The wind, bracing and steady, challenged us to keep warm and to hear each other talk. A much smaller walking group today, several of our group are off to southern climes with museums and art galleries, delicious wine and exotic cuisine. But the rest of us soldiered bravely on.
The sun shone brilliantly, and quite warmly, while the wind snatched it’s warmth away from us. Steady gusts tore at the entire landscape - blue green water flecked with foam tipping rolling waves, early greening trees bending in submission, grasses fluttering like flags. Gulls rode the currents quite happily. One lone heron cruised to the roof of a nearby apartment building, not quite so graceful as the gulls.
And we were determined! Determined to get to the coffee shop at Shoal Point where hot coffee and warm smiles awaited.
Our Monday walk is not just about exercise or the scenery, although they are certainly benefits. This walk is about friendships we started many years ago and each Monday our group of friends meets - to walk, to talk, to laugh and to commiserate with one another. Our Monday friendships have solved the problems of the world - politics, religion, family, children, grandchildren, housing, and of course, aging (although none of us are). We each have our own sense of humour and share it with each other, quite boisterously to be honest. Actually, quite noisy from time to time, especially when discussing some of the naughty bits with laughter erupting, bubbling up and overflowing.
“A good friend is a connection to life - a tie to the past,
a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.”
~ Lois Wyse
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