Tomfoolery
Monday, October 14, 2024
1982 Home Recording
Sunday, October 13, 2024
Escape
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Here I Go Again
Friday, October 11, 2024
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Golden Peanut Co. - Headland, Alabama
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Ten Years Ago
Monday, October 7, 2024
Sunday, October 6, 2024
Comanche
The Comanche Indians were the Mongols of the nomadic plain Indians. They had helped kick out the Spanish (late 1500s?) and while doing so scores of Spanish horses escaped into the wild. The Comanches, more than any of the plain Indians, recaptured the horses, and mastered the use of them. They were also very savage, not unlike the Mongols. They would raid other tribes and later white settlements, not thinking twice about killing women and babies. Pretty much only 8, 9 and 10 yr olds were spared, simply because the Comanches felt it could be a way to increase their #s in the short-term.
Saturday, October 5, 2024
Friday, October 4, 2024
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Sightings
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
"Pennie" (Carroll) Byrd
Monday, September 30, 2024
Sunday, September 29, 2024
Saturday, September 28, 2024
Friday, September 27, 2024
A Date Is A Date
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Starting Out
I shared this with a relative in 2012.
It took me two months of regular walking with a partner for me to build up the stamina and will to do long walks on my own. A definite breakthrough was when I could go out and walk five miles simply on my own without wanting to quit or cut it short. Most of my walks now are solo, and my will to keep walking is pretty strong. Boredom can seep in, but I counter it by walking in areas where there's a lot of natural beauty. There are many places like this in Asheville, so I would imagine that I could change routes frequently if need be and always be near a waterfall, mountain, park or lake. Also, when walking, my mind isn't totally empty. In fact, I may think through some things or talk out some things (like a crazy person!) as I walk.
I now can walk seven miles with 1200 feet elevation. I still prefer walking partners, but I go out often on my own. I have walked virtually every road in North Asheville. I enjoy getting up in the mountains, and bears are a big highlight now. Views are still amazing, but bear sightings are my greatest source of motivation (besides exercise).