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Surgical support, trail running and a birthday

Posted on October 13, 2025

My brother had to have a detached retina put back in place and to be honest, I admire his grit through this one. I learned more about eyes than I knew and learned more about my brother than I knew too. This required some trips up to Seattle to see him through and I managed to get in a few trail runs in the Issaquah Alps trails system, a set of trails just east of Seattle in the Cascade Mountain foothills. Plus running with my regular “Noon Group,” along with the recent trail race, the Rainbow Ridge 20k. My brother, pre-surgery under a wonderful warm air-filled blanket. Cozy and comfy is part of the prep! Tiger Mountain is part of the Issaquah Alps and…

Symmetry & Time

Posted on September 12, 2025

Symmetry: The baseball season is ending around here as is the heat of summer. Baseball has a symmetry to it: 9 innings, 3 outs per half inning, 3 sets of 3 innings, 27 outs, 90 feet between bases. A lazy, easy, relaxed nature where the players don’t conquer space but work to “go home.” A game where the defense starts with the ball; where tension and release is built in on every pitch. It’s a beautiful game, really. Time: Taking a day out to run over ten miles in the woods around waterfalls with a friend you’ve known for over 40 years is a good way to spend time. I hope everyone has the blessing of a friendship that lasts a good long time.…

Florida – 3

Posted on August 3, 2025

A few photos of a Falcon 9 rocket launch along with an alligator. We also saw dolphins from the bridge in Titusville as we waited for the launch. Florida holds so much it seems and it is taking time to process our trip. Here are a few more photos: A Space X launch of a Falcon 9 rocket. It was incredible to see in action once again. Further up in the sky. An ancient critter, living in the pond outside of our hotel. Once they reach four and a half feet, then the hotel is required to report it to one of the state organizations. In the meantime, I enjoyed the meeting.

Chuckanut 50k & Bellingham, Washington

Posted on March 17, 2025

This weekend I ran the race. The Chuckanut 50k trail race in Bellingham, Washington. Bellingham is also where I attended college in the mid-1980s and this trip gave me a chance to look backwards a bit. I stopped by two houses I once lived in and ate at a couple of restaurants that I used to frequent as a college student. The race itself was really something else as the conditions were just so bad. Ankle deep mud, wind, sleet snow, and a bunch of trail runners all scampering along to the finish. Photos include evidence of participation and the places I once lived. Well I looked into a house I once lived inAround the time I first went on my ownWhen the roads…

All the things . . .

Posted on February 13, 2025

Well, not really, but close! My site was corrupted for a bit but is now OK, spent a whole night in the ER with Sara (all is OK), ran some, got some snow and ice and freezing rain, testing out new papers for the large format printers at work, a few ants in the place, plus the worries and worries and worries of so much and many . . . . Ants. They erupted from a wall which is unusual for winter time, here. Normally they are a summer season event in our place and even though with the cold I sure wish it could be a bit of summer, these critters were not really welcome. This is a beautiful story of grief, written…