Monday


14
Nov 16

Burrrrrrrowing in

Animals have particular habits. Allie has routines, where she spends various and specific parts of her day, what she plays with and ignores, which of her bowls she prefers. She doesn’t like to touch bare skin, but she’s happy to claw her way up a pants leg. There’s a certain pillow she’ll sit on readily, and others she’ll ignore.

We also have several throws that circulate through the living room and she has preferences. Some of them she’ll walk across or even sit on. Some of them she’ll walk on. A few she has decided she likes. Around this white one, however, she’ll remind you of the old lava game we all played as children. And so this is how you know it is cold out just now:

Here’s the super duper moon peeking through the clouds this evening:

That’s from the parking deck as I headed home for the night. By the next super moon, your phone will take a much better photograph, I bet.


7
Nov 16

Weekend color

Autumn is here. Too soon for me, but too late for others. I hear about it, believe me. It makes for good elevator fodder and faux-angst. It is all the Southerner’s fault, and so on.

But the roses are still blooming at the house:

So there’s that.

I struggled my way through a 10K on Saturday. Here was our path:

That was at the beginning, in about the last moment this particular run felt good. About two-thirds of the way through, though, my feet numbed up and I was able to run a slight bit better. And this was my view at that moment:

And right about here was when I realized I needed to get new shoes … to replace the brand new sneakers I’m running in right now. I suppose not every pair of even the same model of Saucony is the same. Let’s just blame the fallen leaves:

There’s that moment in a fair amount of my runs where I’d like to be done, but I have to get back to the house or the car. This was that moment. When you go for a low-angle shot on your run, your run is pretty much over:

It is a lovely little leaf turn, though:


31
Oct 16

Trick or treat

“And it better be a treat, hooman.”

We’ve learned you don’t want a trick from a cat. She knows I know this. This, then, was a clear signal.

A clear signal.


24
Oct 16

How much is that kitty in the window?

“Not for sale, hooman.”


17
Oct 16

Everybody loves gumbo sometime

For today’s late lunch — after a looooong meeting, I dined with Deano and Frank at a local joint:

I’d prefer an earlier lunch, all other things being equal, but if the Rat Pack is willing to wait for you, then you don’t make a big deal of it.

I don’t know if Dean Martin and his friend Frank Sinatra liked cajun food, but they might like it at the local Cajun restaurant. All of the tables have posters and large prints of people on them. I always pick the tables with people on them. It seems more interesting somehow.