Beau temps a Lhomont
While Linda made her way cross country on a local randonee, I headed out, with my more limited range, first to the crossroads with adjacent new-looking country house that mark the actual center of Lhomont and then back up the gentle hill that appoaches the Moulin from Montpont-en-Bresse.
The day was beautiful, and I walked […]
Market day in Louhan
Louhans has the biggest market day hereabouts, every Monday. Nearly every shop in the surrounding towns closes Monday, presumably so everyone can do their weekly shopping in Louhans.
On our host’s advice, we rose early and arrived at the market by 8, and watched a lively trade in everything from llamas to (live) chickens to vegetables […]
Le Moulin de Lhomont, la vie en compagne
We awoke late this morning, after yesterday’s marathon travels, and arrived at the boulanger in Montpont after they’d sold out of croissants: we made do with a loaf of the local pain Montponnais which went nicely with yogurt, oranges and good French coffee, brewed in a press.
We took some time to meet the neighbors, pictured, […]
A Windy walk, a fond goobye
We walked an hour and twenty minutes at the base of Windy Hill today, scene of many cherished hikes with Linda and Cassie in years past. Good workout for me…
Mike Spillane’s public memorial service is today at 3:00 PM at Trinity. Saying goodbye to a great guy…
Return to Arastradero, spring 2008
We walked for a bit over an hour today, in Palo Alto’s Arastradero Preserve, long a favorite jogging venue for Linda and I (and the late, much missed Cassie, the Australian Shepherd).
Arastradero is particularly delightful in the spring, and I was very happy to be walking its trails again. Linda jogged her 5+ mile loop […]
Return to Big Dish
We returned to Stanford’s Academic Preserve (aka The Big Dish) today for the first time in many months. My mobility, while still pretty slow-paced, has improved enough (since last December’s low point) to allow me to return, and walk for an hour, at some of my very favorite venues.
I’ve stopped obsessing on how, for 17 […]
Gray morning in Menlo
Spring leaves on a liquidambar tree are silhouetted against a gray morning sky as I took my morning walk today. Six-tenths of a mile in 35 minutes…
A quiet moment
The midday sun streams into our suite at Hotel Drisco in San Francisco. After yesterday’s landmark walk, I worked out for 45 minutes at UCSF’s Millberry Center this morning, and returned to our room to find this charming display of light and shadow. Another very pretty - and warm - day in San Francisco…
A real wintery day
Friend and former classmate Kevin McKean offers this:
“Thought you might enjoy the view from our back deck overlooking a parking lot and the Hudson Palisades from the village of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. ”
The second weather report from a former classmate: I hereby invite all former classmates to forward their weather in words and pictures…
Return to Baylands
Spouse Linda dragged me out of bed to Palo Alto’s Byxbee Park this A.M. where we both walked for an hour (Linda making considerably more distance than I). I hadn’t been to Baylands for more than a year - it was good to be back, mobility problems notwithstanding…
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