Closing the Book on this Story

When Achilles tendinitis took hold of my left ankle this spring, I slowed down a bit, frustrated that I couldn’t shake the pain. Then when bursitis attacked my right hip the first of June, not only was running impossible but walking became a challenge. I quit my weekly walks around Tomahawk. And even when the bursitis abated, and I had decided to just suffer with the tendinitis, my walks never resumed.
I kept telling myself, week after week, “get out there and finish walking the streets of your town.” And week after week, another excuse came up.
At least I am going to finish one tale of that year and a half long goal of walking every street. I am going to close the photo essay of the old Sacred Heart Hospital. In its place, Milestone Senior Living opens this week. And though it doesn’t have the character of the old building, it is a beautiful facility and will serve many individuals over the coming decades.

In my walks around that block, I tried to keep track of where I was. But when the old building disappeared and the new one went up, I lost some of my landmarks. And also just plain didn’t keep track of where I was as I took each picture. July 11, 2014 September 3, 2014 March 20, 2015 August 27, 2015 March 30, 2014 September 3, 2014 September 6, 2014 August 27, 2015 July 11, 2014 August 25, 2014 September 9, 2014 October 16, 2014 March 20, 2015 August 27, 2015 March, 2008 (yes, 2008, have I been keeping my eyes on this building for too long?) July 11, 2014 September 9, 2014  September 14, 2014 March 20, 2015 August 27, 2015 March 30, 2014 August 18, 2014 September 9, 2014 September 14, 2014 March 20, 2015 August 27, 2015This post has probably got the most pictures I've ever posted. And in case you are wondering, I have a total of 164 from this one block in Tomahawk, Wisconsin. But now is the time to close the book on that story.