Category: Friday Five

Super Bowl I am not much of a football person. I don’t have a favorite team, I don’t watch professional football during the main season, and I often don’t even follow the Super Bowl Game (it’s only on in the background). But wasn’t the event pure delight this year? I...

(At least two) Baby Owls The owlets have hatched. I can confirm that there are at least two (possibly three) baby owls outside my office window now. It happened over the weekend because there was no sign of them on Thursday a week ago and then they were there when...

I originally wanted to start the year off with a “Happy Things” post, because IT’S A NEW YEAR!, and didn’t we all agree on leaving the shitty things behind in 2025 and start this new year fresh and with a much better outlook? Well, the last week did not lend...

It seems like all I can manage are my Weekly Run Downs and the occasional Friday life update right now, but that’s better than nothing, I figure. This has been such a strange year so far, and I can’t seem to get into my groove. I also cannot believe we’re...

Five Things Friday: just five things I’m thinking about or things that made my week, or things that I otherwise feel like sharing. My Asics Novablast 3s came last weekend and I had the pleasure of taking them for a few runs already this week. I am going to out myself...

Five Things Friday: just five things I’m thinking about or things that made my week, or things that I otherwise feel like sharing. I am tackling a long to-do list this weekend. This will be the last weekend before my trip to Germany that I will be home and I...

Five Things Friday: just five things I’m thinking about or things that made my week, or things that I otherwise feel like sharing. Yesterday Jon and I celebrated our 22nd meet-aversary and reminisced about the night when we met. To celebrate, we got Chinese takeout and ate on the couch....

Five Things Friday: just five things I’m thinking about or things that made my week, or things that I otherwise feel like sharing. The Memorial Service aka Celebration of Life for Jon’s Dad was very nice last week. I hadn’t been to a memorial service here in the US (and...