Day 50

I know the new dusting of snow makes it feel like December, but PLEASE people, take down those Christmas decorations. Day 50: 11,001 Steps   YTD: 448,048 Steps    Goal: 473,000 Steps

Day 49

I took my first outside walk this week, and it felt so good to be outside again. My friend, Pattie, had been reading my blog and invited me to walk with her on some beautiful, old country roads in Ontario, NY. These are places where you can still walk without worrying about cars or even people. We […]

Day 48

38 years ago Gary and I took the biggest step of our lives. We were married on February 17, 1973 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church on Winton Rd. As weddings go, it was very modest, even by 1973 standards – only 30 people, homemade dress, dinner – no dancing. We don’t even have any professional […]

Day 47

 What can you say about Wednesday? It’s over the hump day.                                             NES                                         D            D                                    E                       A                              W                                 Y Day 47: 5,131 Steps   YTD: 413,434 Steps    Goal: 440,000 Steps

Day 46

Today is Susan B. Anthony’s birthday. She is probably Rochester’s most famous resident, although she was born in Massachusetts in 1820, and her family moved to Rochester when she was 25 years old. Everyone knows that she championed women’s rights and got arrested for voting, but I learned some more obscure facts from Ruth Rosenberg-Naparsteck, […]

Day 45

I’ve enjoyed the warmer temperatures the last 2 days. I just wish they didn’t come with such turbulence, and I wish the turbulence didn’t wreck such havoc with my sinuses. Who in Rochester doesn’t have sinus trouble? Sometimes all of life seems to change like the weather. No wonder so many of us resist change, especially […]

Day 44

There are several ways to distinguish Rochesterians from the rest of the world. If you hear someone ordering pop instead of soda or a white hot dog instead of a red hot dog, or if their face takes on almost a rapturous glow when talking about their hometown grocery store, then that person probably hails from […]

Day 43

What a winter this has been! Today I headed east to a SCBWI writers’ conference in Baldwinsville. The drive was fairly easy. I waved to Moroni in Palmyra (he never waves back) and looked for waterfowl in Montezuma, but they must have been taking refuge in the refuge, and were nowhere to be seen. The […]

Day 42

 Gary and I have a standing date every Friday morning. We take our trash and recyclables to the dump, and then we go out for breakfast. Life doesn’t get much better than this. ALPCO, on Rte 31F in Macedon, is just about the cleanest, neatest dump you will ever find. They even decorate for Christmas. We’ve […]

Day 41

Pedometers should come with a list of side effects, like medicine does. One side effect of wearing my pedometer is that I can’t stop counting steps. Maybe this particular side effect only manifests itself in former math teachers – I don’t know – but I’ve got it. In case you’re interested here’s what I’ve paced out: […]