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Happy Trails
Brain cancer is.....back on the PCT, one last time.Somehow it got to be Saturday again today. So soon!We are out of midweek training days for this trip, so we headed back to the solitude of the PCT,...
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Sunday Funday
Brain cancer is......having a great day.Sometimes it's what doesn't happen that makes our day great. I put on my workout clothes this morning and headed up to our bird/coffee party. I was still on my...
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Lamps and Lake Last Looks
Brain cancer is......savoring one more walk at the lake.Tomorrow is our last full day here. We predict it will be an indoor day, so we spent the last daylight hours walking at the lake today. Its...
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Snow Day
Brain cancer is... ...watching it snow.And so it came to pass that the snow that was foretold did fall down upon the land.Whee! A send-off storm for us! We're focusing on enjoying snow fall rather...
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Looking Up
Brain cancer is......looking up.We out waited the snow this morning and drove down to what felt like a new world. We spent the day at Nova’s home. Above you see three generations of Guillaumes,...
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Leisure Day
Brain cancer is......in vacation mode.A sure sign great-day indicator is Darrell's Hawaiian shirt. It wasn't just Darrell's smile, then, that announced that today would be a great one, above. We came...
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"Put on your jams, Hon. We're staying in."
Brain cancer is......ditching the jeans for jams.We raced the predicted rainstorm for Parent Day...and won! It's only 4:00, and we're back home and-- upon Darrell's advice--putting on our quitters and...
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If we can't move the car, at least we can move the furniture.
Brain cancer is......not traveling.Without Covid, we'd be on the road right now. Oh well. Above you see that Darrell used what we learned from the cabin's morning coffee parties: Rearranging the...
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Jump Around!
Brain cancer is...video version ...jumping around!If Darrell can jump around at the top of the very last hill of a 20-mile walk on a cold day while our team was losing the NFC championship to the...
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Happy Semester to All!
Brain cancer is... ...doing lots of really important stuff today.So much important stuff! We'll share just a few highlights.We started by discussing my Fitbit sleep data for last night (above). It's...
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Still Jumping
Brain cancer is...Video Version...not jumping around solo.Day Two of the non-teaching semester was as busy as Day One, including a trip back to the park.Above you see the same last hill of the walk as...
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The Blog Post of Delights
Brain cancer is... ...delighting.Recently Meridyth shared a joyful NPR podcast from This American Life (here), based on Ross Gay's bestseller The Book of Delights. Gay's book is a collection of small...
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Fun Allottment Exceeded?
Brain cancer is......worrying a bit surpassing our fun allotment.Is the amount of fun to be had limited? Is fun like the internet data on our hot spot, so we should start worrying at the end of the...
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Germany, Ho!
Readers Note: Darrell's genius is here for you today. Brain cancer is......celebrating with Melanie on her farewell tour. Melanie is being deployed to Germany tomorrow for several months with the...
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Work, work, work.
Readers Note: Darrell's at the keyboard again today.Brain cancer is.....enjoying necessary chores.Even after a late start (breakfast was 12:30 pm), we enjoyed doing many rewarding chores. Above you...
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Train no more.
Brain cancer is......done training.We did our final "longer" walk today: Ten miles. We saw a couple bird things that surprised even us bird dorks.Here are 11 seconds of an egret scratching its neck on...
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Monday Fun Day
Darrell is once again supervising today.Brain cancer is... ...continuing to have fun and smile at the world's beauty.Coming home from errands, we chased the sunset. Above you see the shot from a...
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Video Is Magic.
Darrell here.Brain cancer is... ...FaceTiming with our 93-year old dad. Gordon's kids all gave him an iPhone for Christmas. He's doing a great job of experimenting and learning. Today he and Gary...
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Dining With Family
Darrell again supervising. Brain cancer is......enjoying breakfast with LuAnn,...and lunch with Gordon.Once gain, we had great day with family! We saw both parents for meals and stimulating...
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A Bruising Schedule
Brain cancer is... ...welcoming Nova to vacation planning, Guillaume style.Tiana, Alex, and Nova arrived for a few days of vacation with us last night. As you see, above, Nova was greeted with a...
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