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Pictures of me teaching taiji

As he describes in a post on his own blog, my brother came and took some pictures of me teaching my taiji class. (That link goes to the Flickr set.)

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Kal-Haven training walk #4

Continuing our series of long walks to prepare for a possible through hike of the Kal-Haven trail, Jackie and I walked 16.72 miles today. We walked to the University of Illinois’s arboretum, and then on through south Urbana to Milo’s … Continue reading

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Barefoot running—with shoes (and a ladybug)

Roadside Ladybug

I decided that I wanted to try barefoot running. Of course, I didn’t want to actually run with bare feet. That seems stupid (although I suppose it’s another capability that might be worth developing, just in case circumstances arise where … Continue reading

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Today’s sunflowers

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We went to the garden early, to harvest and water. (Right now, anything you want to do has to be done early, because of the heat.) We took a lot of sunflowers—and these are on top of the flowers we … Continue reading

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Rapunzel knows

rapunzel-under-heap

Rapunzel knows there are some things that are just not worth worrying about. One of which is apparently waking up to find that someone has accidentally piled a heap of clothes on top of you.

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Photo of Jackie’s fabric

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I did a photo-shoot for Jackie this morning, taking some pictures of her new fabric fresh off the loom. I rather liked this picture, which I think captures the texture of the fabric rather nicely. (Click the photo for a … Continue reading

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Lunch boxes

Various containers for carrying lunches

I took this photo specifically to illustrate my latest Wise Bread post, which uses lunch boxes as an example in a discussion about how to choose between buying disposable versus buying to last. The editor ended up going with a … Continue reading

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Jackie’s Huck Weaving, with cat

Jackie has an update about her latest project, in which she’s weaving something called Huck Lace. I mostly wanted to draw attention to the third picture, in which I captured Rapunzel “helping.” In this case, she’s helping by poking her … Continue reading

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The birds think it’s spring

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Jackie and I went for our first bike ride of the year. We followed our traditional first-ride route, around Kaufman Lake, past the Olympic Monument, around Parkland College, and then back. This year we went 6.27 miles. I’d been hearing … Continue reading

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How voting helps

Plaque commemerating a lecture by Susan B. Anthony

I’ve long been peeved by how little credit people give to the power of their vote. So many people seem to think that a vote isn’t effective unless it holds the balance of power, as if their vote only counted … Continue reading

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