Friday night musings

It is Friday night, though I am posting this on Saturday morning. I took my walk this evening. What a day! The heat, and especially the humity was stupefying. I didn’t even know where I was going when I set out. All I remember thinking was how to let my nose lead me. And my mind, mine what thoughts they were filled with. Mostly about the people milling about or driving to and fro. I remember thinking as I crossed the busy streets, what if I had to spend all my time in cars or planes or trains. What a loss that would be! People do smile in this city. Wonder of wonders. And they smile at the most incongruous things and situations. I think someone was even smiling at my shirt, or lack of one. For you see I was wearing my gym T-shirt, with its wide cuts and allowance for muscle display. I think also thought about the people walking their dogs. Ah, come to think of it I remember wondering who was having more fun in the evening sun, the people or the dog who were straining to be free. And then I think I said thought to be effect that these people would probably be sitting in their rooms watching TV, but for their dogs. What a way to motivate oneself to enjoy nature. I remember too thinking – do people ever spend time thinking about the quality of their lives? Futile thoughts? I don’t know. I would like to investigate this further though, sometime. What appals me though is the instinctive reactions people display in certain circumstances, like this woman who was telling us the other day how the appearance of two black men at her house to fix the roof made her uncomfortable. Wasn’t this the same woman who said she threw up when she visited slave castles and museums, nauseated by what people could bring themselves to do to other humans? Did she fail to see the connection? Treatment of another human as an ‘other’? Well, maybe I should investigate the linkage more before I make further comments.
The lake was nice though. The breeze modulated the humidity. Tomorrow I think I will do some biking; 35 miles at least.