MARCYINCNY1's Nov 2007 CalorieKing Blog
Moving the Goalposts
Monday, November 12th 2007
After the lowest temps of the season, 21º/-5, and a real hoarfrost in the morning, yesterday turned into a lovely fall day. I walked the Vista Trail and just as I was about to move off the bench I saw something out of the corner of my eye. It was a beautiful young Northern Harrier sweeping the fields. I watched it for some time until it finally dropped into the grass and didn't appear again for several minutes before I finally left. Even though I had a camera I didn't have much chance of ge...
Veterans Day 2007
Sunday, November 11th 2007
To all the veterans, thank you for your service.Among them my mother, an army nurse who went into Normandy D+26 just before the battle of St. Lo and who has been an anti-war activist ever since.
Lt. Elizabeth Donovan
Distractions
Wednesday, November 7th 2007
I really should be using my CK blog to sort out what I'm doing and/or going to do with my diet and exercise since I've lost focus and need to adjust to the change of seasons but the past week or so I've been absorbed in several things any one of which makes my petty concerns seem unimportant or at least uninteresting.First I've been reading Mountains Beyond Mountains before Tracy Kidder's library lecture this evening and walking around wondering how it can be that I walk the same earth a...
Undone
Sunday, November 4th 2007
Looks like the weather forecasters didn't even come close this weekend. I'd planned to do a bike ride yesterday but it was overcast and damp all day and it never got over 50º/10º.Unfortunately I stopped for pumpkin cannoli in the morning thinking I would be working it off in the afternoon. Fortunately the cannolo I ate was worth every single calorie. I gave two to friends and the last one has Jim's name on it but I'm already thinking about stopping at Biscotti Cafe again next Saturd...
Fault Lines
Friday, November 2nd 2007
There's just no getting around it; quince is like rhubarb in that you just can't eat it without sugar or honey. Regardless I'm working my way through what will eventually add up to a bushel of quince and this year I have enough to give some to friends. I just hope I'll have the sense to pass up anymore that I might see at the market tomorrow.We talked to friends in San Francisco last night. They're understandably anxious about Tuesday's earthquake, the strongest since the '89 Loma Priet...
Next »