Pennsylvania Congressional Districts – Old vs New
As I work on a map today, I was replacing the current Congressional Districts with the upcoming Districts. The above map is very rough, I know. But I just wanted to show the data I’m working with.
Rambling
January 31, 2022 Update
Here’s an update on my health. I got 3:45 hours of deep sleep last night according to my watch. EatingI think diet is important. My diet is still “Eat real food, mostly plants, not too much.” This still means avoiding vegetable/seed oils like canola, soy and corn. Processed foods that included any form of sugar or […]
Jan 25 – My focus on health
Seven weeks into my focus on health, understanding glucose is my focus. The state of my glucose tests Last night, not long after dinner, my glucose measured 125. This morning at 4:52 am, it was 115. And around 9:15 am it was 98. The highest reading I’ve ever seen was 157, and that […]
Saturday, January 8
Beautiful morning walk yesterday… 5 miles. It was 19 degrees, sunny and no wind. Nobody responded to text invitations to come, but I now know that this was not because of the cold. Later I walked to LA Fitness and swam a mile at an easy pace of 1:47/100 yards. Average heart rate was 127, […]
The best winter ever
Today is the first day of winter. The last day of winter is March 20, 2022. I decided that this is going to be the best winter of my life and am working to make this happen.Here’s the planI am focusing on my mind, body and spirit, and the following are my goals to complete […]
Thoughts about fiction choices
This is my month to suggest books for book club. We just finished reading Swerve. I have preordered The Every, a novel by David Eggers, but that doesn’t come out until Mid-November. Our last book club fiction was The Alchemist. Discussion of a scene in that book strengthened my resolve to go on a multi-day […]
A dying bee in my backyard
I was sitting in my backyard watching this bee, wondering why it was just clinging to the outdoor furniture. I noticed the curled wings. Later it died and fell to the ground.I’m wondering if this is because of Varroa mites, which I was learning about at this website:https://www.honeybeesuite.com/
Scanning the New York Central System Maps
When the New York Central System was sold off to form Conrail in the 1970’s, a lot of history was lost. Who wanted to store an office building basement worth of old documents? And today these may be one of a kind.My neighbor was gracious enough to let me remove some maps and elevation profiles […]
Recent digital painting along the Horse-Shoe Trail
West of Wilkenweir on the H-S Trail A quick note about my book progress before head out – I’m spending a lot of time walking on the Horse-Shoe Trail and am learning a lot. Today, for instance, I’ll drive to Welkinweir and fill in a couple of gaps of the Horse-Shoe […]
At…Going… July 2021
This is just a short post with what’s up – What I’m up to, what I’m working on, and what I’m reading this month. This past weekend, my daughter and I biked from the Trexlertown velodrome to Bowers Park. We stopped at Jason’s Bike Shop, shown here. Our route two-lane roads passed by wheat fields […]