Loose Ends: Time to change mental maps

The trailer hitch wasn’t supposed to be there. My mental map didn’t place it properly.
Yes, it was a homeowner’s driveway I was crossing over from the street to the sidewalk.
Yes, I had trod this path more than three or four times a day for the past 30 or so years.
Yes, I should have looked up from my reading. However, it was not where it was supposed to be, and the hitch nearly…