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Buying a House!
Finally getting around to moving out of our condo and into a single family house. About a month to go... -
Biking for a Full Season
Well, I've started biking seriously this season. Think of this as a season wrap-up. I started commuting to work in April/May, and have been doing a variety of longer rides for fun and fitness. Last year, I started thinking about biking, and maybe rode a hundred miles while getting used to the idea ( Read more... ) -
Trending Car-Free...
As part of a continuing effort to make myself less dependent on cars, I've been commuting to work on my bicycle, running errands, and getting some exercise in. Last weekend, I took it one step further...
My adventure started when my wife called me to let me know that a girl’s night was planned for our house on an upcoming Friday, and I needed to ( Read more... ) -
Exercise
I've always been a lacksadaisical exerciser, but bicycling has it's hooks in me. I've bicycled about 800 miles so far this year, and completed my biggest ride ever today-- about 46 miles-- on my trusty '71 Schwinn Suburban. -
Putting Food By...
We had a lot of fun on Friday...
Both fuzzyscribble and I had taken Friday off-- we had been working too much lately, and had been tossing around the idea of going out to one of the U-pick farms about an hour outside of Chicago to spend a day in the sunshine, and pick up some produce to enjoy, and possibly can/experiment with. She had looked through some stuff ( Read more... ) -
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I've graduated from making sauerkraut, to fermenting my own garlic-dill pickles. And they are good. -
Too Good to not Share
Once again, zoethe says what I'm thinking, much more eloquently than I can.
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Looking forward to having a small party tomorrow, and potentially meeting a couple of new friends. -
Henry Rollins
I'm off to see the inimitable Henry Rollins at a nice, small, three hundred seat theater. That man is angry enough during normal times-- what will he be like in times like these?
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The Finger is Not the Moon
I was up at dog camp for the day with Rerun and E. Before I came home, I went for a hike with Rerun on some of the trails across the back of the camp. Nobody had been back on these trails since the last snow-- there were plenty of deer and coyote tracks, but no human boots.
I like to hike at night. It's hard to do in Chicagoland, as the ( Read more... )