Ok, so this isn’t fair. We’re up at 5:45am. Before the rising of the sun. Before the rising of the dogs. We’re out of the house by 6:32. To go running. Six miles for the fair and industrious Trudy. Ten for me, although truth be told, the hills and progression miles took their toll and […]
Yearly Archives: 2013
Afternoon Break
Wed, 13 Nov 2013, 09:23 PM (-06:00)
1. No Sign Up It was afternoon. The room was dark. I was starting at the computer screen. I’d been working on this query all day, and it wasn’t coming together. In the hall, some people were talking. Something about coming up from downstairs. Something about not signing in. Something about a chair massage. “What?” I […]
Eight Miles Along the Potomac
Mon, 11 Nov 2013, 03:28 AM (-06:00)
1. Out It was 41 degrees, not cold by Washington, D.C. standards for October but cold for a Texan. So although I was wearing running shorts, I also had a jacket, an ear band and gloves to keep my fingers warm. This weekend, we were supposed to run eight. I had originally planned to run […]
After the Fifth
Sun, 3 Nov 2013, 08:10 PM (-06:00)
We went for lunch a few blocks down the street from the main office. I was happy to have friends to eat with while I was visiting. We sat in a sunny spot in a glassy corner of the restaurant. After the meal, one of them started telling a story. “I went to a Giants […]
Pink and Chartreuse Socks
Sun, 3 Nov 2013, 12:34 PM (-06:00)
1. Jonnie A woman walked away from gate 10. She held a leash, and a pudgy, white, puggish-bullish dog was walking trotting along happily with her. I looked over with at the woman standing next to me. She raised her eyebrows. “I didn’t know you could do that,” she said. “They were at security when […]
Making It Happen
Fri, 1 Nov 2013, 05:56 PM (-06:00)
It had taken months to arrange. In May they started talking. We should have lunch, they said. But time after time, their schedules didn’t mesh. So May gave way to June. And June gave way to summer. And then summer ended and fall arrived and still they had not had lunch. How about breakfast, one […]
Measuring Meticulously
Tue, 15 Oct 2013, 09:38 PM (-06:00)
It was supposed to be his responsibility to figure out the whats and how-muches of the appliances. He’d be living there, after all, so it seemed reasonable to assign the task to him. (We offered to underwrite it.) But the three-day weekend came and went. And the columbus day sales. So on the day the […]
These Rainy Times
Sun, 13 Oct 2013, 06:57 PM (-06:00)
There was a time not so long ago when the rain that we’ve had this year would have seemed on the dry side. A time when we would have considered the half-inches here and there and a couple two-inch rains and last night’s six-inch downpour as lacking in the aggregate. But we’re in the midst of […]
My Brother’s Notes
Sat, 12 Oct 2013, 06:30 PM (-06:00)
My brother writes short notes. Too cool, he said when I wrote about Mauna Kea. Nerd alert, he said when I wrote about Landau and Curie. Bad ass! he exclaimed when I wrote about Trudy’s tumble on the trail. Yay! he wrote when I wrote about our running class and our first run in the […]
Hearing Al Green
Sat, 12 Oct 2013, 04:34 PM (-06:00)
The flowers are blooming outside. The Fall Asters, the Cowpen Daisies, the Widow’s Tears, the Golden Eye, the Zexmenia, the Verbena, the Salvias of many sorts. The the sky is blue and the sun is shining and the shadow of the Oaks is dancing on the ground. I’m hearing voices. Yes, I’m hearing Al Green. I’m… […]