2/23/2020 – Sunday

Another Keely-led walk this chilly morning led me along the usual southern loop over 5th Ave. to Duval/MLK and up to Publix, where she veered off her usual path and took the high road. Literally, as the drop from the sidewalk to the asphalt there is significant....

2/22/2020 – Saturday (longform)

I am writing this update later than I normally do. Mainly:Keely woke me up at 4:15 am for her walk, but it is SATURDAY wtf dogIt was 30°F outI had not slept well to begin withWe went for a short 20 minute hike at full speedI fed doggo and fell back into bedI got up...

2/21/2020 – Friday

I forgot to charge my headphones so there was no musical or podcast accompaniment on our walk this morning. It was very early (thanks, doggo) and cold — our last winter for the year, I expect — and windy. Our brains are wired to identify and organize. I mention this...

2/20/2020 – Thursday

It is disconcerting how many people have independently described the past two weeks as “bleargh.” I think we are all on the #Bleargh2020 wavelength. Some are exhausted, some are sick, and others just sick and tired. I think I fall in the last group. I can always tell...

2/19/2020 – Wednesday

Keely was on a tear, which in dog walking terms means she was going off course every few minutes. While our route is rarely exactly the same day to day, weaving in and out of various buildings and taking different forks in the walkways, today she was very erratic in...

2/18/2020 – Tuesday

Another foggy morning, socked in with damp and dew and glistening spider webs. The lights were on at Joe’s Bicycle Shop, one of the long-standing tenants of the Lake Ella cottages. Nothing moved inside that I saw as we strolled by, so I expect someone simply left the...