14.9.12

























We walked to the grocery store this evening to pick up some things for dinner.  On our way home we found a slimy green fountain (you know, the kind of fountain that's not fountaining any more . . . ) and Joshua and I counted for the kids as they took turns racing down the ledge;

and I am reminded tonight how much I really like not having a car.  There have been about, um, maybe 2.75 times that I have wished for one this past year, but all the other three billion times that I've thought about it, I have only been thankful to live without one;   My list of reasons is probably a mile-long, but tonight it's just because I love the way that it pushes us out into our community - - the way that it forces us to see and to be seen - to know and to be known.

This is our neighborhood.
we are claiming it - one walk at a time.


6 comments:

  1. When I lived in Berlin I absolutely loved not having a car and was bummed to come back to the us and have to drive.my teammates all missed their cars but not me! I still try to walk and bike for many of my errands (even when we had 4 littles). It is easier though when you live somewhere with good public transit.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. oh my goodness . . . yes! it is a million times harder to live without a car in typical america! we are super hooked up with public transit.

      Delete
  2. yes, I think we walked these streets with you last month and we walked to that grocery store; but that round-about, a little scarey for "una ancianita"!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. you did just fine as long as you held Selma's hand! ; )

      Delete
  3. amen and amen. I know Luke and I both crave this.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. . . . there's a cute place for rent down the street . . .

      Delete