Archive | June, 2007

Plans

It seems that as soon as I verbalize plans, moments later they change. For the past month and a half I have been planning to go work in Baghdad for a six-week stint. This training was going to insure that I remained employed until spring and possibly longer. I wasn’t thrilled about the destination but [...]

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Sunset over Hancock, MI

.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Walking out of the DT tonight, the sunset was gorgeous. It’s one of the reasons I love living here. It’s a different kind of beauty. I wish I could explain it. [...]

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Breezy

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } I know I should feel great for simply being able to finish this race, but I’m not. Halfway through I almost quit. I somehow summoned enough courage or insanity to finish [...]

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Eve of the Chain Drive

.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Chain Drive race is tomorrow morning. I picked up my race packet tonight. A local woman was riding the 32 mile course last week, hit a boulder and cracked some vertebrae. [...]

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Out for a walk

.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } A rare luxury for Kramer. He held up great!

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Whee!

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Nice shirt

.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Scott sports his Seafood Fest shirt. The Houghton Rotary Club’s big annual fundraising event is Seafood Fest, part of Bridgefest, held every year in Houghton/Hancock.

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Misunderestimated

For reasons unknown I had it in my head that today’s run had to be 5 miles. I did my 3 miles yesterday, but underestimating the loop, I ended up logging about 4.5, which left me feeling completely drained. How out of shape am I? Anyway, for that reason I was just dreading getting out [...]

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