I met a man upon the stair

Yesterday, I met a man upon the stair - a neighbor who spoke enough English to tell me "4 more weeks". He said that he had heard the completion date for our new lift would be September 11. UGH!!





It's amazing what little bits of nothing get lodged in your brain to surface at unexpected moments! I thought I recalled that there was a poem or something that began with "I met a man..." so I Googled it to get it right!

"Yesterday upon the stair, I met a man who wasn't there.

He wasn't there again today, Oh how I wish he'd go away."

Antigonish - William Hughes Mearnes 1899

Anyway, judging from the barriers they installed across the shaft openings - we are in for a long haul!!



My only hope is that this might do some good as an exercise program. But why are real stairs so much more difficult than a stair-stepper at the gym??