Today was the day of the teacher conference, the “Personalized Learning Summit”. It was across town so we had to get up pretty early to make sure we got there in time. The keynote speech was excellent by a man who, among other things, had been the guitarist for the band Hanson in 1997. He … Read more
I took the longer walk this morning over to the Caponi Art Park. It wasn’t open yet as expected but I got to the gate and walked back for 3.1 miles round trip and the walk felt ok. This won’t be my daily routine yet but I wanted to try it out. After breakfast, my … Read more
I didn’t mention it in yesterday’s episode but there was an amazing thunder storm last night. There was a pretty good one in the morning as well but last night’s had driving wind and pouring rain and constant flashes of thunder. I kept delaying the game of Catan going outside to look at it. They … Read more
My morning walk around the lake is getting less difficult and now I am getting sore upper thighs, I think from the hills. I’ll slow down a bit tomorrow and see how I feel Sunday. In the afternoon (I worked through the morning), my girlfriend Chris and I went on a Mississippi river cruise with … Read more
Sometime today it was known that my girlfriend Chris’ driveway was going to be resealed. After my walk and breakfast I spent a couple of hours getting weeds out of cracks in the asphalt and then fighting back several feet of grass and dirt that has encroached on one part of it. It felt good … Read more
Today was a pretty productive day. I had a good client strategy call and we mapped out next steps for marketing work. I’m hourly on this one and I’m trying to be efficient with my time and strategic with what I do vs what gets delegated back to the client (like writing final versions of … Read more
I had a good walk and went all the way around the lake nearby. It was about a 2.6 mile walk according to my phone and felt good. I’m still under an hour for my walk so there is room to extend it longer over time. I’ll stick to this walk for a while and … Read more
I’m continuing to explore some new paths on my walking. Sunday I had taken an extra long walk and there was a hill that was longer so I cut back a bit today. There is a lake nearby and I’m seeing if I can walk around it. I found a secluded park there and it … Read more
Today was pretty relaxing. There was some garage cleaning and some tv/movie watching. I designed and ordered new business cards. I wanted something that was clear and easy to read and had my photo. My previous card had too much information, I felt. It had bullet points about the sort of work I do and … Read more
I learned yesterday that there is a public art park around the corner from where my girlfriend Chris live so I decided to do my morning walk there. The Caponi Art Park was created by an artist as a peaceful public space in which he could also display some of his sculpture work and work … Read more