Two questions today, totally unrelated except for the fact that they both occurred on this morning’s walk.

1. What’s the best kind of rain? The kind that is so light that you stay dry and don’t need a raincoat? The kind that is so wet that no amount of water protection has an effect? The “wintry mix” kind that makes you need, like, really need, hot chocolate and whipped cream? My favorite, I think, after all this wandering and pondering, is the kind that seems to be falling from a cloudless sky. Other people have probably seen this. The clouds have moved on, the sun is out, and - what? - it’s still raining? What’s up with that? It’s kind of cool.

2. Who goes shopping at 7 in the morning? I’ll tell ya, not a whole lot of people. It’s nice to be in the store because the bright lights and the refrigerating hum obliterates all sense of time. It makes you forget that it’s early and that it’s dark out and that you havent had your coffee yet. For a brief moment in time, you feel equalized. If more people knew this, then they would shop before work. I guarantee it.

I will leave you with some words of wisdom to begin your week. Please remember that you always have a choice. This is a condition people forget or psych themselves out of [the human condition?], but it’s true. Always.