My ankle seems nearly better. At the moment I am planning on starting to run again next week.

Viv bought me an ankle brace, something like a foot girdle, yesterday and it has felt great all day today.

On my dog walk today I ran into a homeless guy I have seen around on and off since November. He smells of formaldehyde but seems harmless, kind of sweet, and horribly, terminally lost. He seems to be moving to to the underbrush of a greensward in the neighborhood.

He told me it has been a very cold winter for him and that he was excited about this new toy he’d just bought, a small plastic model of an airplane.