It was 71 degrees in Austin today, kind of grey, but 71 degrees in January is still 71 degrees. Overnight, it is supposed to rain, and be freezing (I think that is what they said) by morning. Two or three days of overnight freezing temps, then back up into the 60s. I think that is what they said, sometimes it just all turns into hummmmmmmmmsssssss. This morning, I went to let the chickens loose. I put chicken feed in their trays, but forgot to open the gate door. They were not happy. Jody finally let them loose at about 3 o'clock this afternoon. I repeat, they were not happy.Peripatetic -- Adjective: 1. of, relating to, or given to walking 2. moving or traveling from place to place: itinerant. Given to a peripatetic lifestyle in his youth, Dan lived in 16 states before he turned 30 years old.
Did You Know? Are you someone who likes to think on your feet? If so, you've got something in common with the followers of the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. Not only a thinker and teacher, Aristotle was also a walker, and his students were required to walk along beside him as he lectured while pacing to and fro. Thus it was that Greek word peripatetikos (from peripatein meaning "to walk up and down") came to be associated with Aristotle and his followers, and from there, with the habit of moving from place to place. By the way, the covered walk in the Lyceum where Aristotle taught became known as the peripatos (which can refer to either the act of walking or a place for walking).
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