June 2008

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• 06.29.08
  ladybugzes
  Daily, Nature, Painting, Sketchbook (3)

  The other night, on our way down the bike trail, a ladybug landed on my arm and it hitched the whole 9 miles to the brewery. I made sure it stayed safe because there's no insect cuter and I'm all for public transit. With it in mind, I got to work last night at my desk. It's a great group; I love this nature journal exchange we've got going on at Moly_x_9. I'm mailing Scoach's Moleskine journal tomorrow an it's headed for Hawaii.
  
  
• 06.28.08
  mapping my runs
  Running (0)

  I'm messing around with a online tool for mapping running routes. I missed my regional long run this morning because, ahem, I overslept. On the MapMyRun website there's a growing database of routes from which to choose--or to which you may add your own. Helpful enough, for when one grows tired of the same old roads. It would be even better, however, if you could map trail runs as well...I thought maybe one of you readers might find this useful. (enjoy!)
  
  
• 06.26.08
  date nite
  Daily, Damon, Exploring, Making, Self Portrait Tuesday (7)

  He'll call me around 6 from Streetlight Records in San Jose, telling me he's found the vinyl he was looking for. The night is young and it's ours, only us, but I run through the house in a delightful frenzy kissing the boys in one room, only to meet them across the house seconds later to kiss them again there. I always worry they will fall asleep without brushing their teeth. Or fall into the bathtub. Or involuntarily kill each other...those last minutes are restless. But once I'm on the road, it's all good. In fifteen minutes I've woven a peaceful ...
  
  
• 06.11.08
  It’s not just a marathon.
  Daily, Running (6)

  There are some things we do because it seems possible, and then there are things we take on because we like the challenge, and then there are things that seem dreadfully hopeless and guaranteed to fail us yet we attempt these feats because to succeed makes us better than we were before. I've kept it quiet until now but I'd better put it out there now like undies on the clothesline: I'm running the Nike Women's Marathon this fall and I'm going to running the entire 26.2 miles in honor of all the people in this world who are battling blood ...
  
  
• 06.05.08
  indoor track & field
  Daily, Ford, Home (1)

  I have a lot of Dad in my makeup but I was never a track star. And then there were my grandfathers, who ran on athletic scholarship against the likes of Jessie Owens. But I ran without much mojo one season in grade school before deciding to just stick to ballet and pirouette clearly within the boundaries of my own security. Last August we visited home and Dad hung with the boys quite a bit. It was raining most of the time and I came home one day, sopping wet, to find them watching the decathlon and practicing the high jump ...
  
  
• 06.03.08
  Reliving fossils
  Daily, Home (2)

  You can't relocate a basket of forgotten plastic dinosaurs in this house without a notice by the boys. I spent Sunday rearranging half the house in anticipation of Dwight's return next week. Gone are the piles of books, the boys walking upon bookpiles, the books stacked upon every available surface. Now, we have bookshelves insulating the walls, thick with knowledge and already collecting dust. But now you can see the dinosaurs. And here they are, living the plastic dinosaur dream, moments before asteroid touchdown.
  
  

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