bierkergaard

It might be because my existence right now at age 55 is fairly predictable that I have been opting to take alternate routes to locations recently. It is good to see new sights, have fresh experiences. Although. I must note that even things we believe to be familiar are not really if we think about it and have eyes to see and ears to hear. However, it is helpful to decide on taking different roads to even routine destinations and enjoying the journey there. The differences are more obvious and harder to miss due to autopilot. Call it my staving off dementia plan. The human mind craves new information and if all we are doing is giving it a steady diet of sameness, it atrophies and begins to die. Neurological pathways no longer are formed, and existing pathways are not routinely cleared by complexity.    To wit, yesterday I was meeting a buddy and his son to kayak out on Speedwell Forge. There is a very predictable way to get there up on Route 501 through Lititz. A straigh...