Friday – Visiting the Bubble
It was 41 degrees F this morning and the rain had moved out. Tai Chi at 7:30 and a walk with Carl Toko afterwards. I was able to solve all the online puzzles including Connections which is especially challenging. It is the only one of these puzzles that requires you to read the mind of the puzzle creator.
Choring Around
I was dismayed to find that one of my mouse traps in the attic had only caught the leg of a mouse. I release it outside and I’m certain it will find its way back inside. No dead mice for the crows to eat. Ironically I dreamed I was holding a crow last night. I can’t imagine what that might mean.
The Grimshaw-Gudewicz Activity Center
AKA “The Bubble”
I’ve been looking for a place to get some steps during the winter months. I took Carl Toko with me an we investigated the 72,000 square food airframe structure on the campus of Franklin Pierce University. It is like being in a massive cave. It has a walking track that surrounds the center courts. Five laps equates to one mile. Carl and I took a test walk.
We entered through an airlock and passed by the blowers that keep the place inflated. The place has a spaceship vibe with giant spotlights and the seven story canopy.
It will cost us $20 a month to use the track which seems reasonable. It has to be less boring than a treadmill especially since it looks like the set of a sci-fi movie.
Fish Chowder
After this adventure, it was time for some grocery shopping. On the way home, there was one more stop at Mother Hubbard’s Ladle for some delicious home made Haddock and Corn chowder, a perfect meal on a cold November day.
On This Day – Doctor Livingstone, I Presume?
November 10, 1871
Henry Morton Stanley had been sent to find David Livingston by the New York Herald newspaper in 1869. He found Livingstone in the town of Ujiji on the shores of Lake Tanganyika on 10 November 1871,[64] apparently greeting him with the now famous words “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” Livingstone responded, “Yes”, and then, “I feel thankful that I am here to welcome you.” These famous words may have been a fabrication, as Stanley later tore out the pages of this encounter in his diary – Wikipedia Entry
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