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Five miles of footwork today, this being one of the scenic and lovely roads near my home that I shuffled down.<\/p>\n

\"Road\"<\/center><\/p>\n

I received eight hellos and\/or waves. Saw a dog, two squirrels, a horse and two raccoons. And since a quick Google Image search doesn’t show a horse and raccoon combination, I’ll share one here.<\/p>\n

\"Animals\"<\/center><\/p>\n

He wasn’t especially wild about the closeup, but knew he was cornered. I think he was hoping I hadn’t noticed him, intent on the branches.<\/p>\n

\"Raccoon\"<\/center><\/p>\n

More reading today. If I feel behind with all of this it is only because I am. But there’s a lot to do, too, and a great deal more to go. I have about 10 more pages of notes and analysis after today, though, so that’s something. <\/p>\n

Replaced the battery in The Yankee’s car this evening. It left me stranded last week<\/a>. Since she’ll soon be back in town it seems only reasonable to assume she might want to drive somewhere. So off to Walmart I went, where we picked up this battery on August 1st. <\/p>\n

I was all ready to go to protective husband, angry customer mode, but the lady at the customer service desk simply pointed me to the automotive section. Pick up a new one and bring it back, she said. I did, and one of her colleagues pushed the buttons that denoted the change of battery ownership.<\/p>\n

She asked for my license, and scanned it verily. I asked what that told her. <\/p>\n

“Since you don’t have your receipt I needed to see when you bought it. It is to make sure you aren’t returning too much stuff.”<\/p>\n

Next time I’ll ask about the definition of “too much.” Instead I simply said, July 30th<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She confirmed the date, but did not ask about my superior recollection. Shame, since I had a great speech. “Like your wedding day, or the birth of your child, you never forget the day you swap out a car battery on the same evening you move.”<\/p>\n

Not that she would have cared … There was a product, a customer said it was faulty. She had buttons to push, keys to to turn and items to scan. <\/p>\n

I had the new battery, picked up a commemorative<\/a> Sports Illustrated, a picture frame and a handful of buttons. <\/p>\n

Installed the car battery — and what do you know, it cranked on the first try! — and did a little sewing. A sports coat needs different buttons. I’m swapping out the plastic gold look for something a little more sedate. <\/p>\n

The frame? I put this postcard behind a piece of plexiglass. <\/p>\n

\"Postcard\"<\/center><\/p>\n

The note on the back details visiting family throughout the country. The postmark is from 1912. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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