Dear Folks, My mind had drifted off this evening and I found myself thinking about sidewalks and walking on them. Yes I know I tend to think of the darnedest things! I was born and raised as a city girl and never a day went by but what I either walked on sidewalks or roller-skated on sidewalks or played a game such as hop scotch on sidewalks. But now that I've been living in the country for over 25 years, all of a sudden I feel deprived of sidewalks. To make me feel better I had to remind myself about the regular trips I take into the village of Youngstown where they actually have sidewalks. But that didn't work at all. The only places I go there is the library/museum where I park in the parking lot, the little B-Kwik grocery store and Rite-Aid drugstore where I park in the parking lot. And then there's the post office parking lot and the bank parking lot and the Town Hall parking lot. Frankly, the only time I ever get a chance to walk on an honest-to-goodness sidewalk in the village is about once a year when someone breezes into town and takes me out to lunch on Main Street. Now how is that for deprivation??? :-) vee