1. Hill at the Start The run was no different yesterday that it has been on the last few Saturdays. I quickly found myself near the back of the pack. That’s just the way it is. Frankly, it just feels good to be running again, so it’s fine. And anyway the morning was mercifully cool. […]
Yearly Archives: 2016
Eco Park
Fri, 23 Sep 2016, 08:36 PM (-06:00)
Dude. Have you even looked for it? For what? For that tree. For those trees you say you planted way back then. For the trees you say aren’t there. That Google doesn’t show. Yes. I’ve looked. They aren’t there. You’re wrong, man. They’re there. Show me. Right here. Just south of the Eco Park Apartments, […]
Tricked
Fri, 23 Sep 2016, 07:19 PM (-06:00)
They tricked me back then and had me plant a tree. Out on the west side of town. Dig a hole with others and put a young tree in it. They tricked me, and we planted those trees that I thought would grow into a grove. But they didn’t. I’ve looked at Google, and they […]
The Corner Spot
Mon, 19 Sep 2016, 01:40 AM (-06:00)
We were talking about the stories behind these pictures. So what’s going on with this one? Hmm… there’s no stunning story, here. Yet… First of all, this is the top of the hill where the breeze comes out of the west (to the right in the picture) and blows the mosquitos mercifully back into the […]
Spiny Lizard
Sun, 18 Sep 2016, 06:21 PM (-06:00)
We sat in the front yard on the bench, Izzy and I. It was shady under the Monterey Oak, and we both needed to cool down. So we just sat there looking around and enjoying the breeze. Then something caught my eye. Against the house. Behind the Coral Honeysuckle. In the dappled light. Between the […]
Cold, Sweet Grapes
Sat, 10 Sep 2016, 11:48 AM (-06:00)
I started out slowly, quickly dropping toward the back of the back. When we got to the water stop a mere mile into the run, there were other people behind, but I kept going and many of them turned around at that point, so I was quickly at the end of our line of runners, […]
Taking Out the Compost
Fri, 9 Sep 2016, 08:45 PM (-06:00)
The compost pail was chuggin’ full. There were a day’s worth of coffee grounds from work in a Folger’s can on the counter. And there was a bowl of vegetable scraps from the tasty treat Trudy was preparing. Time for a compost run before it got dark. This is the contract we have, the fair […]
That Amazing Thing
Tue, 6 Sep 2016, 08:04 PM (-06:00)
It was a long weekend. It was Sunday, so we parked at Spec’s and walked to the Violet Crown Trail trailhead where we began our hike. As we walked thru the Oak and Juniper and Elm forest, the path descended into a canyon. We stepped on white limestone ledges. Years and countless years of encroaching and receding […]
Rolling R’s
Wed, 24 Aug 2016, 08:35 PM (-06:00)
This is hard, this business of writing the thousand word that those pictures are supposedly worth. No wonder I initially just posted them sans mots! So I’ve decided to take a little rest, as you perhaps can tell. In the meantime, something else has come up. I’ve stumbled on an online language site that has consumed […]