The Idiot doesn’t just take thirty-minute walks along the Sacramento River to reflect on life, accumulate information and talk to geese as he patiently improves during a rehab and recovery period following spinal surgery three weeks ago.
The Idiot’s daily strolls as part of his rehab/recovery from spinal surgery often cause him to reflect on life.
He always learns something new on his daily outings and was particularly excited about the regatta on July 15-16 – until he learned it was July 15-16, 1939.
Too much reflection and misinformation often encourage The Idiot to converse with geese.
He also walks through social events, like the 10th Annual Taste of Redding food fest in the Sculpture Park at the Redding City Hall last Sunday. Thirty local restaurants, a dozen wineries and four live bands attracted, fed and entertained well over 1,000 locals.
Sculptures at Redding City Hall shared their park with local restaurants, bands, breweries, wineries and people last Sunday.
The Idiot kicked things off with a shrimp cocktail and cucumber avocado cold soup at the C.R. Gibbs display. Perfect fare for a hiker on a hot afternoon.
Then he gave the cook at the Market St. Steakhouse booth some tips about seasoning The Idiot’s main course to avoid any mis-steaks.
Directional signs were hung on sculptures to point The Idiot to his next tasting.
He stopped to get a crash course in the long history of Deschutes Brewery, which was established in 1988.
Then he learned what happens when a Taste of Redding meets a Taste of Trader Joe’s.
But the highpoint of the social event was running into Susie Letsinger Michiels, who he went steady with in the third grade almost sixty years ago.
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