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If you're a large woman in America, your whole life is an opportunity to feel self-conscious, embarrassed, resentful and way too big. You can hide in the corner or on the couch, you can go to therapy, or you can put on your lycra bike shorts and get out there and move.
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February 27, 2005

beautiful weekend, full of work permalink

Echo surveys his kingdom

Daphne

Echo defends the back porch from stray cats

Look, it's spring... or something


In Forest Park

Forest Park Fire Lane

Forest Park Trail Map Sign

Sigh. It's Sunday night. Where has the weekend gone?

Actually, I'm painfully aware of where it's gone, and, it's not done yet. But I think I have two more stories to code, and a handful of stories to proofread, and I'll be done.


There have been two highlights to the weekend. One was an early morning walk in Forest Park, and the other was working on the back porch this afternoon.

The walk was great. We met at an entrance to the park that I had never been to before, and it took about a half hour for everyone to find it. We were planning to do a 8.75 mile route, but we missed our trail, and so ended up doing about 9 miles there and back on a beautiful fire lane. The morning started foggy, but about halfway through, the sun came out, and everything glowed. I was doing a pretty good pace out, but I slowed down as we were coming back into the start. Still once everything was averaged out, I did a 16:40 pace, not great, but got my heart working.

It was nice, because I got to chat with some folks I haven't seen in months. And, it was just plain nice. According to our maps, there is a 700 square foot gain coming back, and I felt it. Gotta go back there soon again soon.

This afternoon, it was also sunny, and so I grabbed the imac and all my proofs and went to work on the back porch. So nice! Daphne, the outdoor cat who eats fabric, split her time between hanging with me, and following Echo around. Echo occupied himself by defending the back yard from phantom cats.

Of course, I am crazy about porches, but it felt so humane to be working out there.

Posted at February 27, 2005

Comments

Wow! Green grass and flowers and everything! Oh, I'm missing the spring already. Soon. Soon. Nice back porch area. Makes me want to build one on the back of our house.

Posted by: Jon in Michigan at February 28, 2005 3:43 AM

hah, that is a crazy picture of Echo! did you build a deck because I don't remember there being on when I visited?

Posted by: Chrissie at February 28, 2005 6:46 AM

Oh, I love that you called the feeling of working on the porch "humane". I know that exact feeling you're talking about, when all is right with the world.

Posted by: Megan at February 28, 2005 8:21 AM

The park looks lovely and I'm with you on the fine art of porch sitting. Sounds like a wonderful day.

Is Echo a greyhound? A rescue?? He's beautiful!!

Posted by: Lara at February 28, 2005 6:17 PM