The small path to the gym goes through a tiny piece of recreational area. I want to say forest, but that’s just too grand a word for what is a very tiny green spot on the map, but yes, the path goes through the woods.

It can be scary in the winter, especially when I’m listening to music on my Apple® iPhone™ music player, especially after J told me that the urban predators look for people just like that.

It only takes me a minute to cut through the “forest” – with real living animals such as roe deer and hares – but a lot of different thoughts rush through my head. I know, there’s nothing in the dark that isn’t there in the light, and all that, but yesterday, I walked to the gym in full daylight, and saw three of these shady beasts hiding by the side of the construction site, and my heart missed a beat.

Then I turned on the music and cut through the forest, knowing that I’d be able to outrun the ‘saurs.