These Boots

 Red Wellingtons

Daniel Shumski

Will It Waffle?: 53 Irresistible and Unexpected Recipes to Make in a Waffle Iron by Daniel Shumski

Fresh Basil + Natural Peanut Butter

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The Karma Police

 As my pal Keith said to me once, The Karma Police work 24/7.

K-9 & Police Swimming

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Clarence Darrow

  Clarence Darrow, the lawyer of Scopes Trial fame. Here's a fuller version of the quote, which appears in Darrow's 1932 work The Story of My Life:

All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike some one they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.

-Clarence Darrow

Kicking My Swimmer's Ass!

Yesterday I dragged through my 80 laps. The water has warmed up and I am turning 60 in December so I need new reasons to kick ass.

 

Today I decided to swim with the clock. I was on the waiting list but there was a vacancy so I was allowed to start at 6:30. I wondered if I could swim 60 laps in 60 minutes. I kicked ass and made it by 7:30 no stops!

 

 Then I rested  yakked with Amy, a fellow swimmer and drank water for 15 minutes and did my last 20 in about 25 minutes.

 

 This gives me a new goal. EVENTUALLY I would like to be able to swim 90 laps in 90 minutes. with a 10 lap cool down That would be 100 laps! But not until I do this for a while.

Soup in a Mug

 Soup in a Mug is Cozy + Casual

Day 4

 Today was day 4 of 80 laps. Tomorrow is our anniversary of adopting ROMEO-pup 3 years ago. I need to brush his teeth!

Spice it Up!

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recipes

Dog Mom

 When I was five  I snuggled up with our family dog hoping she would think I was her puppy. Even then I knew she was a better mother.

Dream

 I dreamed I was baking a turkey at Deb's kitchen. It was a school-night and Bill needed me to get back home so Deb cut the partially raw bird in half and sent me home with it to finish baking.

The Pine Needle Forest

 We took a walk tonight as the sun was setting in the pine needle forest. Orange light!

Edwidge Danticat

Create dangerously, for people who read dangerously. This is what I’ve always thought it meant to be a writer. Writing, knowing in part that no matter how trivial your words may seem, someday, somewhere, someone may risk his or her life to read them.

EDWIDGE DANTICAT

a waffle iron is an easy bake oven for grown ups

 Library book: Will it Waffle?

Yes it will!

Nancy's Pug

 My neighbor Nancy is afraid her dog will outlive her. "You think I'm healthy but I have a pacemaker and all sorts of things going on, and my daughter wants to travel and not have dogs anymore."

"I am glad to adopt him if necessary, meanwhile I'll be his Godmother." I said.

Turning 60 in 3 Months

 I swam 80* laps again today. I think I'm freaked out about turning 60. I remember when I didn't think I'd live to be 16. My mother had told me all sorts of lies about my health. Now she is gone and I am an athlete.

 *33 is a metric swimmers mile, 36 is an actual mile, and 72 is 2 miles and 80 is a nice number.

May Sarton

 “Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers.”

― May Sarton

Swim my Age

 I decided to 'swim my age' in time for my upcoming 60th birthday. Today I swam 80 laps. 

My friend Lin a swimmer told me she wrote a letter to Morticia when she was 12, and received a letter back!

Be a Loner

Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living. 

Albert Einstein