I really to go for a good walk, I'd much prefer to go to a park, but I could just listen to an audiobook I guess. I suppose parks will be more crowded than usual, being a holiday weekend
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Lou
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I always do circles, too, when I walk. I don't like a plain up-and-back walk, either.Nice pics, as always!
I try to avoid "there and backs". I guess that is what you call "plan up and back" walks. I like "loops" which I guess is what you call "circles". I think loops is a better word because my loops are never circles. Also, saying you walk in circles makes me think you are walking around and around in your backyard or something.
I also like having some kind of destination. Back Before Corona (BC), I would walk to the coffee shop and get a cup of coffee and read on their patio, or to the store and pick up something I needed, or to the farmer's market, or the dollar store. Of if nothing else to the park and sit on a bench. And then coming back on a different street - loops! The other thing that I try to avoid which is a carryover from my running days is stoplights. I have a great variety of loops right out of my front door that avoids stoplights and have destinations at the half waypoint.
I have been living with my sister and walking her dog for months now. I have developed a whole bunch of new loops. but no destinations anymore. There is a nice trail not far from here and I like to include the trail which is a there and back in my loops. I can safely (but not legally) let the dog off-leash on the trail. Both of us are much happier when we can go at our own pace. (the dog likes to go 10 feet, stop, sniff for a minute, and then jog to catch up). But we can go home from the trail a different way than we got to it. So it sort of is a loop.
There is also a nicer trail about a 10-minute drive from here. It even has a creek running alongside it. Lately, we have been going there once a week. Gonna go there tomorrow.
E and I were the blue bird trail monitors for this week. Eight of the ten boxes were empty or had wasps, but two had blue bird eggs! And, by doing the trail, I got all my steps in before lunch. 
The James River Park system is not closed, but the parking lots are limiting spaces and none of the facilities are open. You're also not allowed to use any of the amenities like playgrounds or tennis courts. We're very lucky that we can walk to the park and use the trails and enjoy the water without encountering very many people.
The James River Park system is not closed, but the parking lots are limiting spaces and none of the facilities are open. You're also not allowed to use any of the amenities like playgrounds or tennis courts. We're very lucky that we can walk to the park and use the trails and enjoy the water without encountering very many people.
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Lou
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I like to listen to podcasts on my walk. or an audiobook. I used to get most of my news from podcasts on my walks or in my car.
Around here with everyone sheltering in place and so many businesses closed and the parks closed - well it doesn't seem to matter what day of the week it is.
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My sister has something she does when walking the dog when it is threatening to rain. She does a there and back for a block to the south, then one to the north, east, and west. She can get in as much as 8 blocks and never be more than 1 block from home.
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Hey everyone! I have been out and done my errands. The Dollar General was well stocked with paper products. They are limiting items to one per household. There were a couple of women there who were obviously together who each got one of each (tp and paper towels). The cashier was suspicious as they were obviously together but when she asked if they were in the same household, they denied it. When I got to the cashier, she said no way are they separate households. I guess people will cheat when they can! But I shall give them the benefit of the doubt....
Everyone talking about walking in parks has me wanting to go to a park. I just got off the phone with my sister and she was walking a trail as we spoke. She said the trail was very busy with many people on bikes. One of the city parks where she usually walks has closed so I guess that will make the parks/trails that are open more busy!
Everyone talking about walking in parks has me wanting to go to a park. I just got off the phone with my sister and she was walking a trail as we spoke. She said the trail was very busy with many people on bikes. One of the city parks where she usually walks has closed so I guess that will make the parks/trails that are open more busy!
This is my favorite way to walk on some days. I think it has more to do with my anxiety and feeling like I need to stay “close to home”. But it works.
I don’t mind walking in loops...like going around a block only our blocks are short here so you have to walk for several before you cut across to the right or left...walk several blocks more...and so on until you reach your home again.
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Hello everyone! Congratulations on the International day of human space flight! 
Our cosmonauts of "Roscosmos" (Russian Space Agency), who are on orbit at the moment, are wishing you a great holiday.
[Lol, sorry for my corrupt translation].
The guy on the right: "We, cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka, Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Wagner, are greeting you from the board of the International space station. Just 59 years ago, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the very first one."
The guy in the middle: "Our country, having won in the hard and exhausting war [*WWII*], showed its scientific and technological potential to the world, and our scientists - [*showed*] the ability of fulfilling the hardest tasks in a very limited time."
The guy on the left: "For all dwellers of our planet, Yuri Gagarin will always be the first one, his face will be easily recognized by everyone, and his smile will be inspiring new generations of cosmonauts and astronauts. We're wishing you happy Cosmonautics day, wishing you new achievements, victories, excellent mood and festive feeling."
Our cosmonauts of "Roscosmos" (Russian Space Agency), who are on orbit at the moment, are wishing you a great holiday.
[Lol, sorry for my corrupt translation].The guy on the right: "We, cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka, Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Wagner, are greeting you from the board of the International space station. Just 59 years ago, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the very first one."
The guy in the middle: "Our country, having won in the hard and exhausting war [*WWII*], showed its scientific and technological potential to the world, and our scientists - [*showed*] the ability of fulfilling the hardest tasks in a very limited time."
The guy on the left: "For all dwellers of our planet, Yuri Gagarin will always be the first one, his face will be easily recognized by everyone, and his smile will be inspiring new generations of cosmonauts and astronauts. We're wishing you happy Cosmonautics day, wishing you new achievements, victories, excellent mood and festive feeling."
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I love having a destination as well. I miss my destinations like the coffee shop, the library and this awesome vegan chocolate shop that's only 2 miles from my house. And I agree on the stoplights. I avoid them as much as possible.
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Good Morning and Happy Easter to those who celebrate.
Yeah, it seems she dropped off online. I hope she is OK. She's a very cool person.
HappyRoxy
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I didn't know her, but it's sad when that happens. I had some friends on the old Vegan Forum that I can't seem to track down now.
Val
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I looked up her newest videos on Youtube, and saw that the last videos she had posted are 1 year old (so, no Youtube activity in the last year either)... I hope she's ok, and just decided to take a break (like Gary Yourofsky, for example)...
Hope so. It's just strange when people dissapear so suddenly without a notice...
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The last posts from anywhere from her are Nov 2018.Hope so. It's just strange when people dissapear so suddenly without a notice...
Chryssie
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I am listening to John Prine songs. I can't remember a particular song I really liked of his from a long time ago.
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