A Chachi had plans to come down to Texas from the cold regions of upstate New York. And then came a niece with the Berkely ultimate frisbee team for the Womens College Centex tournament. And her dad, my brother. And her mom, his wife. And her brother and sister. And then my mother heard of […]
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Hot Cold Dry Warm Cool Wet
Sun, 9 Mar 2014, 11:06 AM (-06:00)
1. There’s a butter-yellow butterfly fluttering among the Irises. The blossoms came out of nowhere and opened last night. And the butterfly has found them, uncertain about the white fall, intrigued by the yellow anther. And there is an orange butterfly in the Lacey Oak, resting on a branch, opening and closing its wings. As […]
Runner In Blue
Sat, 8 Mar 2014, 09:55 PM (-06:00)
They posted the photos online several days after the race. Astronomical prices. Horrible photos. And just who was that runner in blue that they captured, anyway? Lumbering along. Belly hanging out. Plodding steps. Mighty grim look on a tired, sweaty face. Can’t they even capture a decent pose? Certainly he doesn’t look like that when […]
Running Around Town on Rainy Afternoon
Sat, 8 Mar 2014, 06:54 PM (-06:00)
Somewhere around 2.5 miles, I heard thunder. Just a little swishy roll somewhere in the distance. Not long after, I heard it again. More pronounced this time, starting overhead and rolling into the west, ending in a punctuated crash. The clouds over the Hill Country were black. The wind blowing this way. Misty drizzle turned […]
Apple Blossoms
Mon, 17 Feb 2014, 08:17 PM (-06:00)
In these days of negative temperatures in the Northeast and snow-snarled traffic jams shutting down cities, I hesitate to talk about the weather. I hesitate to talk about how the cold front came thru and passed right by, leaving blue skies and sunshine and warm temperatures behind. I hesitate to talk about the mid-80s that […]
New Moon + 1
Sat, 1 Feb 2014, 01:10 PM (-06:00)
Thursday was the new moon. The sky was clear. The sun had just set. But there was no sign of it. Try as I might from behind the wheel on the commute home, peer as much as I might try at the darkening sky in the west, I could see nothing, not even a thin, […]
3M Half-Marathon
Sun, 19 Jan 2014, 06:24 PM (-06:00)
1. At the Start It was dark. It was cold. The runners waited until the very last minute to put their warm gear in their bags, but even then they had on ratty, cotton, long-sleeved shirts and caps that they fully intended to jettison after the race was underway. That’s always seemed so wasteful to […]
Morning and Night
Fri, 17 Jan 2014, 06:06 PM (-06:00)
On the way to work in the morning. There was the moon sinking in the west as the sun rose in the east. On the way home that night. There was the moon rising in the east just after the sun went down. Long day.
The Moon’s Fault
Wed, 15 Jan 2014, 11:05 PM (-06:00)
The moon is so over Venus. Having grown from that crescent in the west, she has moved across the heavens, waxing gibbously (Between us, I can say that, can’t I?). She races against the nightly turn of the stars, and time flies as she charts her path. And so now she passes Jupiter, lighting up […]