The Circle Game

If you're looking for something a little offbeat to do on Saturday, May 4 (post time for the Kentucky Derby isn't til 6:24 p.m.), help me mark World Labyrinth Day at the Delaware Art Museum. Labyrinth fans will be walking their labyrinths at 1 p.m. local time at sites around the globe, as they do on the first Saturday of each May.
The Delaware Art Museum's Labyrinth was built six years ago in what used to be the Anthony N. Fusco Reservoir (now drained), just north of the Museum. It's encompassed by tall rock walls and measures 80 feet across, with a circumference of 253 feet. It's not a maze; the path edges are marked by small stones (I spent Sunday afternoon with a group of volunteers smartening up the paths after the winter).
Walking from the edge to the center, you'll make 28 U-turns (to mark the 28-day lunar cycle) and six right-angle turns (there's one right as you think you're about to get to the center!). Walk to the center and back to the outside and you'll find you've done a half-mile of exercise.
I find walking the Labyrinth to be both fun and soothing. It's a combination of walking (always good exercise) and centering, literally and figuratively.
Kids, of course, are welcome to visit, and the ones who were there on Sunday had a great time running around. We also had an impromptu bird-calling contest; you never know what latent skills your friends have!

(Photo from the Delaware Art Museum's website.)