It has been too long, again. There’s been life being lived, however. Update my “now” page. Photos below:

19 years old, just after surgery. The birthday was good and recovery is going well!

A new book by Joe Wilkins which encompasses life in the Coast Range of Oregon, growing up in Montana, and thoughts surrounding his family. Lovely read, once again.

Started this book and it is very good. 1888. George Eastman company put out the first point-and-shoot camera (of a sort). It was a box, and once you have taken all of the photos, you mail the whole box back to the company and they develop the film and then send you the photos. This new device radically began to change the ideas and concepts about privacy. I’m only about a third of the way in, but I am learning a lot. Would recommend. 🙂

Played a game of Scrabble with Nora recently. Let’s just say she knows how to lay down the tiles. 🙂

We had a big gathering of the UO Noon Running Group on Saturday. I’ve been with this crew since 2018. What has it taught me and keeps teaching me? Community is important. Wherever you find it. We’re all older and slower, but none of that matters, really. Such good people and I’m grateful to be connected to them. My ankle injury is slowly healing, as well. It is good to be back!

Iceland, London, Paris & others

Sean Sharp

Posted on July 10, 2026

Sara and Nora are on a trip now to Iceland, London and Paris. A few picture of this are here, along with some classics (standards?).

Airport drop-off. The bags were sized to fit for flying Iceland Air as they are fairly strict about carry-on luggage sizes. Sara hasn’t been to Europe since the 90s and Nora has never been . . . a good time is being had!

A rainbow street with Nora on the green in Reykjavik . . .

A home run ball that we left the ballpark for (that is the left field fence) in Keizer, Oregon on our way home from Portland. The league is called the Maverick League and there are 4 teams that play in this league and they only play each other. The players pay $150.00 to play on a team and they pay $250.00 for their uniforms. Wooden bats and mostly college or ex-college players are in the league. It was a fun game with extra innings, also known as “free baseball.”

Ankel update: Saw the doctor today and the new x-rays show good alignment in the bone and healing occurring. No running yet, but biking, walking, swimming are all OK. I go back in 6 weeks and continue seeing Michael at Eugene Physical Therapy to keep things improving.

Early July covers some things . . .

Sean Sharp

Posted on July 7, 2026

A lot has happened in early July: we attended the Savanah Bananas baseball entertainment event, went to the Prefontaine Classic Track Meet, volunteered at the Butte-To-Butte run and saw an impressive drone show following the first night of the track meet.

The Savanah Bananas were, to my mind, meant to be akin to the Harlem Globetrotters basketball, but with baseball as the sport. It was “played” in the football stadium as well and it was loud . . . 90 decibals for most of the event. Was it worth it? Personally I don’t think so, but it was different and there was some fun in that.

I’ve been working on my omelets lately, including the one above with bok choy, blue cheese and a dash of Daybreak’s Seaweed Salt. Lovely way to start a day!

Given my latest injury, which is getting better, I volunteered to pass out bib numbers for the Butte-To-Butte 10k and 5k fun run that is always held every 4th of July in our town. Met some fine people and also bumped into many people I already knew. Good times!

Following the first night of the Prefontaine Classic track meet, they had a drone show above the stadium. It was colorful and neat to watch. This is my second drone show and I have to say that they are entertaining.

End-of-June

Sean Sharp

Posted on June 28, 2026

June winds down. Quick trip to Seattle to help my brother, a visit to one of my old employers, a lovely visit with my stepmom and her husband, World Cup fans, etc.

On a quick trip to Seattle to help my brother with another eye surgery, I stopped at the Pike Place Market. There were many World Cup fans. My first trip was on a school field trip when I was 14 years old. A memory I had while on this trip was that an elderly woman came up to me and asked if my money was dirty. I was 14, and I had no clue what she was talking about. The market then was as interesting a place as it is now though.

The “Center of the Universe” is Fremont, in Seattle. It’s a funky little neighborhood where I lived after college in a two bedroom apartment with my college roommate and good friend Brian for only $400.00 per month. I think I made $7.25 per hour when I got hired to work at Dusty Strings. What a great place to be employed, though. Of course I was flooded with memories when I walked in and looked around. I played some guitars, took note of the areas in the shop where I once sat working as a hammered dulcimer stringer. Lovely gig, with lovely people.

I stopped by to visit Benita and her husband, Chuck. Every time I go there I learn something new and this time with from Chuck as I learned about his older brother and their growing up times in New York. My stepmom is lucky to have found him, that is for sure.

My sister got for me a class on “cupping” coffee via Uncommon Goods. It was virtual, which normally I am not so much into these days, but they did a good job with this one. A box was sent with coffees to use for the class and I learned more about particular types of coffee, aromas, grinds, etc.