Hello,
This morning we got a call from a
friend, offering us rhubarb and spinach. I gratefully said, “Yes!”
We live close enough that we could
walk or more easily ride a bike to their house. I told Leroy about it and he
decided to adjust his work time a little and we went together with bags on our
bikes. This is the first time this year that I have ridden my bike. My seat and
my legs noticed the different activity.
We were just on the bike trail when I
heard a clunk and a clink. Leroy was behind me so I did not stop immediately,
but slowed a little more gradually, stopped and hopped off the bike wondering
what had fallen. I felt my jacket pocket and realized I no longer had my house
key, garage key, bike key and various plastic store and library cards. This
jacket has a serious hole in the pocket that I had forgotten about. Actually
the pocket is not sown but, I think, glued together. The glue had come undone.
I walked back a little way, but could
see nothing on the trail. Leroy helped look too. Then we both moved more into
the grass thinking it must have flipped a distance away. It was getting
stressful not seeing a thing. The grass was not that long how, but I wondered, “Could
it hide my entire key ring?”
After a bit it seemed futile. I said
maybe we could look on the way home. Leroy got to my bike first and he found
the keys resting on the front derailleur. I was so happy because I had already
been thinking about replacing keys and cards and what effort that would entail.
I made a rhubarb mulberry crisp and we
ate some of the spinach for lunch. It was all delicious. Local organic produce!
Paula
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