Everything's coming up bananas

Warning: the contents of this blog may surprise the sensibilities of some readers!Standing at the cash of a local outdoor store yesterday, I surveyed the copious quanties of quirky items serious outdoor types might drool over. You know, the sort of thing that you...

WoW to Jay and Jill

It has to be mentioned here that Jay and Jill completed their Myrtle Beach Marathons yesterday – the 8th of their 50 states. (You can read a short primer about them in the blog posting of February 4.)Truly, I believe that numbers never tell the whole story but I...

Oakville Tuesday evening class cancelled

I do love a good storm but there is a point where it is plain irresponsible to be encouraging people to get in their cars to drive to power walking class. We’ll leave the roads clear for people who want to get home from work and the snow plows.This is a good...

Walking in brass monkey weather

Yup, walking yesterday was one of those days when I can hear my father saying clearly, “JEEEEEZZZZZUUUUUSSSSSSS…cold enough to freeze the [indelicate term] off a brass monkey!”Although the origin of this phrase is in dispute, I find it does convey a...