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Monthly Archives: October 2014

Percentages

Wed, 29 Oct 2014, 09:43 PM (-06:00)

“200 meters hard then 200 meters at a medium pace,” our coach said.  We had little paper maps in our hands and were studying the route. It wound around thru the shady neighborhood for 600 meters. She had already set out traffic cones beside the curb to mark the 200 meter intervals. “You’ll run 200 […]

She Got There First

Sun, 26 Oct 2014, 09:37 AM (-06:00)

White Sands

Sun, 26 Oct 2014, 08:43 AM (-06:00)

From the top of the ridge, sitting in an alpine meadow. With a blue sky overhead and a cooling breeze blowing. With mountains on the horizon and a desert between. White Sands shimmered in the distance.

Fir and Pine and Go To Bed

Fri, 24 Oct 2014, 10:42 PM (-06:00)

…and now I’ve got to go to bed. So sayeth the Fair and Industrious Trudy.

O Canada!

Thu, 23 Oct 2014, 08:08 PM (-06:00)

In The Vanguard

Mon, 20 Oct 2014, 09:26 PM (-06:00)

You saw him, didn’t you? Governor Poindexter up there on the stage looking serious, speaking to the cameras, taking charge of the epidemic that’s gripped the nation, posing in front of that Texas hospital that was in the vanguard.  Except that the hospital didn’t manage things quite like they would have liked. Not quite as […]