Category: N.O.S.
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A walk in the park
Cottonwood leaves by the pond. Roses blooming in November. Trees. Not pictured, but caught on video for later; many loud species of ducks and geese. Woodland Park, a few blocks away, reclaimed from bog and hobo-squatting ground by the WPA. (And we worry the ARRA won’t have lasting impact.) The 30’s era pool has since…
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Election day and contemporary American liberty
It’s election day, I can’t vote, and it is driving me crazy (also a very slow morning at work, hence this; a bad combo). Montana law requires 30 days of residence to vote in a precinct, something we just don’t meet. We could have voted absentee as Missoula residents, but didn’t do the research soon enough…
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Old stuff, new stuff
This past Saturday morning I woke up in the dark, and immediately went downstairs to do my core work. The only way to get it done. Right now it’s just slow pull ups and around-the-clock leg extensions using a resistance band. After that I made coffee and breakfast, and got the (expected) call from Jill…
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Halloween Party: the video
Danni and Ted know how to rock it. I forgot about the camera for the first hour or so, but when I stopped to think about all the amazing costumes people had, knew what I had to do.t
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Ski gear for backcountry traverses
[Readers might be interested in my 2/2014 addendum to this post.] Backcountry skiing (that is, skiing solely on natural snow surfaces) can mean three different things in today’s world. Three quite distinct things. The first is off-track XC skiing, with light gear and on flatish terrain. While speedy and enjoyable, steep and/or rough terrain and…
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Snow
It is out there. 37 inches at the summit of Big Mountain. We’re going skiing tomorrow. Yesterday evening there was a quite a lot in Glacier, even (as shown) at 3905′ (Avalanche Lake). Yeee. Haw! Whitefish Resort uphill policy.
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Pumpkins, moving, 2011 training, and a short review of "The Social Network"
I carved a jack o lantern for the first time in years last night. Over the weekend, M and I finished moving out of and cleaning up our Missoula house, and are now full residents of Kalispell. It’s good to have her up here, coming home to an empty and quiet house last week was…
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More from the backyard pond
The fish weren’t interested in what I was throwin’ yesterday evening, once again foiling ambitions to catch a fish from the packraft. But I was pretty busy taking pictures. You can’t get these from dry land. Vote on your favorite, and explain why!
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The backyard
I’m giving myself a little while to get re-used to working 40 hours a week on a regular schedule, before I again expect myself to get out and train on a daily basis. With a distinct lack of mental energy at the end of every day, it’s really easy to turn my back on ambition,…
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Indian Summer
aka: Pictures of my bikes in neat places. aaka: This place sucks! We are getting a real indian summer this year, unlike last when snow and sub-zero temps flew just before Kevin and I ventured into the Bob for Le Parcour. I wouldn’t trade that twist away now, and wouldn’t give up the gorgeous frosty…
Bedrock & Paradox 