Cowboy Without A Horse

What happens when you don’t have a car?

Do you realize how much an automobile is engrained in our society? Think about if your car has to go to the shop and you don’t have a rental? Will your neighbor pick up your laundry or take your dog to the vet? What do you do when someone calls and invites you to a party? Maybe you’ve run out of feta cheese for the salad and need to run to the store.

You are not going to run. You are going to grab your keys, hop in the car and drive to your local tummy temple trying to avoid being wrecked while complaining about the other drivers to park in a lot and come back out finding a ding in the door from the fellow who parked too close to you.

In the winter you fret over trying to dig out or find alternate transport. The morning commute just slows the travel down and buys fuel.

Unfortunately the shiny new automobile you purchased at the price of my house devalues when you drive it off the dealer’s lot. Is that a good investment?

Yet these horses seem to be popular, yea necessary to live. The street in front of my house has turned into a parking lot. There used to be one car per household because it was a status to have an automobile, just like a refrigerator, television and a telephone. Today it is nose-to-tail row of trucks and SUVs. The more horses the better?

As the calendar pages fly by, so do the thoughts of a solution for transportation. Public transportation, taxis and trains have served well to get from point A to B. Inexpensive yet not immediate availability.

Life has led miles of one foot in front of another without a total that would amaze.  

Age may slow down riding two wheels. Walking doesn’t seem as enticing as once was an inevitable option.

Until another decision of time, my ponies will carry my needs and take me on the deteriorating roadways dodging the massive metal mobile machines.