There are times when having a dog who delights in the cold and is reluctant to eliminate other than on a walk is a real chore. When as today it’s -1°F is one of them. The redeeming quality is walking around my neighborhood with my dog. Few of my neighbors are as hardy (or prepared) as we. As we walk I see sidewalks neatly carved and swept right down to the bare pavement through nearly two feet of snow. It’s things like the pride and care my neighbors and I take not to mention the frequently encountered practice of shoveling the walks of elderly or infirm neighbors for them and digging out each others’ cars that give me hope.
It also shows me how prudent and fortunate I am to live in such a neighborhood and how different the worlds of politics and the news casts are from my lived experience.
