It was on television that Pardon the Interruption was airing. The hosts, Tony Kornheiser and Pablo Torre were debating with each other about who should be the MVP for this MLB season. Aaron Judge who is on pace to hit more than 60 home runs or Shohei Ohanti who is productive as a power hitter while also pitching another good season. On CNN, a news story about residents in Jackson, Mississippi struggling to get access to clean drinking water following a massive flooding incident was on the air. This came one year after President Biden passed the Infrastructure Act. On YouTube, a news report about Artificial Intelligence Images turned into a skit of the host John Oliver marrying a head of cabbage. On Facebook, two of my friends share their children going to their first days in kindergarten. The three major news outlets; Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC continuing their coverage of the raid by the US Department of Justice on Mar-a-Lago regarding classified documents hidden by former President Trump. After that overload of news and videos, I went to Disney + to watch the recent episode of She-Hulk where Jennifer Walters is hired to be an attorney for superheroes and supervillains. After that episode was finished, the remaining hour was spent on watching Arcane on Netflix where the first episode shows a group of teenagers looting the home of a wealthy person.
A light wind passed me at the start of the entrance to the Neabsco Greenway hiking trail. The temperature was hot but not humid. The sounds of cicadas, crickets, flies, and birds could be heard as I made my first steps into this trail. The roads were covered small rockets to keep hikers from getting lost. No people in sight until 15 minutes into the hike where I saw a woman walking her dog. No industrialism, just a natural setting within this neighborhood. Tall trees covered the houses of the residents. Eventually utility poles and a truck from a logging company were present on the trail. Some shouting by children playing a game could be vaguely heard. From my guess, the children were playing soccer. The buzzing from a persistent insect flying close to be ears made me want to pick up the walking speed. A bridge was present to cross over a small stream. The low sound of running water could be heard. It was at this moment that I decided to drink some of my water from the bottle I brought along. Seeing that watch I had showed that I had been walking for 40 minutes gave me the decision to return to the entrance that I came in. As I walk back, two teenagers were riding their bicycles at a steady speed. The same annoying insects were buzzing close to my ears. My exposed neck started to feel itchy from likely an insect bite. Finally, I return to the entrance where my car was parked and immediately turned on the air conditioning to conclude this hike.
I learned a lot of information during the hour of media consumption but also learned to relax myself while hiking at Neabsco Greenway. My media consumption briefly went to being informed about the latest story in professional baseball then a news story new to me about the struggle to get a necessity in clean water, to a long-running story that has been covered over the last couple weeks about former President Trump. I could not consume 1 hour of news, so I needed to find some entertainment media to consume. That was where social media and streaming fictional stories came to finish my one hour of media consumption. My walk in a natural setting on the Neabsco Greenway trail provided a relaxing hour away from civilization. Residents who live nearby on this location could occasionally be seen and heard but being in a location close to wildlife and no electronics running provided a calming walk into this wooded area.
