oreneta aground: Painted the town read. Feia adolescent catalana

Friday, February 24, 2012

Painted the town read. Feia adolescent catalana

We got home at 3:30 am. Hem tornat a casa a les tres i mitga de la matinada.

I'm too old for this. Faig massa gran per així.

More later....today. Més, més tard.

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Running/moving/exercise...to keep me honest. Well, maybe moving.

21.5.12 9K run (on streets boo), 3K walk, 20 min pilates.
20.5.12 7K ramble with Youngest and Chuck
19.5.12 5K run, 40 min pilates felt good, even the ankle
18.5.12. 14K, 503 M elevation. Lovely. with dogs and friend!
16.4.12. 14.6K, 1140 m of elevation, ascend and descend. max elevation 2911M or 9550 ft
13.5.12 5K from public transit home
13.5.12. 25K Cassà de la Selva - Tossa de Mar
12.5.12. 50K walking, Olot out on the via verde.
6.5.12 13K, 600 m of elevation, more work than I wanted, a short swim and a lightly sprained ankle. A lovely day, now heal fast for the 100K
3.5.12 7 or 8K hiking in the mountains...hello legs? Are you still there? I meant to do more, but ran out of time.
29.4.12 30 min running in flat Paris, 40min pilates.
25.4.12. 3 hour and 20 min 18+K walk, min 800M climbing and 20 min pilates. Good and easy, though I do notice that I have legs now.
23.4.12 2 hour walk in the mountains, plus another hour later, total 15K?
22.4.12 70K, 2200 M of climbing, 12 hours, 0 blisters. THAT'S FAST!!!!
19.4.12 short fast 5k, 20 min pilates
18.4.12. 30 min pilates
16.4.12 6 hours of walking = More or less 30K + 20 min pilates.
14.4.12. 7K, 380m elevation, 30 min pilates. Sluggish.
11.4.12 25K (more or less) walking in the mountains with Kate and Bonnie
10.4.12. 5K run, 20 min pilates
7.4.12 Solid 55K, 2000 M of ascending and descending, more or less 11 hours walking time, and 20 min pilates. Yes, I have feet!
6.4.12. 5.5K walk hunting asparagus
3.4.12 7K walk with some running..anything else would be false advertising. 20 min pilates
2.4.12 2 K walk with the man
1.4.12 Big walk...1000 M of elevation? 9K? 5 hours, for sure.
31.3.12. 5 K walking in hills.
30.3.12.30 min pilates
28.3.12 25K 10 min pilates. Awesome blisters!
26.3.12. 40K walking....1000m of elevation. 10 min pilates and sore feet.
25.3.12 8K walking, 30 min pilates, 45 min rowing. Nice day.
23.3.12 10K, 400m elevation, 30 min pilates.
21.3.12. 23K, drizzly, with the man for part of the way, the dog the whole way and a friend for a bit of the way..
19.3.12 13K, 500m of elevation, 2 hours. 20 min pilates. Then a 10K walk, then 10 min pilates, then a 5K walk, then 2K in and around the village. Total= 30K with 700m of elevation.
18.3.12. 4K walking to a friend's place and back for a calçotada....oof I'm full.
17.3.12 Fast 5k with the dog in the mountains. 20 min pilates
14.3.12 5K run with the dog in the mountains, 20 min pilates, then a very fast 1K walk in the heat.
12.3.12. 13K, 500m of elevation, 2 hours and 10 min. 20 min pilates. I am tired. Then another hour of dog walking in the mountains!
11.3.12. 2 hours walking in town.
10.3.12 45 miunte walk in the hills with family and the dog!
9.3.12 7.5K, 380m of elevation and it was again good, though the legs were not as strong after only a day off since the last run. 20 min pilates
8.3.12. an hour and a half of dog walking, in the mountains and in town.
7.3.12. 7.5K, 380 m of elevation and it was good. 20 min pilates
4.3.12 8K walking, 45 min rowing!!!ON THE SEA!!!! and 20 min pilates. NICE DAY!!!
6.5.12 13K, 600 m of elevation, more work than I wanted, a short swim and a lightly sprained ankle. A lovely day, now heal fast for the 100K

2012, books read. For the full list click on the page at the top. Got kid's books too!!!

