so i’m doing it. i’m taking on another 50k in a month. it’s been at the back of my mind for a couple of weeks and i gave myself the space to see if i got motivated enough to avoid needing it.
since i failed to get my butt in gear, i’m going to tackle […]

lesse… the birthday festivities went off without any major hitches yesterday, huzzah! cooperstown was lovely, nice and cool out and still quite a bit snowy. the lake was still almost entirely frozen over except for the relatively small outlet that forms the headwater of the mighty susquehanna river. it helped me forget global warming for […]

ok, lesse. the weekend worked out fairly well. i’ve got a new, extra-firm mattress in trade for the soft one i’ve been sleeping on. still not sure if it’s made a difference in my sleeping habits, but i think it is.
went to the library on sunday afternoon to do some writing. being taken out of […]

probably my two biggest foci right now are consumables and my personal ecological footprint. no, i’ve not watched ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ yet, though it is in the house when i’m ready. instead, i’m just diving in and doing what i can to fix some things.
probably the simplest things available, things that take almost no effort […]

on monday a dear friend got a phone call at work that her apartment building was on fire. she’s been staying with us since then and finally yesterday found out that her apartment was one of six that was completely wiped out, the roof collapsed, the whole deal.
what makes this especially tragic is she only […]