I’m still in Boalsburg. Walked the dog through the Military Museum grounds today.

Even though statistically the world is much safer for kids today than it was when I was growing up — at least for the scary kidnapping stuff — it would be hard for me to let my kids roam like I did as a child. Fear just seeps in from our culture I suppose.

Main Street can be crazy. I usually walk the dog in the street but there are times when people race through there on there way to who knows where. A baby and a 3 year old need extra special care. Easy to understand your concern. I live on the Pike and see a few neighbors who easily top 50 mph as they go past our house. I’ve always dreamed of a device that could cause an engine to throw a rod at the press of a button…

Keep your eye peeled for an old guy walking a big black dog. Or a florescent green riding jacket on a Vespa!

I will at some point when I make a series of new pictures. Junior is laying here reading my thoughts. He’s saying, “Let’s go!”

Me too.

Please share if you will! I’m living vicariously through you in the wonderful hills and quiet roads of PA.

I never had the opportunity to know Dr. Yoder. I hope they find a way to keep some knowledge of the man alive. So many places now with names but people have no idea who they were.

You’ll have to expand on the pecksniffs. I’ve not found any rudeness myself. Kim used to say it was because I was scary. Once in Ithaca, New York she was talking to a fellow on the street who pointed toward me — I was not with them — and said, “I think he’s a DEA agent.”

You’re right about more isolated places nearby. Harvest Fields is a fine place to walk. And in a few minutes you’re in Rothrock State Forest.

I guess we all need to find space as we can. I have an even closer nature walk that I failed to highlight. It’s a great place.

Hello John. Sorry I missed you on the phone last night. It’s been years…

And I’ve not responded to your letter because I want to hand write the response. For whatever reason, I seem to resist that process. And I used to write letters all the time. I appreciate the art of it but man is the inertia great.

Thanks for commenting. One day you’ll need to post something like, “Guess what, I got a Vespa.”

It seemed extravagant to many at the time but the community banded together to keep an open space. Wish it happened more often.