third saturday of easter

bingo.

i took a little time to walk the line today when i was out for my errands.

there were the usual waves and a couple of honks and some new eyes on the sign and one woman who read it and her jaw dropped open with surprise or disbelief or i don't know what.

a few drivers were very explicit in their support and encouragement.

one young woman got out of her car to take pictures of me. i did not ask why.

a woman who works for channel 3 news stopped to ask what i am doing because she sees me "out here every day".  i could not talk with her really because she was blocking traffic and that presents a whole new set of dangers and worries for me.

"i would tell you the story", i told her (twice), "but you're blocking traffic and people will want to get by."

so really.

if you pull over next time and are not blocking traffic i will tell you as much of the story as you want.

in other news there were a series of weird and erratic behaviors by the pastor-who-should-be-fired.

now you have to bear in mind that when i'm doing short passes i go from the bikepath on the west side of the church out to the end of church property on the south side of the church. then i cross the road and walk up to the intersection. when the traffic is clear, i cross the intersection and go up to the crosswalk or as far as a break in the traffic makes convenient and then i cross and come back down the other side. when i get to the corner i turn left and when i get to the bikepath i cross and start again.

it is simple and predictable and i have been doing it nearly every day for some months.

so i get used to traffic patterns.

let's just say there was a lot of back and forthing and some display behaviors that were amusing.

they should probably not let her out unsupervised. she looks like she might be having a bad day or something and ought to be kept out of public view.