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I can’t really start this off without acknowledging the intensity with which so many of us live at the moment. Things are just not easy nor understandable, really. I bury my head in the sand, in my days, in the people I interact with and just do my best at what Vonnegut said in a baptism speech he once gave: Though I have said we have had little rain there was a day where we got some. This stream bubbled up on one of my runs along the Ridgeline Trail near home. It was a nice sight! From the same run – up and over the hills . . . . Update my Now Page as well . . .
One of my two running groups, the UO Noon Runners, has been doing a “Solstice Run” for years, and this Saturday was the event. We all meet at a predetermined time and run to the top of Mt. Pisgah to ring in the solstice, preferably at the exact moment of the Solstice. This year was slightly different because the main trail to the top of Pisgah was closed due to construction. So we met at a place called “Swing Hill,” where a swing allows one to see the expanse of the Willamette Valley. I ran early with John and Tim. We did a loop from the east parking lot to the summit and then met the group at the north lot for the run/hike…