Ian was sick a few days ago, a very unusual occurrence indeed. He’s almost never sick, but he picked up some respiratory virus that caused him to be tired all the time and made his voice a low grumble. There …

It’s Hazy, Hot, and Humid here and that’s the kind of weather I distinctly do not like. I don’t like my summers to go above the low 70s, and I particularly dislike the humidity to be above 40% or so. One …

It’s actually sort of fun going through my shelves and piles in the basement and throwing stuff out, minus the part where I actually have to lug the barrel of discarded gems up and through the house and out to …

I have to do a demonstration of my bassoon next Tuesday for some elementary school kids. The last time I played was, well, April.  This weekend I’ll have to pull out the darn thing and see what chops I have left. …

The rain left our area much sooner than expected, and it’s a gorgeous partly cloudy day! And even better, it’s not supposed to rain again for … uh, TWO WHOLE DAYS. Really?

This is getting tiring, honestly! I know June is traditionally a cool and wet month in New England, but I’m frankly getting tired of this. I suppose it’s largely due to our solar installation, which doesn’t benefit much from cloudy …

I did my second session of C25K (Couch to 5K) today and I feel great! Sure, there were a couple times (specifically, during the first two jogging segments) when I was ready to give up, but I kept going and …

I didn’t get around to posting later yesterday evening, but I did actually do the first of the C25K sessions last evening. Can’t say I really felt like it as it had been a long day, but I got through …

My plan for today – and I’m writing it down in hopes that I’ll be more likely to follow through – is to stop procrastinating and start (RE-start) that Couch-to-5K exercise program. I tried it a few years ago and …