32 miles around Manhattan

saunter (v): walk in a slow, relaxed manner, without hurry or effort

I’m sure there are auspicious times to attempt to walk 32 miles around the outer edge of Manhattan but reader, this past Saturday was not one of them.

The ill-omens began early last week, when a rain icon appeared next to the day of the Great Saunter in my weather app. Then, our Friday afternoon flight from Kansas to LaGuardia was summarily cancelled, an…