It’s one of the ironies of American history that when the Pilgrims first arrived at Plymouth rock they promptly set about creating a communist society. Of course, they were soon starving to death.

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3.5 mile race at Spencer Butte. 451 feet net elevation gain. Enitirely on wood chip or rockly mountain trail. As usual, the oldest runner in the race (and the three other races that morning).
Fun. Pleased with results.

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Books read in October. Favorites with astericks.

For The Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books The Love Most by Ronald B. Shwartz
First Person Singular: Stories by Haruki Murakami
The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Constituion’s Original Meaning by A. J. Jacobs*

No Finish Line: My Life As I See It by Marla Runyon with Sally Jenkins*
Lost on Planet China by J. Maarten Troost
Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed by Maureen Callahan*
I Am The Central Park Jogger: A Story of Hope and Personality by Trisha Meili*
Clete by James Lee Burke
Read On: Life Stories by Rosalind Reisner
The Big Book of Senior Moments by Bennett E. Melville
Where There’s A Will: Thoughts on the Good Life by John Mortimer
Murderers And Other Friends: Another Part of Life by John Mortimer
Clinging to the Wreckage by John Mortimer
Forever Rumpole by John Mortimer
The Pentagon: A History by Steve Vogel
Beyond Winning: The Timeless Wisdom of Great Philospher Coaches by Gary Walton

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. -Jorge Luis Borges