I want to talk about the moon. It must be nearly full, for as the dogs and I walked around the track tonite, we cast dark moon shadows onto the ground. But that’s not the moon I want to talk about. I want to talk about a thin, crescent moon that sat in the west […]
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Aphasia
Fri, 27 Dec 2013, 09:20 PM (-06:00)
She carefully stepped out of her flip-flops and stepped into the water. She walked with a bit of a stoop. Her hair was grey and short with curls. Scars on her knees suggested past surgeries. She held on to the railing as she walked down the steps. I was sitting in the corner with hot, […]
Hike In The Woods
Wed, 25 Dec 2013, 04:27 PM (-06:00)
The air was brisk, the sky a cloudy gray. Yesterday’s blue and sun were gone. Brown leaves lay on the ground. Green cactus and viney things stood to the left and right of the path. The dogs were happy to be out, pulling on their leashes, sniffing at the ground, dreaming of dashing off into […]
Fairness
Sun, 17 Nov 2013, 12:03 AM (-06:00)
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 […]
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 […]
Outside
Sat, 12 Oct 2013, 05:21 AM (-06:00)
I need to go outside. It’s morning. It’s dark, and Mars should be rising in the east, a bright red dot above the horizon. Above Rigel. I need to go outside. It’s early morning, and although it’s muggy and warm, the ground is soft from a light drizzle last night. I need to go outside. […]
Time Trials
Tue, 8 Oct 2013, 11:53 PM (-06:00)
The marching band was practicing as we ran by. The director was running them thru their routine over and over again, sometimes just playing the music, sometimes playing while marching. On the other side of the high school, a team from Austin Fit was jogging around the track and doing core exercises on the far […]
One Fine Day
Sun, 6 Oct 2013, 07:59 PM (-06:00)
In the deep dark of early morning, thunder woke us. Rather, the dogs barking at distant thunder woke us, and then storm’s approach and the eventual rain kept us up. Rain, glorious rain! The storm passed just before dawn. The race was at 7:30, so we left an hour before, watching the front pass to […]