“Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is something like this: "You are in the process of being indoctrinated. We have not yet evolved a system of education that is not a system of indoctrination. We are sorry, but it is the best we can do. What you are being taught here is an amalgam of current prejudice and the choices of this particular culture. The slightest look at history will show how impermanent these must be. You are being taught by people who have been able to accommodate themselves to a regime of thought laid down by their predecessors. It is a self-perpetuating system. Those of you who are more robust and individual than others will be encouraged to leave and find ways of educating yourself -- educating your own judgements. Those that stay must remember, always, and all the time, that they are being moulded and patterned to fit into the narrow and particular needs of this particular society."

Doris Lessing

(daily ex. update, dog walk 3.5 miles, ytd walk 716.9 miles. pm tm run 5.1 miles, ytd run 1172.8 miles)

“The problem is not scientifically illiterate kids; it is scientifically illiterate adults. Kids are born curious about the natural world. They are always turning over rocks, jumping with two feet into mud puddles and playing with the tablecloth and fine china.” -- Neil deGrasse Tyson

 (daily ex. dog walk 4.5 miles in a.m., ytd walk 713.4 miles, pm tm 5.5 miles run, ytd run 1167.7 miles)

Alzheimer's is me, unwinding, losing trust in myself, a butt of my own jokes and on bad days capable of playing hunt the slipper by myself and losing. You can't battle it, you can't be a plucky survivor. It steals you from yourself. Terry Pratchett

 “Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”

― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

Terry Pratchett, a wise man.

(daily ex. update, dog walk in a.m. 3.2 miles, ytd walk 708.9 miles, p.m. tm run 3.5 miles, ytd 1162.2 miles)

Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. — William Penn.

 

(daily ex. update, walk dog 3 miles, ytd walk 705.7 miles.  pm jog 1.5 miles, ytd run 1158.7 miles)

Life is full of false summits

c

 

     It was a hot Indian Summer day today with a beautiful clear blue sky.  Grasshoppers were jumping everywhere. Ants were busy carrying things many times their weight to who knows where.  The crab apples are ripe and bountiful.  A few wild plums are hanging on for dear life. Deer flies were plaguing my poor dog, settling on her face interminably. Deer are wandering everywhere....waiting for all those crab apples to fall.

(daily ex. update, morning walk 3.5 miles, ytd walk 702.7 miles.  pm tm 5.3 miles, ytd run 1157.2 miles. I was supposed to run 12 miles today per my training schedule, but I was just too tired)

  (daily ex. update, walk 3.5 miles, ytd walk 699.2 miles, early morning tm 1.7 miles, ytd run 1151.9 miles)

“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.” ― Ernest Hemingway

 (daily ex. update, a.m. dog walk 2.5 miles, ytd walk 695.7 miles, pm tm run 1.1 streak saver mile, ytd run 1150.2 miles, tired tonight)

 

 

(daily ex. update, morning run with dog 3.5 miles, ytd run 1149.1 miles, walk 4.5 miles, ytd walk 693.2 miles)

“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt

 It's a new day and a new season and new weather.

(daily ex. update, a.m. dog walk 3.5 miles, ytd walk 688.7 miles, pm slow jog 2 miles, ytd run 1145.6 miles, really tired today)

Do you remember?

                                               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs069dndIYk

(daily ex. update, walk 5 miles, ytd walk 685.2 miles.  pm tm run 5.5 miles, ytd run 1143.6 miles)

 How cute furry sea otters can fight climate change....an interesting article about these cute little creatures.

ttps://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210914-how-sea-otters-help-fight-climate-change

(daily ex., walk dog 2.2 miles, ytd walk 680.2 miles, pm jog 1.2 miles, ytd run 1138.1 miles)

Mr. Roger’s last words on that final episode.

 

(daily ex, morning walk 0.5 miles, ytd walk 678 miles, 3 runs of 1 mile, 13.1 miles tm, and 6.2 miles tm., ytd run 1136.9 miles. last long run.)

