August was a forgettable month. By that I don’t mean I can’t remember what happened. I mean I’d like to forget August ever happened, because so very much negativity happened. We kicked off the month celebrating 3 months with our Glory. Then a terrible random murder happened on the trail right by our home. A […]
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July 2020 Wrap Up
It’s hard to believe July has come and gone. We’re heading into “end of summer” and mentally I’m still living in March. The master bedroom is slowly coming together. Art is (mostly) on the walls, new soft furnishings are being added and at some point I’ll find and hang my dream curtains. Subsaharan sands for […]
June 2020 Wrap Up
June was here and then gone. We blame COVID for our lack of awareness of the passing of time and the ability to get much accomplished. My Grandma Alloway’s inexplicable overbuying of rubbing alcohol really came in handy – who knew this would be a hot commodity due to COVID? More PPE weirdness …. our […]
May 2020 Wrap Up
May marked a major turning point in our lives in two important ways. First, we got rid of Old Glory. Second, the same day we rehomed Old Glory we opened our home to Glory. A dog. We’re cat people. Major change. We tried to rehome Glory. It didn’t work – we wanted her back – […]
April 2020 Wrap Up
April 2020. AKA the month where everything stopped and simultaneously I’ve never been busier or more stressed. COVID-19, you restructured life in a way we’d never experienced before. The EOC became my new office. Ironically closer to home than my normal office, but I was away from home more than ever. Gave up wearing my […]
How I Learned to Overcome First World Problems Living Overseas
I moved to East Africa 25 years ago. This was before the internet redefined our lives. It was the age of pay-by-the-byte-downloaded emails, expensive international phone calls, airmail paper letters, and no Amazon – unless we’re talking about the Amazon River. In Kenya, we experienced power and water outages and the occasional food item shortage […]
Hi-ho, Kermit the Frog here!
If you are anywhere near Leland, Mississippi, you should do yourself a favor and stop in at the Birthplace of Kermit the Frog. This is a simple little museum/exhibit, supported through donations and grant monies, and operated with a lot of love and affection towards a hometown boy made good. We love the Muppets and […]
Race Review | Mobile Marathon
We’re continuing to work our way through our 50 states of races. In January, we checked off Alabama with the Mobile Marathon and Half Marathon. Mobile is a great city! Friendly people, historic architecture and – important for runners – a nice, fairly flat race course. The race is a little old school. It still […]
Seeing Sacramento – and a Race
Kelly’s final marathon of 2019 took us back to California – Sacramento, to be precise, for the California International Marathon. Packet pickup was in the former home arena of the Sacramento Kings. I know these arenas are out of fashion, but I love the old intimate spaces. Once his packet was in hand, we headed […]
December 2019 Wrap Up
The month started off terribly as we said goodbye to our little girl Bridget. Yet life goes on and so does the routine, with regular events like the City’s employee holiday luncheon. We escaped the “stuff” with a trip to Sacramento for another marathon for Kelly – the California International. It was good timing to […]