This and That

 Just random thoughts permeating through my mind:

• I completed my 10 miles as usual, and seem to be in a bit of an upswing in terms of enjoying the activity again.  I had been a drudge for a while, which had been difficult.
• The gastrocnemius of my left leg is still feeling overly tight though, and I have to figure out what sorts of additional stretches I need to do to try to alleviate that.
• While looking at some of my favorite pipe sites online, I saw one photograph that had a cuckoo clock in the background that was identical to the one my parents had since the early 1950s.  I loved that clock and remember it so very fondly.  Unfortunately, it fell and shattered at my parent's home long ago when one of our cats at the time found it too enticing and wanted to play with the pinecone weights.  Seeing the image has renewed my interest in trying to find one of the same design again so I can have it in our home.  
• The aroma of cherry-vanilla pipe tobacco is my "cologne" of sorts for today, as I happened to stumble upon a pouch of said pipe tobacco in my desk and opened it..... and in doing so was flooded with so many beautiful memories of this leaf.  I have stuck the open pouch in the side pocket of the tweed vest I am wearing today so I can bask in its pleasantness all day.  
• Even though it is October and is getting colder, I DID wear a tweed vest today instead of a sport coat, as I am feeling a bit "resistant" to giving up on the pleasant weather yet.  It is more symbolic than anything though as I tend to alternate between vests and sport coats all through the Spring, Summer and Fall.... and switch to exclusively sport coats just during the winter.  
• Today is going to be Taco Wednesday!  A bigger than my head, taco salad will be in the making, as well as two engorged burritos and two piled-high tostadas.  It will be a delightful feast!
• While running, interspersed between decades of the rosary, I kept thinking about and anticipating (hopefully) going to the Retiree's Cigar Group tomorrow.  I also was contemplating how perhaps in Novemeber, around my Dad's 102nd birthday, I might just bring along a pipe and have it in honor of his birthday.  Still thinking about it though, so I am not sure.

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