My World Tuesday: Winter Made Me Do It
Record levels of snowfall have caused level records of cabin fever have caused record levels of out-of-the-ordinary behavior. In our wee humble abode, that has meant that I have not been out for a walk in more than a week. Usually, I'm good for five miles a day and then some. I have put those miles on my dad's old elliptical trainer, so I've gotten the exercise for the body. But the mind. That has not wandered far. To remedy that my daughter and I did what we never do. We went to the mall. The big and lovely one in West Hartford called Westfarms . The one that does not look like a factory or a warehouse or somebody's turned-over box room. No. We put on some decent clothes, polished our shoes, and went to the mall. For five hours. We toured ever store but Lord & Taylor. (I had suggested a few museums as options for a day out, but she chose the mall. I am not a shopper, so malls generally hold no appeal for me. But we weren't there for the shopping. Not