Some time ago, my car broke down. I was gratified to discover that there are still kind people in the world, a man who works at a local gas station offered to tow it, at no cost, back to my house. Another offered to look at it and maybe even fix it. Meanwhile, I was a pedestrian yet again and one with a job to get to that was a two hour walk and unsafe by bicycle. I came to the conclusion that hitch-hiking might be my only option. I have a history with hitch-hiking, it has gotten me very far. Some folks told me it was unsafe but I had always felt safe. My instincts aren’t too shabby and if I feel a ride might not be safe I simply don’t take it. Still, the way people were reacting had me thinking about how safe the world is, or not.
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I am the pine cone. Archives
October 2023
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