Food and Friends

After a year of little participation in Sierra Club board meetings and activities, I attended yesterday’s annual planning retreat as a regular “member”. This is the first year since 1998, that I have not served…

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New Year’s Day 5K

Today I ran my first 5k in over 6 years. Though slow, the effort was remarkable to me. Over the past years, I have drifted away from dedicated running. Long (and for me, slow) distances,…

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Red Sky in the Morning

Photo from my deck, and yes, it rained all day

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Merry Christmas, We Are Back!

We are back! It has been a heck of a December. Mother fell out of her wheelchair in early December. After surgery to insert rods and screws to repair a broken hip and too short…

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House Mountain Day Hike

John and I hiked House Mountain this morning. We took the Mountain Trail then picked up the Crest Trail to the east overlook (2100′) where we could see forever…well, Clinch Mountain and the Smokies anyway.…

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