June 2018

June 2018

Friday 01- Clear 93° | 62°

I did my stretches, yoga, exercised with 10 and 20 lbs dumbbells, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag, and jogged a mile.

Saturday 02 and Sunday 03 was kinda melancholy for me missing Barney.

Monday 04- Clear 105° | 75°

I did my stretches, yoga, exercised with 10 and 20 lbs dumbbells, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag, and jogged one mile.

I listened to two podcast episodes of Astronomy Cast: 474 predictions for 2018, and 475 fast radio bursts.

Tuesday 05- Scattered Clouds 100° | 71°

I did my stretches and jogged a mile and a half.

I asked my publisher/friend to delete “Upon Ashen Road” from Amazon. There didn’t seem to be any activity going on with paperback online. So, instead of letting it languish a slow death, I asked him to delete it and send me the latest .doc edit update he had. I told him I appreciated his past efforts on the book, but I felt it best if I continue on alone and leave him free to work on the many other projects he has; he agreed. I am going to retitle and rewrite the book in my free time. I received an email back from him along with the document for the book and a promise to delete it from Amazon. All is good.
Now I can rename “Upon Ashen Roads”, re-edit, and add on another 50 some thousand words to the book; kind of a do over.

I listened to one podcast episodes of Astronomy Cast: 476 the overview effect.

I finished cleaning out the dog pen. I fixed my front flat tire on the electric fat bike. While I was at it I put Slime in both tires and also fitted each with Mr Tuffy 4XL Fat Bike Tire Liner Tube Protector. I was outside the gate with the bike when Cassie whined at me wanted to go with. She jumped all over me with joy as I went back in to get her leash. She had a good run and the bike tested out okay.

I took the large binoculars out tonight to take in the magnificent canopy of stars overhead. I looked and found my favorite asteism: the coat hanger in Cygnus.

Wednesday 06- Clear 97° | 69°

I did my stretches, yoga, exercised with 10 and 20 lbs dumbbells, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag for 10 minutes, and jogged a mile.
I drove the scooter to my mailbox to send out Cassie's dog license papers and my friend Tom’s birthday card only to came back home to find the card sitting on the kitchen table; I had mailed out an empty envelope!

Thursday 07- Clear 97° | 66°

I did my stretches, yoga, and ran a mile and a half.

I did the laundry. The dang hose broke sending a spray of water all over the place when I accidently knocked it with a box of canned dog food. I had no way to fix the fitting that burst, and so I had to use another hose I had laying around. That took two hours out of my day.

Friday 08- winds in the evening Clear 100° | 71°

I did my stretches.

I went through most of my books looking for ones to donate or give away. I need to clear out some not needed stuff. It is very hard to give up some of my favorite books though...

Took Cassie for another bike run, gosh how she likes to run. After Barney passed I’ve been spending more time with her because she seems to be moping around looking for him.

Saturday 09- windy Clear 100° | 73°

I did my stretches, yoga, exercised with 10 and 20 lbs dumbbells, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag for 10 minutes, and jogged a mile with Cassie.

I continued to work on cleaning out the junk I’ve collected throughout my life.

Sunday 10- Clear 95° | 66°

I did my stretched.

I went to the poetry reading at Space Cowboy Books and read a few poems in front of everyone there. I brought a bunch of books I cleaning out of my library that I’ll never be reading again and donated them.

Monday 11- Clear 102° | 69°

I did my stretches, yoga, exercised with 10 and 20 lbs dumbbells, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag for 10 minutes, and jogged a mile with Cassie.

Tuesday 12- Scattered Clouds 106° | 75°

I did my stretches and jogged a mile.

I continued to work on cleaning out the junk I’ve collected throughout my life.

Wednesday 13- Scattered Clouds 105° | 73°

I did my stretches.

I drove to the Physical Therapy place in Twentynine Palms to have my left shoulder/neck looked at... been bugging me for over a year with a slight pain.

Thursday 14- windy Scattered Clouds 104° | 70°

I did my stretches, yoga, exercised with 10 and 20 lbs dumbbells, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag for 10 minutes, and jogged a mile and a half.

I listened to three podcast episodes of Astronomy Cast: 477, 478, and 479 .

Friday 15- windy Scattered Clouds 99° | 73°

I did my stretches.

Cassie and I went over to Kjtel’s house to watch a movie and eat blueberry pie.

Saturday 16- windy Clear 93° | 70°

I did my stretches, yoga, exercised with 10 and 20 lbs dumbbells, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag for 10 minutes, and jogged a mile with Cassie.

Went into Yucca Valley with Kjtel for a massage and then we eat at this wonderful restaurant called Cali Greens Cafe just around the back of Starbucks.

Sunday 17- Clear 91° | 62°

I did my stretches.

I continued to work on cleaning out the junk I’ve collected throughout my life.

Monday 18- Clear 91° | 62°

I did my stretches, yoga, exercised with 10 and 20 lbs dumbbells, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag for 10 minutes, and jogged a mile and a half.

Tuesday 19- Clear 100° | 69°

I did my stretches and took Cassie for a long walk before it got too hot.

I continued to rummage through my stuff to see what I should keep, give away, sell, or toss in the trash.

Wednesday 20- Clear 107° | 75°

I did my stretches.

I went for another physical therapy session for my neck muscle that’s been bothering me for a few years. I believe it happened in the Army when a steel beam fell and gave me a glancing blow on between the neck and the shoulder on my right side. Dang Army!

