Good morning. ☀️☀️☀️
12 January 2026
Today is a walk day, but it’s 31°F this morning, so we’ll have to put that off until things warm up a bit. There was a time when I’d throw on my running shoes and head out no matter what the weather decided to do. The only thing that ever stopped me was ice—no pun intended. Sometimes the roads get so slick that running isn’t recommended. That doesn’t really happen here, though.
Let’s be Frank.
Whoa—no, we can’t all be Frank.
What I meant was: let’s be real. Getting out there in freezing weather just isn’t for me anymore, and I rarely pick up the pace to a run or even a trot. Charlie and I stick to a leisurely 3 MPH, pausing whenever he finds something interesting. Well—he pauses. He’s got the rhythm down: he races ahead as far as the leash allows, finds a scent worth investigating, and then works his way back until the leash is stretched in the opposite direction.
Speaking of Charlie, it’s three minutes past mealtime. I’d better feed him.
…Mission accomplished.
I took a moment to look at the extended forecast for my area. It looks like cold weather will dominate the rest of January, with a chance of snow in the final days. And of course, the farther out the forecast goes, the closer it gets to reading chicken entrails. In any case, the cold will affect our walks. I could start going to a gym, but then what about Charlie? Besides, when I used to be a gym regular, I always seemed to be fighting off the sniffles. Probably wise to avoid that scene.
“A dog is one of the remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk.” — Orlando Aloysius Battista
“You don’t stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.” — George Bernard Shaw
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