This morning was another slow start. Tired of anxious and fractured sleep, I took an advilPM before bed which truly works well, let me tell ya’! Ahahaha! I slept solidly. But Keely and I managed to herd each other out of the door by 6 am, which was fine since I am not...

I woke up grumpy, so the walk this morning was mostly about me calming myself and letting Keely do her thing. She was behaving, as she almost always does, so it was all down to me being impatient and, yes, grumpy. My mascot:So that’s me, today. I think will likely be...

Busy day ahead of me. I was chosen for random testing at work, which FSU is doing for all staff and faculty, so I set my appointment for this morning. Since testing is being done at the Civic Center, where there is also early voting, I will be dropping off my...

Neither Keely nor I were very motivated this morning — I barely woke up with my sunlight alarm, just laid there watching the room get brighter while my brain did not, and Keely remained steadfastly in her dog bed until I rousted her at 6 am! Which means we did not get...

Monday again!!!??!?! How?????While last weekend was spend in a nyquil haze of chest cold misery, this weekend was just…lazy! So now I am here on Monday again wondering why I did not get anything done over the weekend while simultaneously knowing that I mostly slept,...

Keely was in a very odd mood and took us on a shorter walk that mostly meandered back and forth between six and seventh avenues before circling back and wandering through the TPD parking lot for a bit. I think she was not feeling too well, honestly, as she eventually...

Finally, a week later, feeling mostly well. Still a little wheeze in the chest when I breathe deep, so I need to be cautious…which is nothing new. As I was walking this morning I realized that having respiratory issues crop up has been a regular feature of my life...

Whoa I am back! Let me preface by saying that my Annual Autumnal Chest Cold of Crud is always a rollicking good time, and never more so than during a pandemic! It came on last Wednesday, I think — I spent the last part of the week in a bit of a fugue state, but given...

A quiet and rooftop-cloudy morning, where the fog hung high over the buildings and trees but obscured visibility. Everything was misty and damp despite the lack of rain, and it was in the mid-70s°F so it all felt lukewarm. Keely was not about getting up this morning,...

I am not in the mood to write today, and I feel as if I have nothing new or interesting to say about a morning walk I take every day with the relentlessness of the weather itself. But I suppose that simply doing it anyway is the point of such a practice, to fill in...

Another autumnal morning, cool and brisk and lovely! Keely and I were out by around 6:30 am, a bit before dawn but close enough to watch it rise over the city as we meandered around. Keely took her usual route over the 3rd, then went north up Monroe. She reversed our...

Ahhh, it was SO cool out this morning! Literally! It was about 63°F when we headed out around 5:30 am…early because as soon as my daylight alarm went off, Keely belly flopped on me and demanded to go for a walk. The joys of dog ownership!There was a little bit of...