It’s July in Southern California. It was around 100 degrees outside and according to my new Charger 2 Fitbit, I was another 5,000 steps away from my newly established daily goal of 10,000 steps. I had already finished 35 minutes on the treadmill and the house was clean from efforts to reach the prior day’s goal. While there is always gardening to be done, I’m a wimp when it comes to heat and so I only garden when it is cool, meaning early morning or early evening. So, I did what seemed reasonable: I headed for the mall. Continue reading “Escape to the Mall”