Amazing hike in Pine Hill Park today ... Rocky Pond via Droopy Muffin / Underdog up and Overlook / Salamander down. Callum made all 4.8 miles; Finn needed a lift for about oughtpoint2. Lots and LOTS of people on foot and wheels. Met one guy from Woodstock -- here with his family -- who was talking… Continue reading Prime Pine Hill
Category: Sports
Why golf sucks
In four sentences: 1) The only way this could look dorkier is if those were Sansabelt slacks. 2) Phil Mickelson is a professional athlete. 3) You know the caddy is saying something like "A three-quarters driver with a little fade will leave you a full sand wedge to the pin ..." 4) Painfully repressed Republican homoerotica.
Body and mind Saturday
From the top: 8:45 AM -- RAHA learn to skate / learn to play hockey program for kids at Spartan Arena. 9:15 AM -- Race-day registration opens for the Halloween 5K put on by city rec. Race time is 10. 10 AM -- The One City One Prompt event, a two-hour shared writing experience, starts at… Continue reading Body and mind Saturday
Bawlmer
In the wake of the Sox loss last night/at the wake for the Red Sox today ... I do want to congratulate my Baltimore friends and former colleagues who cheer for the Orioles. It gets old having tourists deluge your ball park everytime the Yanks or Sox come to town. Do you think the size and… Continue reading Bawlmer
Red Sox County?
Apologies in advance to my friends who are Red Sox fans, but this team's collapse is one of the most intriguing sports stories of the past 10 or 15 years. I watched sports avidly for decades, played sports, covered sports. After a while, the gloss wore off. I can't put my finger on it, but… Continue reading Red Sox County?
The Shires are OPEN
Bennington, which suffered through Irene's backlash at their Garlic Festival early in the month, is in full gear this weekend, with the car show and quilt festival both open and expecting to be fully operational. Manchester is having one of its usual, ho-hum, September-in-paradise kind of weekends, with a major art show at the Southern… Continue reading The Shires are OPEN
Tour de Farms is ON
Jonathan Corcoran and the good folks up in Shoreham want to get the word out that the Tour de Farms is ON for this Sunday. Combining a spectacular bike ride with even more spectacular food, it's a chance to celebrate Vermont. Have you got an announcement about a business, nonprofit or organization that is reopening… Continue reading Tour de Farms is ON
Forest open for business
This just in from my good friend Jenny Nixon Carter, the executive director of the Moosalamoo Association. They have all 16,000 acres open for public recreation following the Forest Service's evaluation in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene. This from Jenny: "The Moosalamoo National Recreation Area received the NRA designation in 2007 in recognition of the… Continue reading Forest open for business
The Farrell Vending Diet, or Why BMI Sucks
So I'm on one of those semiannual health kicks, lured by nice weather and an abundance of local food to get out, exercise and try to get into shape. But what shape? I'm a little over 5-foot-9 and weigh 175 (on my doctor's scale, which is five pounds heavy, but that's another tale). My BMI… Continue reading The Farrell Vending Diet, or Why BMI Sucks
Mad dogs and Escalades
Went for a run through the north end between 11 and noon today ... 77 degress, 69 percent humidity. Naah, make that a jog ... barely. Thumbs down to ... the woman in the newish black Saab who came over the little hill on Lincoln so fast you could see her shocks catching the weight of… Continue reading Mad dogs and Escalades
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