No Mow, May…be
It was drizzling this morning as I stepped out to take the dog for her first stroll of the day, and for the first time in nearly six months I could tell that the lawn was starting to turn a familiar shade of green. That’s not an exaggeration, either. As…
This Spuds for You
May is planting season around here, the month usually starting by ensuring the root veggies are in the ground and ending by poking hundreds of more delicate seeds into the soil. The weather cooperated long enough for me to till the recently-thawed layer of topsoil in the corner of my…
Adventure Runs Season Two
I may have written earlier this year about how I’ve spent each of the last two summers devising a weekly run outing for my running crew. Each week over about fourteen weeks of summer we would meet at a location I’d disclosed earlier in the day for a six to…
That [insert adjective here] Guy
Earlier this evening we went for a winter holiday walk with a small group of friends. A couple streets tucked away in various places around the city decorate to the nines and attract curious light-lookers to wander and glimpse the decorations. It wasn’t my idea but I organized it. I…