Ｒｅｃｅｉｖｅｄ 〃ＭＰ Ｔｕｒｂｏ〃 Ｍａｔｅｒｉａ ！

Barley, a dog, spots a shiny blue marble tucked among some stones.

Walking Barley forces me to pay much more attention to my immediate surroundings than I would if I was walking alone. While you might think that could get a little tiresome (and I’ll admit that walking Barley isn’t precisely a relaxing exercise), I actually find that there’s something compelling about this state of extended vigilance. I notice a lot more of the tiny details that give the world texture this way, and find myself wondering what curious chain of events might have led to the world being arrayed just so. Even after what is now certainly thousands of hours of walking this dog, I’m still not bored, which I take to be a good sign.