Crònica de l'ocell que dóna corda al món. Haruki Murakami. Vicious and passive equally. 26.5.12
The Ice Balloon, Alec Wilkinson. Good, didn't tell the story he could have. 24.5.12
The Legend of the King, Gerald Morris. 20.5.12. Good, darker.
Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel, 3.5.12. Disturbing and had to skip sections. Avoided reading it for a long time, and I see why.
Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones. 1.5.12. Very good indeed.
Looking for Alaska, John Green. 29.4.12 good.
In a perfect world by Laura Kasischke. 21.4.12. Harlequin distopia. Tepid.
Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin. 19.4.12. Good, but dark.
Carry me down by M. J. Hyland. 17.4.12. Good but very dark.
Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett. 13.4.12 Fabulous.
The Princess, the Crone and the Dun-Cart Knight by Gerald Morris. 13.4.12. Wonderful
The Goalie's anxiety at the Penalty kick, Peter Handke. 13.4.12. Horrid.
Febre's Book of Insects by Jean Henri Fabre. 12.4.12. Fascinating.
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett. 9.4.12. Very good indeed. Her best.
Girl Reading by Katie Ward. 8.4.12. Interesting.
Long Way Round, Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. 5.4.12. Good, light and fast.
The Boys in the Trees by Mary Swan. 30.3.12 Very good, sounds cliched, but I think haunting might apply.
Wolf Hall. Hilary Mantel. 24.3.12 Very good.
The Quest of the Fair Unknown. 23.3.12. Gerald Morris. Delicious
The Oracle of Stamboul. Michael David Lukas. 14.3.12. Very good.
Pyramids, Terry Pratchett. 11.3.12. Excellent.
Enduring Love, Ian McEwan. 11.3.12 Good.
The Squire's Quest. Gerald Morris. 10.3.12. Very good indeed.
Blinding Light. Paul Thoroux. 8.3.12. Nasty, smutty and pathetic. The second book I've tossed in the bin in my life.
Bridge of Birds, Barry Hughart. 4.3.12. Good.
Anne of the Island, L.M. Montgomery. 22.2.12. Fabulous.
The Carpet People, Terry Pratchett. 20.2.12. Good
Debt-free forever, Gail Vaz-Oxlade. 20.2.12. Clear, even if you aren't wallowing.
Lords and Ladies, Terry Pratchett. Excellent. 15.2.12
The Spiderwick Chronicles, book 1. Holly Black and Toni DiTerlizzi. 8.2.12. Very good indeed.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. 6.2.12. Excellent, but I don't approve of Fred dying.
Fallen into the Pit, Ellis Peters, 5.2.12. Fine.
Three singles to Adventure. Gerrald Durrel. 2.2.12. Excellent
A School Teacher in Old Alaska, the story of Hannah Breece. Edited by Jane Jacobs. Good. 27.1.12
Heaven, Hell and Salt Water. Bill and Phyllis Crowe. Good. She's the better writer, but he wrote most.
A Sense of the World, how a blind man became history's greatest traveller, Jason Roberts. 15.1.12. Fabulous.
Moon Palace, Paul Auster. 11.1.12. Strange.
Growing Pains, and autobiography. Emily Carr. 8.1.1. Good.
First book of 2012.....Wyrd Sisters, Terry Pratchett, 7.1.12. Excellent, and a good omen for the year.
Crònica de l'ocell que dóna corda al món. Haruki Murakami. Vicious and passive equally. 26.5.12
Crònica de l'ocell que dóna corda al món. Haruki Murakami. Vicious and passive equally. 26.5.12
Crònica de l'ocell que dóna corda al món. Haruki Murakami. Vicious and passive equally. 26.5.12

T. B. Read

WG Sebald
This is music...I have to get a Usman Riaz guitar cd
Elizabeth Hay’s Late Night’s on Air
Light Lifting by Alexander MacLeod
Diana Gabaldon
2007: Wolf Totem - Jian Rong (China)
2008: Ilustrado - Miguel Syjuco (Philippines)
2009: The Boat to Redemption - Su Tong (China)
Whale Music, Paul Quarrington (sp?)
The Magicians, a novel. Lev Grossman
Staring, how we look. Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
Kiss the Joy as if Flies, Sheree Fitch
A Short History of Women, by Kate Walbert
A gate at the Stairs, Lorrie Moore
Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It, by Malie Meloy
Patricia Hampl, I Could Tell You Stories
Miller & Paola, Tell it Slant (the version with the anthology)
William Safire, The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time: Wit and Wisdom from the Popular "on Language" Column in the New York Times Magazine
William Safire, o Uncertain Terms: More Writing from the Popular "On Language" Column in The New York Times Magazine
The New York Writers' Workshop, The Portable MFA in Creative Writing
Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
Superfreakonomics
Toni Morrison, Beloved
Edward P. Jones, The Known World
Embodied Visions, evolution, emotion, culture and film by Torben Grodal
Júlio Cortázar, Rayuela. In English or Catalan, sadly not Spanish yet.
W. James Popham, Transformative Assessment
The fixer, Bernard Malamoud
Life: a user's manual, David R. Godine
The Woodlanders, Thomas Hardy
http://orenetaaground.blogspot.com/2009/05/show-some-lovin-mkay.html
Narrow road to a Far Province, Basho
Teaching as a subversive activity

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Painted the town read. Feia adolescent catalana

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