My brother in law made this pumpkin with a friend of his.  He makes a pumpkin with a hocky puck every year but this year was special – so very special.  His favorite part is that when you open the top and look in there’s nothing there!  (Okay  you conservatives – GET A SENSE OF [...]

I’ve been running quite a bit lately because I have this little race coming up next weekend (the Nike Half Marathon).  I increased my running volume quite dramatically.  Check it out – this is my weekly milage   starting 10  weeks ago and rounded up to the nearest mile: 10, 5, 14, 4, 2, 16, 5, 7, 28, [...]

In response to the stupid ad regarding the Obama/Ayres “connection” Obama said “It’s easy to rile up a crowd by stoking anger and division,” Obama said. “But that’s not what we need right now in the United States. The times are too serious. The challenges are too great. The American people aren’t looking for someone [...]

I’m sorry but I have a few things to say about… the campaign.  I’M SORRY!  1).  As someone who is paying for her own health care coverage I’m am stunned and frightened by McCain’s “solution”.  I live for the day when I am employed and have decent health care coverage, subsidized by my employer. And [...]

I’ve been running more lately in preparation for the Nike Half Marathon.  If you know me then you know that training for a half marathon is not something I normally do.  Generally speaking I make sure I’ve got a couple of 6 and 8 mile runs under my belt before the big event (or maybe [...]

I just got back from spending the weekend at Stinson Beach with 6 women from my book group.  We walked on the beach, sat in the hot tub, watched funny things on TV, ate great food and maybe drank a little wine.  

  I rode up the north side of Mt. Diablo to the Juniper overlook.  It was a first for me as I have always gone up the south side.   I let myself go just over 32 mph on the way down – whee! I feel human again.  In fact, I feel great!

I’m just going to get right to it here   1).  Not having a triathlon to train for and not having an early morning riding partner and thinking I should be doing ‘stuff’ during the day is killing me.  I have not been on my bike since I raced on the 21st.  Shameful.  I could [...]