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Finally, I can get some sun on my feet! Life is better with tan feet for me. Always has been. For some reason, I eat less in flip flops. Socks increase my appetite. You know,…

In Africa, on my first Game Drive, the tracker called me “Matengu.” It means early bird. I was always the first one in the Land Rover. Maybe “erlybird.” Erlybird in the Woods. Still thinking.

Why didn’t I think of it before. “Skeet!” My dad always called me “Skeet.” Let me see if I can remember why… maybe I’ll ask my brother. Yoda was suggested but there must be a…

Finally, I’m back in the woods! Just an easy two miles but no pain! My right calf is healing. I will continue to take it easy. Reinjuring it would be disastrous. I used 2 trekking…

Wow! What a difference compared to the Ebay bargain I had and sold today.  First…the waist belt extends and actually FITS my 65 year old mid section. The weight was all on my hips. Amazing…

They all said I should see The Godfather. Nope. Not me. If EVERYBODY loved it, how could I? I’m not going. It too popular. I don’t do popular. Popular is not cool enough for the…

Anyone out there have a healing spell? A magic poultice? A prayer that works fast? I need my leg to heal. I want to hike from dawn to dusk on the Summer Solstice. I know,…

Nope. Not going to use the 1945 state of the art closed cell foam ground pad. What was I thinking?  Maybe for one or two bad night’s sleep, but not if I want to EVER…

Thank heaven. I feel like painting again. Just finished this one. Started months ago. I kept walking by it looking and not painting. I wonder if it’s Painter’s Block? Do painters get that? I lost…

My homemade footprint. $14. Marmot footprint for my Marmot tent? $60. A small victory for me in the battle to be average. I want to be a garden variety, 65 year old hiker. I want…