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I ran 9.1* miles last week. That’s more than I’ve gone in about nine months. Wasn’t exactly a speed demon about it, but maybe that half-marathon is within reach again. Will see if I can get to 10 before too long here. * man, who tracks their mileage to the decimal place? how embarrassing… ...

It’s been a year since I got to wear a special bracelet, and I’ve had a number of physical ups and downs since then. Early on, I seemed to make a quick, strong recovery. But then odd pains and side effects showed up in the new year. Seems I’m not quite as impervious to...

One sort of unexpected development out of all this Covid business is that it’s inspired me to help get my dad and sister up on some kind of platform that allows for video calls. My dad just got an iPad a few months ago. It’s been an occasional struggle to get it to behave....

This has been the longest I’ve gone without cutting my hair since I was in high school, I think. When I imagine what I look like, I see Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski. But when I look in the mirror, all I get is this:   It’s all in my head. But I’ll...