Quote of the Day

"Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it."
             -Russell Baker

Summer, when people love to go lay out in blistering heat and schedule things for every minute or schedule nothing at all.

Energizing Nature

The other day I found myself in a cherry orchard and decided that, as I headed down it to get my lunch, that I would run down through most of the orchard.  it felt soooo good.  I was able to breathe in that amazing smell of cherries, trees, leaves, and grass (or nature at its best).  With every breathe it was exhilarating.  I just wanted to run forever, and this coming from someone who doesn't enjoy running.  This type of air is so much better and cleansing than air you would find in a town or large city.  I absolutely love it!

Watching a Movie

After reading a book, it sometimes is hard to watch a movie based off it.  You already have a mind-set of what you expect and when that doesn't happen it is hard to accept that, though sometimes the movie meets and exceeds what you expected.

Quote of the Day

"Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time."
            -Steven Wright



The other day my sister told us that the distance from her college to our town was  an eighteen day, 10 hours, and something odd minutes continuous walk, now that is walking a far distance if you have the time.

Real Cruelty

Based on recent events I have been thinking about animal cruelty. I have done none in my life but have seen animals affected by it.  I simply do not understand why people insist on leaving pets in an out-of-area location just because they no longer want to care for them. They leave these poor animals to fend for themselves in an unknown area after they have grown used to depending on their owners to care and provide for them.  I simply do not understand how they could simply leave these animals alone.  I wonder how they are able to leave these animals because, in most cases you will grow attached to them within seconds and want to protect them from anything that might harm them, though there they are harming the animal themselves, also they break the law.  We see cases of strays every day and look on them as disgusting and think of them as annoying.  What we fail to realize is what they have gone through, they were abandoned by their family and forced to search for food and shelter for potentially all their life.  I may not understand why these people leave their pets, and i met never understand.  They may have a reason for leaving the pet, but to me, it always seems like there is another way that would not harm the pet in such a cruel manner.