One signifier of a fast-approaching birthday (when you get to be my age) is that you get ads for life insurance. I mentioned to Jackie that we don’t need life insurance, and she said that it especially didn’t matter because she was counting on me to outlive her.
“For one thing, you’re younger than me. For another, you’re doing all you can to do so. Well, not to outlive me, but to live a long time.”
“I’ll admit,” I replied, “It’s getting rather late for me to die young.”
I didn’t get a view of the aurora, because I didn’t stay out long enough for the sky to get fully dark. (I’m an early-to-bed kinda guy.) I did, however, get a rather lovely post-sunset dusk sky picture while I was waiting for full dark.
New glassware at the Esperanto group’s meeting venue.
I got my signed hardback copy of Revin’s Heart by Steven D. Brewer!!
“… my steampunky fantasy adventure with pirates and airships and a trans protagonist.”
says Steven
Ashley’s place on the sofa is no longer in the sun. #dogsofmastodon 🐕 Although it may look like Ashley spends all her time lounging on the sofa, in fact she has had three walks since the previous photo.
Ashley’s place on the sofa is also her place in the sun. #dogsofmastodon 🐕
A Manhattan for Jackie. “I’m only in it for the cherries,” says she.
Today was a rest day, but yesterday I did three rounds on my rings:
Jackie and I took Ashley to Homer Lake and walked the West Lake Trail. #dogsofmastodon 🐕 🥾
Back in 2020 I bought a set of gymnastic rings, and used them for pull ups, dips, and inverted rows during the period that fitness rooms were closed due to the pandemic. More recently, I’ve been doing a lot of club and kettlebell swinging—using equipment that was unavailable during the pandemic, but that I’ve purchased since.
I like the club and kettlebell stuff. However, probably because I’m not programming the workouts as well as I might, I don’t seem to be making progress. In fact, in some ways I’m backsliding. So, now that the weather supports getting outdoors and putting my rings up again, I’m going to do more of those workouts.
Today I did a circuit with three rounds of:
This picture has nothing to do with my workout. I took it while walking the dog at dawn.
