I felt sorry for the commuter traffic this morning. I am sure that it was a mess getting around the tri – city area of Fort Collins, Greeley and Loveland. I have had those days. Stuck in stop and go traffic – snow pouring down, stressed because I am going to be late to work and worried because I am afraid of being hit by the crazy person speeding on ice covered roads. There is always someone going too fast. Not sure what that is about? I want to shout “slow down” you are only going to be early for your own funeral!! (And maybe mine as well) My words if they could be heard would probably be wasted on deaf ears. Oh well – today was not one of those days.

It was not my turn to be at the day job. Got to stay home and savor the snow coming down. Did not have to worry about it. A good day to read, to write, to meditate and exercise. But I believe that the cat had the best idea for the day. The cat’s business for most of the day, every day, is just doing nothing – three hundred and sixty five days of the year. And true to her style that is what she did. There is something to be said for just laying around a hot wood stove savoring the heat and doing nothing. So I followed her example. Well if truth be told, for just part of the day. It was a nice snow day in Fort Collins.

After a little reading and writing the next order of business was “Exercise.” And on today’s menu: Running and walking the bike trail. The route that I took today included parts of the Power line, Spring Creek and the Poudre Trail for a total of about 8 miles. Very nice temperature of about 30 degrees, setting sun with broken clouds and no wind. It is days like today that remind me of how lucky I am to live in Fort Collins. In my opinion the trail and open space program in Fort Collins and Larimer County is second only to Boulders. I grew up in Wichita Falls, Texas. A city that for all of my youth did not have any bike or running trails except around the high school track. I have a great appreciation for what we have after coming from a place that had nothing. Just a note: Wichita Falls does have a limited bike and running trail now but plan to add more in the future.

Well this is my first Blog Post – I really do not have a plan at the moment to where this will lead – if anywhere? My feeling at the moment is that we all have a need to be acknowledged by the wider world in general. So this is my shout from the darkness so to speak. I hope that you the reader find the content interesting and feedback is welcome. This has been something that I wanted to do for a while – to tell a story about my life, where I live and the events that take place around me.