A Beer for Brian

IF YOU'D SEEN ME LAST NIGHT paying tribute to my cousin Brian, and avoided being struck blind, you'd have had good cause to doubt my sanity. But I was fulfilling an obligation and following some very sage advice.Fortunately, there are no photos. But you're welcome to use your imagination.Brian was a sweet, good-natured guy with …

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Woodstock Warmup!

FRIDAY'S FORECAST FOR HELL: HOT, with rain showers likely, then cooling off on Saturday. Trail conditions: 200 yards of campground road followed by 61.9 miles of slippery, shoe-eating mud.Just hours now to Run Woodstock and my first-ever 100K trail race, starting at 4:00 Friday afternoon, and crossing the finish line somewhere between 4:00-6:00 a.m. Saturday. The …

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Signs of the Apocalypse

I'M GIVING YOU FAIR WARNING. During my wonderful vacation up north last week, I took some photos that suggest something "revelationary" is brewing in the Sleeping Bear Dunes. No fire and brimstone or geese flying backwards, just a collection of little signs that cumulatively suggest - dare I say it - an omen. I haven't …

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Twin Peaks

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my little bro and sister! Today they reached a certain milestone that I passed a couple of years ago. For the sake of propriety I won't mention what it is, but anyone who remembers the original name of this blog (*) has a clue. So as my brother and sister are twins, …

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