Well, as I’ve mentioned, we’re in one place for awhile. But that doesn’t mean there’s no opportunity to wander or see new things. I try to make a habit of picking a different path home than I’d usually go from work, the grocery, school, just to keep the brain working. Isabel and I take walks in the neighborhood nearly everyday, and in order to give her new things to sniff, I usually try to take a different path than the previous walk. She’s so fun to be with on walks because she sees the world as a giant opportunity for sniffing, and this reminds me that the world is a giant opportunity. To notice. To see everything as new. We’ve walked our neighborhood blocks so many times now, I feel as if I have it all memorized! I think tomorrow I might try walking down the street like I’ve never seen it before.
