Northern weather

[MurphOnMillerAve]

When you harvest, all the work beforehand, notwithstanding , does it feel like the food is free - a gift from the Earth?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

When you harvest, all the work beforehand, notwithstanding , does it feel like the food is free - a gift from the Earth?

Not really. But there is a nice quiet solitude in the early morning that's hard to discount.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

When you harvest, all the work beforehand, notwithstanding , does it feel like the food is free - a gift from the Earth?

Not really. But there is a nice quiet solitude in the early morning that's hard to discount.

Yes, before everything and everybody gets up and rolling. I discovered that early morning is the time I like best for my 2+mi walks, rather than later in the day, or at dusk, even. Of course, the numerous yapping and life-threatening dogs are all up and out there, too, ready to kill, but I have my trusty anti-bear bag with me (temporarily renamed my "Bad Dog Bag"), ready to reward any of them that have inadvertently been let too-free by soon-to-be-in-court owners.

So, the peace and quiet are short-lived but appreciated for the time they are allotted to me by the dogs doing their jobs. (I always respond to their barking by saying aloud to them (my little quirk), "Good dog. You're doing a good job. Good dog.") Walking from 7:30 to 8:30am today, I encountered a total of 13 of them, all tethered to houses, fences, or owners' arms.

One thing I will NOT do is get off a sidewalk for the passage of a dog with his/her owner. They can remove themselves to the street or into a driveway or yard; sidewalks are for pedestrians. Maybe it is just I who feels that way, but all of the walkers I usually encounter have gotten the message or have simply exercised their own good sense and common courtesy.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

One thing I will NOT do is get off a sidewalk for the passage of a dog with his/her owner. They can remove themselves to the street or into a driveway or yard; sidewalks are for pedestrians. Maybe it is just I who feels that way, but all of the walkers I usually encounter have gotten the message or have simply exercised their own good sense and common courtesy.

Except that the owner is also a pedestrian......and I'd rather not have people in the street. We have a number of "neighbors" that seem to think that walking 3-5 abreast in the street is acceptable. Runners 2-3 similarly. All waiting to be run down by someone not paying attention.

[rogruth]

One thing I will NOT do is get off a sidewalk for the passage of a dog with his/her owner. They can remove themselves to the street or into a driveway or yard; sidewalks are for pedestrians. Maybe it is just I who feels that way, but all of the walkers I usually encounter have gotten the message or have simply exercised their own good sense and common courtesy.

Except that the owner is also a pedestrian......and I'd rather not have people in the street. We have a number of "neighbors" that seem to think that walking 3-5 abreast in the street is acceptable. Runners 2-3 similarly. All waiting to be run down by someone not paying attention.

We also have that happening here. Yes, the sidewalks are narrower than ones I walked up north but these folks all seem to think that it shows inferiority to walk behind someone. There also are some that won't/can't walk one abreast on a sidewalk and MUST walk in the street.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

One thing I will NOT do is get off a sidewalk for the passage of a dog with his/her owner. They can remove themselves to the street or into a driveway or yard; sidewalks are for pedestrians. Maybe it is just I who feels that way, but all of the walkers I usually encounter have gotten the message or have simply exercised their own good sense and common courtesy.

Except that the owner is also a pedestrian......and I'd rather not have people in the street. ....

And what is that person's responsibility toward other sidewalk walkers when accompanying a dog or dogs (one guy had three with him this morning, and after a cheerful greeting exchange with me, stepped into a driveway with the dogs to let me pass by.

I suggest, a dog walker can move the dog(s) closest to the curb or into the street, where feasible, or firmly step to one side, confining the dogs with him/her, and wait until the oncoming pedestrian walks by. If a dog is insufficiently controlled and is quite close enough to a person to assault him/her, the answer comes from the courts.

[rex desilets]

....firmly step to one side, confining the dogs with him/her, and wait until the oncoming pedestrian walks by

My practice with my German Shepherd, especially if the other person also has a dog. She loves people, other dogs not so much.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

....firmly step to one side, confining the dogs with him/her, and wait until the oncoming pedestrian walks by

My practice with my German Shepherd, especially if the other person also has a dog. She loves people, other dogs not so much.

Once again, Rex, you distinguish yourself as one of the reasonable voices on this forum. Thanks for your reply to my suggestion.

[rex desilets]

....firmly step to one side, confining the dogs with him/her, and wait until the oncoming pedestrian walks by

My practice with my German Shepherd, especially if the other person also has a dog. She loves people, other dogs not so much.

Once again, Rex, you distinguish yourself as one of the reasonable voices on this forum. Thanks for your reply to my suggestion.

Thanks....I must be slipping

[MurphOnMillerAve]

....firmly step to one side, confining the dogs with him/her, and wait until the oncoming pedestrian walks by

My practice with my German Shepherd, especially if the other person also has a dog. She loves people, other dogs not so much.

Once again, Rex, you distinguish yourself as one of the reasonable voices on this forum. Thanks for your reply to my suggestion.

Thanks....I must be slipping

Maybe just mellowing.

[rogruth]

Murph, Rufus and anybody interested,
Your mention of early morning walks and the atmosphere and "feeling" that you enjoy from that time of day is something else, besides the hills of eastern Ohio and Kentucky that I do miss. That "feeling" just is not here. I think it is the same where Murph walks and Rufus works on his farm. In this case I do not think this is nostalgia. Nostalgia has a different kind of feeling. Being on top of an eastern Ohio hill has a certain feeling that is different from being on top of an eastern Kentucky mountain. Hills in Ohio, mountains in Kentucky because that is what the people in those areas call them. There is no way to describe those feelings. Even if they are slightly different for Murph, Rufus and me, we know what it is.
I understand that some folks never have feelings about things like this and they do not know what they are missing.
So ends another ramble. I had fun. Everyone should try to have some FUN every day.

[HONDO74]

I had fun. Everyone should try to have some FUN every day.

I come here everyday for FUN. CHEAP ENTERTAINMENT.

[rogruth]

I had fun. Everyone should try to have some FUN every day.

I come here everyday for FUN. CHEAP ENTERTAINMENT.

I agree and quite often also learn some stuff.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Murph, Rufus and anybody interested,
Your mention of early morning walks and the atmosphere and "feeling" that you enjoy from that time of day is something else, besides the hills of eastern Ohio and Kentucky that I do miss. That "feeling" just is not here. I think it is the same where Murph walks and Rufus works on his farm. In this case I do not think this is nostalgia. Nostalgia has a different kind of feeling. Being on top of an eastern Ohio hill has a certain feeling that is different from being on top of an eastern Kentucky mountain. Hills in Ohio, mountains in Kentucky because that is what the people in those areas call them. There is no way to describe those feelings. Even if they are slightly different for Murph, Rufus and me, we know what it is.
I understand that some folks never have feelings about things like this and they do not know what they are missing…..

The fact that everything cannot be explained in words is proven by the existence of the fine arts, such as painting, and sculpture………….and by music, expressions not meant for words, but very clear to those who can speak and hear and touch with the same voice.

I heard it said recently that The Tango is sculpture that lasts only for a moment. I liked that.

[sleepmac]

Some profound thoughts well expressed on this Topic. Thank you.

Dan Weinhold
Lancaster, PA.