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Warning. Construction zone ahead.

Well, my birthday present from Randal is well underway. The bathroom/bedroom/closet project had commenced.  And the completion date is still projected to be Christmas.  Despite walking on nails every time I want to access my pants and praying that I don't get tetanus, this project is totally worth it. Zen bathroom! Cozy bedroom! Walk-in-ish closet! Hurrah!

Bikes, birthdays, built environment.

Autumn has arrived in the Klamath Basin and despite our persistent drought, it is stunning.  The evergreens cover the hills, interrupted only by bright splashes of Aspen gold.  It is cool in the morning and warm in the afternoons.  It is [always] sunny.  I have to say, Klamath wears this season very well. And seasons are, of course, a time of change.  Stephanie and I finally closed our Couch to 5K lecture series, which was so much more successful than we had anticipated.  Our last hike drew around 40-50 participants who came, decked out in our T-rex t-shirts and walked, jogged or ran 5-6 kilometers.  It was a great showing.  We were lucky enough to have a reporter from Runner's World join us for the hike.  I'm not sure that this particular story was interesting enough for the magazine, but he'll be following our project for the next few years and might do an ongoing story.  We'll see! C25K Crew! Sad Maizie. Unfortunately, ...