{"id":573893295,"date":"2021-06-10T21:53:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T01:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573893295"},"modified":"2021-06-11T14:49:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T18:49:00","slug":"just-look-at-that-print-would-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2021\/06\/10\/just-look-at-that-print-would-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Just look at that print, would you?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I set out for a quick run. Well, a slow run. We’ve been having this conversation about the proper way to re-build your runs. I, like that great American Ricky Bobby, want to go fast.<\/p>\n

Fast, of course, is a relative term. <\/p>\n

My lovely bride has been arguing that you must re-build slowly. Something about lesser intensity building cardio to naturally run faster at that same ‘easy’ pace.<\/p>\n

Here’s the thing, if I ran any slower I’d be walking. Runners divide all of this into zones, and my idea of Zone 3 is different than theirs. And their vision of Zone 3 would mean, by extension, that my version of Zone 1 would be mostly stationary.<\/p>\n

Whereas I figure if I just run as fast as I can, relatively speaking of course, then I can slowly build the distance at which I can run that speed. <\/p>\n

But you can also hurt yourself that way, and that doesn’t seem like a good plan. <\/p>\n

So as to not rock this particular boat, and because she is correct, I decided to have a slow run. <\/p>\n

Slow being, not relative, but just … slow. <\/p>\n

And so it was that I left the house and walked to a place where I knew, given the running route I had in mind, would take me back to the house in a neat and tidy two miles.<\/p>\n

Except that just before I started the slow run it began sprinkling. And after about a half of a mile it began to really, really rain. Now, I’ve got my phone in my hand and the house is just right over there. I am no longer interested in running slowly, because this is a real rain shower, but even still, if I continued on my pre-planned route I’d probably ruin my phone because it would take a few minutes more and, also, the house is just right through there. So I cut the run off and wound up at the front door after a mile. <\/p>\n

And my shoes and socks were wet. The Yankee brought me a towel. I stopped my app on my phone and there’s no real point to this story, other than to say, that even if I am trying to run in such a way as to avoid the rain, I am still pretty slow, and unsuccessful at avoiding the rain at any speed. Of which I have none. <\/p>\n

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After I dried off and showered and dried off again, we had dinner. And then I worked on making a few more pocket squares. The cutting part was done. The hemming part was the last step. The biggest part of that involves keeping a cat out of the action.<\/p>\n

Anyway, at the end of it all, I have seven new pocket squares to add to the overlarge collection.<\/p>\n

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Sure, you could buy them — and I have six or seven that I purchased or that were given to me as gifts. You could even get them in bulk from some online store at better prices than a brick-and-mortar operation. But this year I’ve made quite a few. It isn’t difficult, creating that bit of splashy color for the breast pocket. And, as one discovers when being crafty, making something in volume is an easy trap into which one can fall. <\/p>\n

I have eight more to make and that’s it. I’ll be out of the pocket square making business. As it is I’ll have to create a spreadsheet to track and chart their use so I don’t neglect, say, that bright green one.<\/p>\n

It probably should be neglected, but if you buy cloth in a batch like that, you’re going to have an extra color or two you can practice on.<\/p>\n

I might need a warehouse to go along with that spreadsheet, too. <\/p>\n

But the print is lovely, isn’t it? Look for it in a pocket of mine this fall. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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