Once I finally decided to break down and get one (and it was a long, hard swim through the River Denial) I've chosen to collect and use as many unusual and/or unique canes as I can find.
I'm astonished at what I can find. I've got one with a handle made from a .45 Colt Peacemaker revolver (firing pin removed) and another made from some African wood, with beautiful and intricate engraving from top to bottom. That one is my 7 month old grandson's favorite; he will pull it down on top of himself if that's what it takes to get it to the floor so he can run his hands across the engraving.
We can choose to have a lot of fun with our canes if we must use them. There are even martial-arts courses which teach cane self defense.
  Author: Mayan Solstice: A Novel of 2012 ( http://www.createspace.com/3420054) If you would know a man, observe how he treats a cat.- from "The Door into Summer" (1957), chapter 1 (Robert Anson Heinlein) Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. (again, RAH)
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