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I'm about to take Route 4 downtown. I'm checking the real time map to make sure the bus is on schedule. I'll begin my five minute walk in just a moment.  (bit.ly/2Ka1mYO) Along the way I found these vegetables made available by one of my neighbors. I would not have noticed this is it I had chosen to drive today. Neighbors being neighbors!  I have an uphill walk to get to the bus. Good thing there is a place to sit while I wait for it to arrive. The app says I have another few minutes to wait. It’s nice to sit here and relax a minute. Down a steep hill and up a steep hill to get here!  Taking the bus gives you the chance to see Charlottesville up close. I tried to get a picture of this new building. The building is the new medical center at the University of Virginia So far, no bugs. Just interesting things to look at on the journey. Also ran into someone I know and it’s nice to have a conversation. The person I ran into was my daughter, who was on he

Saturday July 7, 2018 was one of the most beautiful days of the year. After a week of temperatures in the 90's, the air settled into a calm, pleasant pattern over central Virginia. Perfect weather. However, Saturday July 7, 2018 was also the second day of quarter-finals for the FIFA Men's World Cup and England was playing. For that occasion, I drove down to Lynchburg to visit my parents. immigrants from Liverpool who have been here for over 50 years now.  There was a certain happiness that came with being with them as England went through to the semi-finals for the first time since 1990. Of course, I had to watch and see who they were playing so I stayed inside to watch the Russia-Croatia match. At this point in the tournament, I'm losing patience as there are other things I want to do on my weekends! So while those two sides battled it out I began to plot at least a little bit of a trip. I'm not much of an outdoors person, but I want to be. In my new job, I w