First Alternative Co-Op – Not Your Average Engineer

September 29, 2008July 1, 2020

Plum Smuggling Redux, the Co-Op, and a Cakewalk

Tonight we went jogging with plum smuggling in mind. After a run through the dog park on Witham Hill where we watched several rather comical dogs get tangled up in each others’ leashes, we went to our favorite plum tree. It was already too dark to discern a plum from a leaf but we managed to collect about 30 or 40 plums. Sadly, I think tonight was the last plum smuggling event of the season. Most of the tree was already bare. No doubt, the deer have gotten to it. Samantha also discovered that overripe plums make for a headache when they fall on your head.

At the Co-Op we shopped for some groceries and other miscellaneous foodstuffs including a carrot cake. Samantha convinced me of the economy of buying an entire cake rather than just two slices. Why have two slices when you can have a whole cake at half the per-slice cost?

Our total distance tonight was 3.2 miles

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September 27, 2008July 1, 2020

Up Witham Hill, down Garfield, past the Co-Op, and back again

Tonight’s route took us through some neighborhoods I’ve never visited before. A small fluffy white dog escaped its owners, ran up to our ankles and snarled at us. After much yelling by the owner and gentle scolding from us, the fluffy puppy went back to the house from whence it came.

In the flat neighborhoods, Samantha took the lead, taking us on a circuitous route to add extra distance. In total, we jogged 3 miles.

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September 26, 2008July 1, 2020

A run up and over Witham Hill to Walnut, a quick stop at the Co-Op and back again

Tonight, Samantha didn’t feel like going jogging, still being sore from the last two nights of exercise. She stayed home to watch the first presidential debate. My route took me up and over Witham Hill past the Witham Hill Oaks apartment complex where I lived with Rick F and Sean all those years ago. The place still looks exactly the same.

Down on Walnut, I passed another runner going in the opposite direction. He was doing the long grind up and over toward Harrison Boulevard. Maybe in another few nights, I’ll go out that way again. It’s been at least six months since the last time I had the time and motivation to do that route.

At the Co-Op, I stopped to buy some organic lemon juice to use in a soy sauce and lemon juice chicken dish that Samantha and I are going to cook tonight. I managed to get in and out just before they were getting ready to shut down for the night. Running back up Grant toward my house I reflected on the fact that I didn’t pass one group of drunken college students or even a house party. Where are all of the beginning of the term parties these days, anyway?

In total I ran 4.4 miles.

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