Why was that chicken crossing the road? She sure didn't look like she knew, just kinda ambling along. But she was causing a bit of a traffic backup; we don't really expect to see chickens going walkabout in this urban neighborhood. But considering the number of folks who keep chickens around here, I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often...

Besides the escaped hen, I also saw several houses decked out for Christmas on my 10 miles this morning. Beautiful morning for a run-- 40 F and overcast so it didn't matter that I didn't take along my sunglasses. When I head out before dawn, I never remember to bring them...