L'aventure américaine

Well, it is the end of this 30 days.  I made every day but one.  That was the day that I found out about Glenn's health issues and put myself to bed at 7:00pm.  I think that it's okay that I missed that one. As my reward for this challenge, I will order a photo book of one photo from each day.  Some days, I struggled to find a good photo.  Some days, there were too many from which to choose.  It will be a good snapshot into our lives this November of 2017.  There were difficult moments, but the sweet ones far outweighed the hard ones.  Christmas time is upon us and it is my favorite time of year.  I love the music and the lights and the love.  And it is a time of reflection, which can be good and difficult.  I am in a very different place now than I thought that I would be.  A year ago, I was submitting grad school applications, and Randal and I were mentally preparing for a move.  But, today, as I watched the buildin...

I'm not quite sure how summer floated on by.  Perhaps it's because I continue to hop through work and perhaps it's because Randal and Milo and I had several adventures, but either way, it's cold here today and the leaves are turning and suddenly it's October. Here is a brief summer in pictures.  This doesn't capture the minutiae of our life, which is sweet.  It includes getting up with Milo as he cheerfully babbles about lights and dogs and Bogey and dad.  It involves going to work where the clinic continues to expand (check out our website at liveyoung.skylakes.org and get a sense of all of the cool things we're doing) and Randal continues to improve the building and start new projects.  It involves dinner as a family while the dogs hover around Milo as he cheerfully throws bits to them and laughs and laughs.  It involves cocktails with friends and hikes in the Basin and sunshine and sunburns and good things.  And of course, it also involves bei...

I was briefly perusing my blog since Milo was born and realized that I have done it...  I have done what I said I wouldn't do.  Namely, cease posting about all of those things that are so important to me (politics, community volunteering, funny Randal anecdotes) and have posted solely about Milo. Obviously, he's a 20 lb, soul-snatching monster (albeit the cutest and best one ever).  So, here goes life outside of Milo. The Wellness Center opened to the public in March , celebrating a year of being open.  (See our front page story!)  We celebrated by adding huge new challenges to our agenda, so while I had hoped that we would coast for a bit, we are exploring the world of marketing, insurance reimbursement, and worksite wellness.  Needless to say, I am not bored, but continually challenged and stimulated by my work. We also continue to work on community endeavors.  They broke ground on the Geo Trail (we received a grant to build this trail in Octo...

I mentioned in the last post that my mom came to visit.  It was such a wonderful time.  I assume, anyway.  I was at work much of the time, but judging on the delicious meals that were on the table when I got home, it must have been going okay. Last week, after she left, there weren't as many delicious dinners.  I miss her for a lot of reasons, but that's a big one. Of course, there's nothing that Randal hates more than a mopey Katherine.  So, he bought me a bike to ease the blow of fewer homecooked meals.  You can't see how fat those tires are, but they sure stopped my flipping-over-the-handlebars nightmares that I kept having.  We'll see how long I can ride during this pregnancy, but my sweet new commuter will let me keep going for months. I did have to say goodbye to the infamous Torker while getting this one.  It had been a great bike and I loved it so much.  However, it was gathering far too much dust as my desire to ride up our...

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, ...