Two teenage girls shot and killed for no reason. Very depressing.
I saw in the Health section the obvious: seniors are helped greatly cognitively and physically by walking around their neighborhoods. Yet walking can be dangerous to your health in the wrong neighborhood. Senior centers are organizing walks, and that sounds so sensible and without cost and helpful that I have to applaud the common sense of some people. More than talks or crafts, older people want to get out and SEE things, smell the air, look at people passing by, chat a bit with others in the group. So for some problems, there can be solutions, simple ones, and not all require more budget, just volunteers and the will to help. Walking - what a concept!
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