Don's Diary

Spiraling in San Francisco …Sad.

33.02.9 for Don in first race in 10 months following back surgery (1/27/23). Click. On gravel and wood chips.

It’s big in L.A. Coming soon to Oregon. …More.

Hans Smeets ..at 75, he has much to teach us.  ..Body fat percentage 8.6%.  Still in the excellent range for males.  Sub 8% considered dangerous.

Today begins our twice weekly hour long yoga sessions.

First women to walk across the United States, Spokane to New York City. A mother and daughter. No males attending. Tougher than thee and me. Read

An Ode to a Woman A.D.

More about Becky Sisley here

Books enjoyed in April. Five favorites with asterick.

In Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536)*
Biblioholism by Tom Raabe
Flash for Freedom by George M. Fraser*
Flashman at the Charge by George M. Fraser
The Writings of Jonathon Swift edited by R.G. Greenberg and W. B. Piper*
Dating Your Mom by Ian Frazier
Madness in the Family by William Saroyan
Flashman and the Redskins by George Fraser
Royal Flash by George M. Fraser
Desert Star by Michael Connelly
The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said by Robert Byrne
My Share of the Task by General Stanley McChrystal
Children of Monsters by Jay Nordlinger
Surviving The Extremes by Kenneth Kamler, M.D.
The Bookman’s Promise by John Dunning
Flashman and the Mountain of Light by G.M. Fraser
Donovan of OSS by Corey Ford*
Erasmus and the Age of Humanism by Johan Huizinger*

So please, oh please, we be beg, we pray,
Go throw your TV set away,
And in its place you can install
A lovely bookshelf on the wall.
Then fill the shelves with lots of books.

-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Driven to suicide by weed

THE IMPORTANCE OF STANDING ON ONE LEG IF YOU ARE A RUNNER

Ditto as you age. A 78 year old runner, following back surgery, was ordered to do it daily. Preferably for life.

Healthiest Sports Drink?