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By admin , 7 March 2014

Early morning run

It was slower than 2 days ago but that's usual for my early morning runs. I went to bed at 10.30 pm and promptly woke up at 6.00 am.

By admin , 3 March 2014

Cosmos

Terrific book. When I was a kid, I read Contact from the same author. I still remember the location of the book in the library in Middenmeer, just around the corner from the main hallway.

Cosmos is a terrific book, very energizing and hopeful.

By admin , 3 March 2014

The Adventure of English

The Adventure of English is an enjoyable book about the history of the English language. It gives a good summary of the main events that shaped English.

It is written from a British perspective. The anthropomorphism by the author of treating English as a "person" is a little weird but doesn't interfere too much with the text: "But English was too smart to be pinned down, even by the English".

Author loves language but has a survivors bias in claiming that English was uniquely adapteble and therefore strong.

This book was recommended by Eric.

By admin , 3 March 2014

Pre-snow run

Hard to believe we have snow again, it being March 3rd already, but it is what it is. Yesterday I went for nice pre-snow run, it was warm.

By Guus , 3 March 2014

Jim Hash

Jim Hash, a friendly face in the neighborhood, passed away last week.

We met him when we lived near his house on Custis Street two years ago, and we always stopped for a chat. He loved seeing Nora and always smiled at her. When he learned we were looking for a house, he tried to help us.

It is sad to hear about his passing.

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By admin , 28 February 2014

48 minutes

After Saturday's run, which left me in pain the next day, I took it easy and skipped Tuesday's run (went for a swim instead). Yesterday I ran for the first time and it went well, no pain.

By admin , 26 February 2014

Panda

Guus: "Is Nora Bulgaars?"
Nora giggles.
Guus: "Is Nora Nederlands?"
Nora giggles again.
Nora: "Nora is panda!"

I was making hutspot, and part of the recipe is to mash ingredients together ("stampen").
Nora: "Net als mevrouw Helderder!"
Guus: "Mevrouw Helderder?"
Nora: "Oh!"
And then it dawned on me: Mevrouw Helderder always stamps on the floor (also "stampen").

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By Guus , 22 February 2014

6.2 miles after the snow

Two weeks ago I ran my 6 mile route and wrote: "it doesn't look like it, but the forecast is for snow". Well, the snow has finally melted and the trails and sidewalks are all clear (except near the pawnshop on Lee Highway). I reset my watch by accident after the run so I don't know my time but the run went well though I felt tired. It's good that I didn't do 7 miles yet. It's sure tempting to start thinking about longer races again!

Update 2/23:

By Guus , 21 February 2014

Sasha's birthday

We celebrated Sasha's birthday the three of us at home, and had our parents on through Skype.

We had a small cake with candles and in the evening we went out for dinner. We ordered a plate for Nora separately, for the first time.

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By admin , 20 February 2014

Custis snow free

It's good that the snow has melted today because I took Nora out for a run. Sasha wrote that she'd be home a little later and I hadn't ran in New Jersey so the timing worked out nicely.

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