Where did July go? Off to Boulder tomorrow, hoping to catch up with my favorite rocket scientists if she's in town. nm with miles to go

15 plus miles walked 2 hour nap 3 loads of laundry 1 pt of raspberries picked 1/2 papaya with lime for dessert enjoyed 2 sunburned arms Life...

Short of a large seismic event or a presentation that requires my brain power I no longer check my work email after hours unless I am on tr...

Little thing: I signed up for the Portland Marathon today. Holy crap. 26.2 miles. I see some speedwork in my future. I see some need for new...

Reserve from the library, thumb through at your local independent bookstore and then go buy at Amazon because it just would make the most se...

Hot half. Fun stuff. Over the bridge and through Bellevue neighborhoods of my youth. Shout out to families with hoses everywhere. You made m...

Tomorrow my 3 day training schedule has me going on a 13 mile walk. The following day I'm doing a half marathon. Did I mention the high...

Today I spent the twilight hours gardening, both at home and the p-patch. It was a beautiful evening and instead of spending it inside fold...

Three very good meals out - Tamarindo, Camino and Station House Cafe Happy and sadness at Shell Beach Sunburnt on the back of my arms Hugs a...

I've been a bad blogger of late. Honestly, who wants to hear of my trials and tribulations. I'm not doing anything glamorous. My li...

Yesterday marked the 3rd anniversary of the passing of Jacques, our beloved basset. I don't know whether to be sad that or forgot or ha...

Today I found out that one of my favorite musicians in the world passed last month . I cannot tell you how sad I am, I cannot tell you how l...

When you walk the dog in a down jacket in the second week of June there must be something wrong. My tomatoes are snug in their wall o waters...

Every time the phone rings these days, its not happy news. I can unfortunately count on more than one hand, the number of people taken from ...

I used to love it when TH left, really. It meant I could eat standing up, toast for dinner, pad thai for breakfast. I could clean closets at...

Today I came home from a ten mile walk to find that I have no fence on my south side of my yard. Nice. Not. That basically means that the ba...

Just busy. TH is bobbing around the Gulf of Alaska and Ernest is zooming. Doesn't give me much time for anything more than hanging on my...

briefly: nine miles this morning, hot, but nice three new pairs of brooks yesterday - two for the 3 day, one for the portland marathon/seatt...

Slamming doors were fewer Transnational as word of the day Mennonite church ladies providing panderia and tacos Nectarine groves lush with f...

Slamming hotel doors Adobe architecture Water towers Seeing uncle bill Ranch supper Fig garden woman's club tea Taco truck for dinner In...