Yesterday was the Couples Classic 5K. Results. Don’s 28:24.7 was first in age group.

Friend Sean Hahn, 55, racing as usual in suit and tie, finished in 25:56.3.

Don at the start in gray top and black pants. 

Books read in January. Five favorites with asterick.

Peace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh
How To Get To The Top by Jeferey J. Fox
Over Seventy by P. G. Wodehouse
Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung by Ajahn Brahm*
Hero of Hacksaw Ridge by Booton Herdon
An Open Book by Michael Dirda
A Field Guide to North American Birders: A Parody by Margaret Harmon
A Benjamin Franklin Reader by Benjamin Franklin
Heroes of History by Will Durant*
Battle Ready: Memoir of a Seal Warrior Medic by Mark L. Donald
Not George Washington by P.G. Wodehouse
Anyone You Want Me To Be by John Douglas
Never Give Up: A Prairie Family’s Story by Tom Brokaw
Number One is Walking by Steve Martin
The President’s Table: Two Hundred Years of Dining and Diplomacy by Barry H. Landau*
Kindfulness by Ajahn Brahm
Feline Philosophy: Cats And The Meaning of Life by John Gray
Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing The Flack Catchers by Tom Wolfe
Hooking Up by Tom Wolfe
The Night in Question by Tobias Wolff
Heart: A Memoir by Lance Morrow
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More by Roald Dahl
Mud, Sweat, and Tears by Bear Brylls*
The Lost Boy by Thomas Wolfe
Fallen Leaves: Last Words on Life, Love, War, and God by Will Durant
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma
Shakespeare by Bill Bryson*

The only thing you absolutely have to know is the location of the library. -Albert Einstein

Ten years ago today I was doing a ride-a-long with a neighbor…Click

Sled Driver: Flying the World’s Fastest Jet

Heroic. Funny.

Fly or drive?

Now ice/home bound in Eugene for the past few days.
The wood stove keeps us comfy.

Why Is There So Much Fraud in Academia?

Shocking!

What Would You Pay for an Extra Year of Life?

Books read in December. Five favorites with astericks.

The Pacific Crest Trail: Exploring America’s Wilderness Trail by M. Larabee and B.C. Mann*
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Spike in the Wheel by Renate Wind
Humanly Possible by Sarah Bakewell*
The Wisdom of the Bullfrog by Admiral W.H. McRaven
From Strength to Strength by Arthur C. Brooks
Shackleton’s Way by M. Morrell and S. Capparell
The Wager by David Grann*
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
The Ocean And The Stars by Mark Helprin*
The Little Buddhist Monk by Cesar Altra
The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams by Stacy Schiff
The Book of Charlie by David Von Drehle
That Time of the Year: A Minnesota Life by Garrison Keillor
Hidden Potential by Adam Grant*
The Box From Braunau by Jan Elvin
Kayak Morning by Roger Rosenblatt
Crazy Sh*t Old People Say edited by Geoff Tibballs

A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read -Mark Twain

What is it about running THAT people WHO don’t run don’t get?