Thursday 21- Clear 109° | 75°

I did my stretches, yoga, exercised with 10 and 20 lbs dumbbells, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag for 10 minutes, and jogged a mile and a half. I jumped in the pool afterwards to cool down.

Friday 22- Clear 109° | 80°  

I did my stretches and went for a mile jog.

My car has been warning me that its left rear tire was low. I had filled up all tires when I went for the poetry reading, but that left rear tire kept going low; imagine a car that tells you its tires are Low. I went into Joshua Tree and pulled into Garry's Tires to get the tire patched so my car would stop nagging at me. Chris was the only one there and working on this big old motorhome replacing all the old tires with new. I asked the lady there how long it’d be before Chris could get to my. She said about two hours. I said I have nothing else to do so I’ll just wait until he’s done. I guess Chris overheard and told me to back it up into the bay. It took him about ten minutes to fix the tire and remount it. I gave him a nice tip, paid the cashier twenty bucks and I was on my way to WalMart to pick up a few things.

Saturday 23- Windy Clear 106° | 80°

I did my stretches, yoga, exercised with 10 and 20 lbs dumbbells, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag for 10 minutes, and jogged a mile and a half. I jumped in the pool afterwards to cool down.

I also listened to 2 Astronomy Cast podcasts: 480 and 481: Rockets parts 1&2.

I read in my history book part of chapter 27: New economy and expansion of Europe.

I worked on a laptop my trailer guest spilled water on and wouldn’t power on. I fixed her ChromeBook and it's running just fine now.

I took Cassie for a long evening walk.

Cassie and I went for a night run up the hill and back.

Sunday 24- Clear 102° | 72°

I did my stretches, yoga, exercised with 10 and 20 lbs dumbbells, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag for 10 minutes, and jogged a mile and a half. Just like yesterday I again jumped in the pool afterwards to cool down. That ten foot pool only cost me $44 and was well worth the cost.

I finished reading chapter 27: A new economy and the expansion of Europe... in my history book.
I listened to Astronomy Cast Ep. 485: docking and refueling.

I took Cassie for a long evening walk.

After 3 weeks of editing and adding to Part One of my book “Ashen Roads” I merged Part Two that I had written last November. The book is now around one hundred thousand words or more.
Cassie and I went for a night run up the hill and back.

Monday 25- Clear 105° | 75°

I did my stretches and jogged a mile jog.

I read chapter 28: the Renaissance in Italy... in my history book.

I listened to Astronomy Cast Ep. 486: particle physics update, and Ep. 487: Dark Matter.

Cassie and I were invited over to Kjtel’s house for dinner and Episode 5 of the New York Documentary. We also took the dogs for a nice long walk at sunset; the sky colors were magnificent.

Tuesday 26- Clear 107° | 78°

I did my stretches, yoga, exercised with 10 and 20 lbs dumbbells, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag for 10 minutes, and jogged a mile and a half.

I read chapter 29: the Renaissance in Northern Europe... in my history book.

I listened to Astronomy Cast Ep. 488: Dark Energy, Ep. 489: Black Hole Update, Ep. 490: What’s New with Supernovas,  Ep. 492: Comets, Asteroids and KBO’s, and Ep. 493: Mars update.

Took Cassie for a long walk in the desert at sunset; much cooler at this time.

Wednesday 27- Windy Clear 106° | 77°

I did my stretches and jogged a mile.

I went for my physical therapy session. Went shopping afterwards at Staters and Subway; I like their spicy Italian sub.

I went outside to see the full Moon and Saturn Conjunction.

Thursday 28- Clear 100° | 73°

I did my stretches, yoga, exercised with 10 and 20 lbs dumbbells, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag for 10 minutes, and jogged a mile and a half.
I read chapter 30: The Protestant Reformation... in my history book.
I took Cassie out for a really long walk in the evening.

Ep. 494: Icy Moons Update 2018, Ep. 495: Update on Asteroids & Prospects of Asteroid Mining, Ep. 496: Update on Stellar Populations (I, II, & III), Ep. 497: Update on Globular Clusters, and Ep. 498: Dwarf Galaxy Update.
Me and Cassie went for a night run up the hill and back.

Friday 29- Clear 100° | 80°

I got up early when it wasn’t very hot to do my stretches and jog a mile with my Cassie.

I gave Chris a ride to the post office in Joshua Tree to pick up a vital package she has been waiting for.

I started reading chapter 31 in my history book.

Took Cassie for a long evening walk.

Saturday 30- Clear 99° | 82°

I did my stretches, exercised with 10 lbs dumbbells, core trainer, weight bench, and jogged a mile and a half. I jumped in the pool to cool off when I was done with my exercises.

I finished reading chapter 31 in my history book.

It has been over the 20 years since our first potluck. I’ve seen many good folks come and go throughout the years. It’s nice to see friendly caring faces when I arrive each time. Kip Fjeld whipped up some guacamole with chips. Jeff Dongvillo cooked a beef and veggies casserole. Mack tossed up a salad. Cal Mayers brought his assorted fruits tray. Dyan Carroll and her Brother John cooked up a yummy lasagna, garlic bread, apple crisp and a bunch more. Chris VanNortrick made veggie meals for those who don’t eat meat. As usual, Yvonne Frances waltzed in at the last moment with watermelon and fresh corn. We all had a really nice time and maybe we’ll see y’all next potluck!

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Some people are just plain evil, not much you can do about that... I just try to stay my distance from them. Nobody's perfect, ain’t anyone normal, and not everyone has evil in them...
~RD

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