and it's been an interesting experience. I've lost about 35 lbs. since the beginning of the pandemic (intentionally; I haven't been sick) but reached a plateau, so I figured I needed to add some exercise, having been a devout couch potato for years. Before I lost the weight, exercise was a drag so I didn't do it, but with 35 lbs. gone, walking was a lot easier on my back and knees. So I bought one of those exercise tracking devices, and every day for the past few weeks I've been walking 1 to 1-1/2 miles around my neighborhood (that's about as much as I can manage so far but hope to increase the distance gradually). I have discovered a lot of interesting things that I never noticed before: like there are more hills than I ever noticed when driving - not big ones, but you notice them if you have to walk up them.
I also noticed that my neighbors seem to be mostly liberals, since about every third house or so has a Black Lives Matter sign or an Ilhan Omar sign or a Biden sign on the lawn. They are also good about growing bee-friendly gardens - lots of lawns, like mine, have been replaced with native plants for the pollinators. I especially like to walk through the alleys, where I can see what people have done with their back gardens. And I meet cats there. It's much more interesting than pounding a treadmill or even one of those fancy expensive things that have a virtual landscape, and I'm too old to run anyhow. But walking makes me feel better and I enjoy observing my neighborhood.
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