I spent about 20min in the hotel pool last Saturday. I've gotten used to Blodgett with its Olympic-sized-ness and lane markers. I wasn't quite sure how to handle a hotel-sized pool ( Read more... )

Turning on to College Ave. this morning, I saw my first patch of orange/red foliage this season.  (I didn't take a picture this morning, but this is a picture from when I was coming home -- I swear there's more red and orange than there was this morning.  Also: I can has orchid bloom -- though it makes me sad that it came out fuzzy; photographer/ ( Read more... )

Outside CAUMC there was a thick coating of fallen yellow oval leaves on the ground.  Yay, autumn ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was feeling like I'm really kind of over this warm weather (though I was willing to wait until September/after Labor Day to complain, 'cause before that it's still legitimately summer) 'cause being warm and damp when I arrive at the T/gym after walking just doesn't make me happy.  But it got down to almost 50 last night!  I was quite ( Read more... )

Eric continues to prove himself something of a geek.  The X-Men movies came up in conversation, and I get the impression that he grew up with the comics; he's also a big fan of the Spiderman movies.  He did not know Ian McKellan is gay, though, which surprised me ( Read more... )

It is in the 60s.  Sitting down in short-sleeves with my window open i have goosebumps.  I love this.  I will put on a sweatshirt, but i will not close the window.  Weather like this?  Reminds me why it is good to be alive.  I want to rhapsodize about the hope this gives me, the looking-forward joy, in complete denial about the dog days of August ( Read more... )