Saturday

12.17.22

Today’s task was to “place flowers on an old unattended gravestone”. This was a serious task as it involved dead people. But you would not believe what happened! The only cemetery I know is in Forest Grove — 30 min drive. I almost went there after walking with Opee. But the weirdest thing happened! We were hiking in the woods…

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Monday

5.25.20

Today on a walk with my beastie I came across a wandering stray dog in one of the neighborhoods of Hillsboro. The dog was beautiful but had no collar and had beginnings of what looked like mange and a wound on top of his tail. He did not come to me but came to Opee and Opee stood there not…

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forest park
Monday

1.8.18

Vacation is over and as always it always feels that it was not enough time to decompress. The first week you are just trying to get used to the idea that you don’t have to go to the office and the second week just flies too quickly. My time off was mellow and off key. I spend a wonderful 2 days with my…

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fog
Thursday

1.28.17

Walking in the fog is like taking a bath followed by a cup of warm milk — pure fuzzy comfort. Things almost unrecognizable disguised by the semi-transparent shimmering dust. Even cacophony of cars seems to reduce itself into a gentler murmur instead. The mystery of alleys and buildings dissolve as you approach which almost takes you by surprise and a…

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walking shoes
Wednesday

6.28.17

I walk 7.5 miles on average every day. That’s 52.5 miles a week. That’s over 200 miles a month. In my neighborhood, there are 4 different routes that my dog likes, so we stick to them. Each day we cover 3 different combinations. One is going through Orchard Park, one leading to a huge field where Opee can run freely…

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