Two days ago was rear-ended in downtown Concord while stopping at a pedestrian crossing - not hard but hard enough that I expected a crushed/splintered bumper. Got out, a young man so very concerned!, asked if I was alright. He could not have been more genuinely apologetic. Amazingly, I did not see anything but black paint on the bumper which evidently gave with the force. There was really nothing to outwardly fret about. I took his name, Tyler Burley, and phone #. The plate was a paper temporary on a Darth Vader-looking jeep. There was an older woman in the front passenger seat. I asked for his address...he said words to the effect that he didn't know...! Strange but seeing as I could see no damage, I let it go. He said something about driver ed. I indicated this was some ed. experience. We parted. A few hours later, in returning from my noon hour run, I was approaching the car directly from the rear...a dent or a reflection? Turns out it was/is a dent but not enough for a follow-up fuss. At one point, had considered verifying the phone # but wasn't worth it. But imagine my surprise when I took the MONITOR out of the mailbox this eve...front page: "Teen faces charges in stabbing - man's injuries life-threatening". "Tyler Burley, 17, will be arraigned this morning...." He was so apologetic! The stabbing occurred on the weekend, before our meeting. No wonder his concern....
On another note...
December reflections in the NNH campus pond
Swollen stream out front this morning