{"id":573898303,"date":"2025-10-01T20:09:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T00:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573898303"},"modified":"2025-10-08T01:40:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T05:40:50","slug":"welcome-to-catober-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2025\/10\/01\/welcome-to-catober-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Catober"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to Catober, where, every day, we share a photo of one of the kitties. It’s a big hit and we all look forward to it every year. <\/p>\n

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Tomorrow we’ll have a photo of Phoebe, Friday, a picture of Poseidon, then another of Phoebe on Saturday, and so on. You’ll want to come back every day to see the cuteness and\/or hijinx. You might also like this category<\/a> to catch up.<\/p>\n

We went to a local diner for breakfast this morning. We took my in-laws, and there we met my god-parents-in-law (just go with it). This was planned. They were all down to see their granddaughter, and granddaughter-in-law, play field hockey last night. But they each had to head back to their respective hometowns today. It was a brief trip extended by a leisurely breakfast.<\/p>\n

My father-in-law and godfather-in-law met when they were five and six years old. My mother-in-law and godmother-in-law met in nursing school. My godparents-in-law met one another at my in-laws’ wedding. And so for these many years they’ve been tight. And each is godparents to the others’ kids. Hence all the go with its. <\/p>\n

Across from my seat was this photograph. <\/p>\n

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It was taken in 1922, on the occasion of the first air shipment of produce in the U.S. It was asparagus. <\/p>\n

The first commercial flight was in Florida in 1914. I’m a little surprised that it took eight years before anyone thought they should throw some veggies on a plane. I’m disappointed the first choice was asparagus. Kids across the country were too, imagine, this new technology, and that’s what we’re using it for? Asparagus?<\/p>\n

And I’m writing about asparagus because that’s better than discussing how I spent a full day grading. I needed to do it. I was oddly looking forward to doing it. I did it. <\/p>\n

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This evening we went for a bike ride. One of our neighbors went with us. Here I am trying to chase down two All-Americans. <\/p>\n

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I was not an All-American, so this was difficult. Our friend was a swimmer and a legitimate, I mean legitimate track star. She’s got all the cardio you want, and now she’s just taking up tris and bikes, as you do. And that she’s just getting started is probably the only reason that this happened.<\/p>\n

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She better not get good at this, or by this time next year, I’ll be well off the back.<\/p>\n

I hurt the big toe on my left foot somehow, and it isn’t exactly pleasant to walk on at the moment. Not too bad in shoes. But I made the mistake of trying to stand up on the bike and I immediately sat back down. I’ve never gotten out of the saddle a lot anyway, but I’ll need this little ache and\/or pain to go away soon for just general use, and also in case I need to lean out and sprint. <\/p>\n

Sprint.<\/em> That’s funny.<\/p>\n

Classes tomorrow. And more Catober! Come back for that!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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