Training Log: barb

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OK, I *think* John just definitely bailed on me for Big Muddy, and I also think he's not doing Dakota, and possibly not NZ...

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Yet another reason to have backyard chickens.

Yesterday Dave spent a bunch of time doing his Doctor Dirt thing. He prepared two finished ready-to-use barrels of compost for me. He buried the manure we'd collected over the winter in sandwich layers with dirt and leaves. After it stays there for a while it will get added to our kitchen compost.

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Go Dems! Go!

C • I'm nervous 4

Orienteering 1:08:00 [1]

Brown course at Hammond Pond. First orienteering in a very long time. Good to be out. Nice day!

I somehow coerced the kids to come, and they did an orange course together. Apparently Isabel did all the navigating and David just slowed her down and provided a running random commentary.

David finished the Billygoat T-shirt design and we sent it off to Phil.

Bicycling 8:00 [1]

To Cambridge Community Center garden design charette, and back. I presented my shade maps.

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Yay!

C • I assume you've seen this... 2

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sometimes i am afraid to read a personal note.

Before the chicken hearing (BZA), I posted my letter to the board on the fence outside the house, and a note to the neighbors. Last week I saw someone had stuck a folded piece of paper with writing on it into the space between my posting and the fence. I carried it in my pocket for a while and then made Dave read it. It turned out to say, "Are your chickens still citizens of Cambridge? from a chicken supporter" or something like that. It was written on a torn-off paper from a jury duty notice.

Bicycling 12:00 [1]

To work for the seed box, and to Eva's to pick up Izzy. Missed two other opportunities for biking, which I now regret.

Running 8:00 [1]

Up hill, with David.

Bicycling 1:20:00 [2]

Isabel picked up a new bike yesterday after several years of not really having one to speak of. We biked to her school this morning.
Then I biked to pick her up; we stopped by Tosci's on the way home.



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Bicycling 4:00 [1]

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So yesterday I actually filed my taxes. Or, my tax preparer did. But it's the first time in many years that they went in this early. Usually I file late.

Got a pretty hefty tax break on the solar hot water, and even some money back for the insulation. Sweet.

And water in the solar storage tank got to 134.7F yesterday.



I think the time axis labeling is off -- no one was showering at 4am this morning. Looks like west coast time to me.

Bicycling 45:00 [1]

Work & back. To David's school for parent/teacher meetings, & back. To Dave's work with David to go out for dinner & movie, & back.