finished the #InsideTrail Woodside Ramble 35k #trailRace in 7:42:58!

21+ miles for the 21st. Happy Winter Solstice!

One last dance for 2024. Drove down 101 and saw the orange sunrise between the East Bay mountains and stormy cloud cover. Made it to Huddart Park, parked, got my bib, pinned it to to my shorts, left my drop bag on a picnic table, and lined up to start just in time.

It was overcast and as we made our way up the hill, the drizzle then rain and wind began. The deep forest protected us from most of it.

The recent storms had downed a large tree which blocked part of the original course. The organizers had to re-route the 35k course (and the 55k) into a series of loops. This was my first 3 loops race!

It was harder than expected (the course changes added lots more vert) but I finished healthy, no pain, no soreness, so I'll take it, along with my second DLF trophy. I’m starting a collection.

Started the year with a rainy 30k race (Redtail Ridge¹), finished the year with a rainy 35k (with ~60% more vert! nearly 4400'). Seven races in 2024 ✅ Good notes to end on for this year’s trail racing season.

#35k #WoodsideRamble #Ramble24 #trailRun #trailRunner #runner #trailRunning #running

¹ https://tantek.com/2024/051/t1/finished-redtail-ridge-30k
#InsideTrail #trailRace #35k #WoodsideRamble #Ramble24 #trailRun #trailRunner #runner #trailRunning #running

Yet another open letter to the Governor of Washington State

#Washington State #EV #Nissan Leaf #environmentalism

My actual EV costs in 2024

I’m testing out a new blogging setup on my iPhone using Working Copy and Textastic. And I’m dictating this post using Siri, so in a sense nothing I’m doing right now has anything to do with my #writing workflow on my iPad or Mac.

I contemplate how the type of post I would dictate, rather than type out, would be different. Perhaps this is me at my most raw, most unfiltered…from my brain to your eyes.

Actually, I’m not sure who wants that… 😂

Here’s a cool thing. In Textastic I can create my own file templates. I’ve created one for the Thoughts category, which this post is in, and I can create other templates for categories like Links or Essays. Because Markdown is plain text, working with it even on a small screen is quite straightforward.

Finish the post, push it up to my repo using Working Copy, wait for #Bridgetown to rebuild my site…and we’re done.

Oh I’m digging this. ☺️

No Water is Death

Fred Meyer

at Fred Meyer

Raspberry Pi 500 + Adafruit Cyberdeck Hat + Pimoroni Inky wHat = eInk display for important Caturday photos

#python #raspberry-pi #cyberdeck

“Operation Buy Local” is a rousing success so far!

A few days ago I talked about how I was going radical on this, and then today nearly by accident I wandered into a warehouse down by the river and discovered that it was tens of thousands of square feet of vintage goods along with wares by local #Portland artisans. I had a chance to talk with the Creative Director there and told him it was like Ikea if Ikea was a local antique mall!

Liminal Space

I absolutely had a blast and can’t wait to go back. I needed some stocking stuffers for the kids, so I ended up buying a toy, a necklace, and a couple of original art prints.

They even have a library! A library!

Antique radios and cool rooms

The creative director’s own personal curated collection is quite something:

Nuclear bomb notice, drink Coca-Cola

Casablanca and UNITED we will win

Rad AF.

Fiona followup

Lloyd Center Ice Rink

at Lloyd Center Ice Rink

When That Minor Setback Pops Your Delusion Bubble

Friend used a new-to-me phrase for the holiday blahs that’s perfect: “blah humbug” 😂

Fiona’s feeling better

Fiona

Link: The Most Horrible Stat

I screen printed some stuff

#art #making #screen-printing #class

I’m changing my shopping habits. I’m buying local. I’m going to go radical on this.

I rarely buy anything online as it is, and that’s been true for a while now. I’d already resolved to boycott Amazon, and at this point I don’t feel too good supporting Shopify either (though that’s different in that many independent online retailers use Shopify for their e-commerce websites).

But when I talk about going radically local, I don’t mean just going to a local store even if they’re a Big Box retailer. I mean buying things made locally. Right here in #Portland.

Every day I carry my iPad and other gear in a backpack made locally. (So local in fact, I can walk to the manufacturer/storefront from my house in 5 minutes. 😂) And that’s just the beginning. My next clothing purchase will be locally-made. I’ll start with shirts because that’s pretty straightforward and see where it goes from there.

And I love shopping at locally-owned markets and will prioritize food items from local suppliers.

If MAGA wants to claim with a straight face they’re “America First”, I’m here to tell you I’m “Oregon First”. Call it my little act of political rebellion… ✊☭

Even though it’s now colder out when the sun’s out, c’mon. Who doesn’t want to see #Portland waterfront views like this every evening? 😍 #OregonExplored

A rare moment of sun & open skies before the latest rains came in.

#Portland #OregonExplored South Waterfront
(psst, this makes for great smartphone wallpaper!)

That sky is rather dramatic for a Silent Sunday…
#Portland #BnW