ON THE BANKS OF SERENE, PRISTINE WALDEN POND
It’s hardly original to suggest that Walden Pond has changed a bit from the days of Henry David Thoreau. We all know about the crowds and lack of parking and the loss of practically any beach. So I won’t go on about that. Instead I’ll mention a rather curious thing that happened there today. I placed my swimming goggles on top of my bag and went to the bathroom. When I returned the goggles were gone. Fortunately, everything else in my bag was still there–including my wallet, keys, sunglasses, Elmore Leonard book, etc. My wife’s wallet, in the adjacent bag, was there as well. Only the goggles went missing. I guess I should consider myself lucky that this thief just wanted to take a nice swim with a pair of Speedo goggles and was not interested in stealing my wallet, car, etc. So thanks, buddy. I hope you enjoyed the swim. You could have ruined my day in a big way and chose, instead, to just puzzle me.
This one was good enough to be posted twice!
What happened to your links? To your author bio? When I click on my bookmark for you it fails to load. The last post cyberworld–yes that is now a word–lets me load is “Great Moments in Volleyball.” I can scroll up to the newer posts from there, but the trend of things is unmistakable and ominous.
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- Paul De Lancey