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. Bertrand Russell

 

I wasted much of today...but it was enjoyable!

(daily ex. update, walk 4.2 miles, ytd walk 677.5 miles, a.m. t.m. 1.1 miles, ytd run 434.5 miles)

“I was wise enough never to grow up, while fooling people into believing I had.” ― Margaret Mead

 

(daily ex, walk dog 0.5 miles, ytd walk 673.3 miles.  pm jog 1.7 streak saver miles, ytd run 1115.5 miles)

 My cousin sent me this because it reminded him of me.  I am flattered!  It is the image I am working towards.

(daily ex. update, morning dog walk 3 miles, ytd walk 672.8 miles.  afternoon tm  run 5.2 miles, ytd run 1113.8 miles) 

 

(daily ex. update, walk dog 2.5 miles in am., ytd walk 669.8 miles, pm run tm 5.1 miles, ytd run 1108.6 miles)

Keep showing up......Des Linden

 Good advice for life......

A month before her win in Boston, Linden had tweeted: “Some days it just flows and I feel like I’m born to do this, other days it feels like I’m trudging through hell. Every day I make the choice to show up and see what I’ve got, and to try and be better. My advice: Keep showing up.”

(daily ex update, walk 1.8 miles with dog, ytd walk 667.3 miles.  pm tm run 6.5 miles, ytd run 1103.5 miles)

 (daily ex. update, walk 4.8 miles, ytd walk 665.5 miles.  pm tm 1.6 miles, ytd run 1097 miles)

 

(daily ex. update, morning walk with dog 1.5 miles, ytd walk 660.7 miles.  2 tm runs of 8 miles and 13.2 miles for my long run, ytd run 1095.4 miles)

“Above all, do not loose your desire to walk. Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it.” ― Søren Kierkegaard

 (daily ex., walk 3.3 miles, ytd walk 659.2 miles.  pm jog 1 mile, ytd run 1074.2 miles)

Here's a little joke to make your day better: What do runners do when they forget something? They jog their memory. 😂

 (A pun has not completely matured until it is full Groan)

(daily ex. update, walk 1.1 miles, ytd walk 655.9 miles.  morning run with dog 3.6 miles, ytd run 1073.2 miles)

“Your health account, your bank account, they’re the same thing. The more you put in, the more you can take out. Exercise is king and nutrition is queen." —Jack LaLanne, the “godfather of fitness”

 I loved Jack LaLanne. Do you remember him?

(daily ex. update, walk 1.1 miles, ytd walk 654.8 miles, a.m. very slow run 3.1 miles with my dog, pm slow tm jog 2.5 miles, ytd run 1069.6 miles)

 

(daily ex. update, walk 1.7 miles, ytd walk 655.4 miles.  pm jog 1.3 miles to save streak, run ytd 1064 miles)

I love this quote!

 

(daily ex. update, walk 4.5 miles, ytd walk 653.7 miles. pm tm 5.1 miles, ytd run 1062.7 miles)

 

(daily ex. update, walk 5 miles, ytd walk 649.2 miles.  pm jog 1.6 miles, ytd run 1057.6 miles)

 

(daily ex. update, walk dog 4.5 miles, pm tm run 3.4 miles, ytd walk 644.2 miles, ytd run 1056 miles)

 

(morning walks 4 miles, ytd walk 639.7 miles, afternoon tm run 7 miles to complete 7 years of run streaking, running at least a miles every day, ytd run 1052.6 miles)

 

(morning walk 2.1 miles with dog, ytd walk 635.7 miles.  afternoon treadmill 2.1 miles, ytd run 1045.6 miles.  massive hail storm this afternoon)

Excellent

 (daily ex.update, walk 1 mile ytd walk 633.6 miles,  run 4 miles in a.m., 3.2 tm miles pm, ytd run 1043.5 miles)

I've always loved this song. Happy September.

 (daily ex, morning dog walk 3 miles, ytd walk 632.6 miles, pm jog 1.2 miles to save my streak, ytd run 1036.3 miles)