Category: Random Musings

After a day of rest, it will be back to the stadium for me today. At physical therapy on Tuesday, I completed 20 minutes on the exercise arm/leg machine (alternating every minute) plus walked a mile uphill at a 3 percent grade on the treadmill. I’m beginning to enjoy this life, perhaps because I’ve been…

Yesterday, Rene and I went to the Belmont gym to use the weights and fitness equipment. It was nice to be back after over two months away. In addition to the climbing walls, Planet Granite gym has state-of-the-art exercise equipment–including a treadmill that can measure time, distance, incline, and heart rate. I was told to…

I forgot to mention that on our walk on Saturday, the air was clear enough to see from San Jose to San Francisco from the top of the hill! This morning was the third day in a row I have not had “throwing up” problems…maybe it has gone away! That will be a relief. Yesterday,…

In between hospital appointments, Dave and I went to the Stanford dish trail today. It’s called the “dish” because there is a satellite dish at the top of the hill, a well-known landmark in the community. The trail, once a worn, narrow dirt trail is now a wide paved path with a security guard at…

Felix, thanks for dropping by the site. I hope you recover from the over-training. I have started upper-body training now. The head physical therapist, Milenna, is very good at encouraging people. She had me using 4 lb. dumbells and doing sets of 10 of various exercises, plus the pulley machine which exercises the lats. I…

Yesterday was an excellent day. Isa brought over homemade Vietnamese spring rolls and hot and sour soup for lunch, and then we went to the stadium to exercise. It was almost like old times. I was able to climb from the bottom to top three times, the equivalent of 24 flights of stairs. It was…

70 degrees, sunny, and perfect puffy clouds floating overhead…the ideal conditions for going for our nature walk today…but this one had an added twist…Rhona and I foraged for edible plants, which I used in dinner. After about 15 minutes, we came across some elderberry trees, and later found wild radishes and fennel. I was delighted…

70 degrees, sunny, and perfect puffy clouds floating overhead…the ideal conditions for going for our nature walk today…but this one had an added twist…Rhona and I foraged for edible plants, which I used in dinner. After about 15 minutes, we came across some elderberry trees, and later found wild radishes and fennel. I was delighted…

Last night I planned a potluck birthday dinner for one of my best friends, Mark Fletcher. After cooking a steamed chicken dish with Myrna for the party, I had a wave of nausea and couldn’t even keep my pills down. So I sent the food up to Eva’s house with Dave, and stayed home to…

Denise, thanks for your messages. I will be looking forward to your call. You can also try reaching me on my cell phone. No, dog in the picture is not Rupie, Rupie is much cuter! Julie, great to hear that the kids are doing so well in climbing! They must be training hard with their…