I took the deepest of breaths this morning at around 10:45. I was under a chestnut tree on Michigan St is James Bay behind Capital Park. I know it was a chestnut tree because chestnuts have been falling on us as we walk under it; and there are chestnut casings(? The spiky outer skins) squished all over the sidewalk. And the occasional shiny brown nut.

I got a cough drop at my break so that probably helped with the deepest of breaths I took. I was not huffy today so I wasn’t thinking about breathing and then I took a big inhale that just went on and on.

My work site is on strike as of last week, so I am spending my mornings walking along a picket line with a jolly yellow sign attached around my neck. This week the weather is sunny or cool and so makes for a delightful existence, but I will see how it goes once it starts to rain.

… (Picketing, Day 3) …