I parked my car in the Shake’s Pizza parking lot and ran across the street into Peace Park. Across the stream is a game of soccer. I’m going to run home. Dreamer is wondering here and there. Greatest thing is there’s no pain from the fractures. It’s great to run without pain again. As I get towards the other end of Peace Park, Dreamer has run off. I turn around to look for him. I find him over by the Heinkel building, barking at a black bear and what might have been a bob cat. Wild animals have wondered into the city. After that the details get fuzzy. I don’t think I get all the way home, instead someone picks me up and takes me back to my car.

This is actually a combination of things I’ve thought in the last day or so. Driving back from my parents I wondered if any wild predators have wondered into Columbia. Last summer a deer was running around the park behind my house and that set me to thinking about bobcats running across Providence Rd. etc. Not sure what natural predators are still living in this area, besides coyotes and foxes. Just thinking about those predators that are mammals.

Also thinking about the pizza at Shakespheare’s Pizza since I’ve not been there in a while. There was a time when I went at least once a week. I might have to visit for a slice or two.

The running thing is obvious. Just read the other entries, especially yesterdays.