Give It A Rest

It's a nice day for a bicycle ride. It's Summer hot out there. Just the way I like it. Might try to do another landscape painting or drawing. No need to give it a rest.

Work

Off to work at the hotel. No running today since I've run 4 day in a row. I might ride my bike later on. The weather will be sunny and hot. Friday in the heat.

Blurry Art

It's just past 5 AM and it is pitch black outside. I'll go for a run when the sun rises. I did an attempt at a landscape painting yesterday. I like to call my portrait & landscape paintings BLURRY ART. No detail to the shapes & figures in the paintings. They seem show what it looks like if I didn't have my glasses on. I've always had bad vision. I might try to copy those who were Impressionist & Expressionist yet my style is that of the Blurry Art Movement.

Power Down

With just 18 days to go until the Yonkers Marathon, I'm in a frame mind now where I begin to decrease my miles of running and bicycle training. The long distance training is behind me and now it's a matter of tuning up and gearing for the 26.2 miles. Plenty of stretching and some weight training over the next 2 weeks. I'll also average about 30 miles of runner per week up until the race. Power down & tune up.

Rock Opera 2012

I will be bringing my rock opera THE FRONT DESK back to the Black Swan Pub in Tivoli, New York on September 29th. This will be the 2nd time I've performed it there and this is the place where I debuted it back in February. It looks as if I'll be performing the entire night on my own. Nick Bisanz was going to perform with me but has a prior commitment with Geo Doody. I'm putting the poster together and will be mailing it up to the pub so it can be displayed for customers to see. I'm looking forward to the gig.

On This Day Part 2

I remember what I did on August 28, 2005 and that was run the Manhattan Marathon which took place in Central Park. It was the last time they had that race in the Summer. After that, they moved it to the Winter. Back then, I would drive my car to Manhattan. These days, I take the train. It was very humid and I ran it in 1 hour and 55 minutes. I was still getting used to that distance. The race 7 years ago cost $8. Changing times indeed.

On This Day

7 years ago, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the city of New Orleans. Today another storm by the name of Issac is heading to the Big Easy. It is predicted by weather forecasters to develop into a category 1 hurricane. Not as strong as Katrina, but Issac is said to be slow moving and could dump plenty of water into New Orleans. We'll see how everything holds up. Also on this date7 years ago, a childhood classmate and friend of mine by the name of Mary Carroll Stonesifer passed away. I found out about it a few months after the fact. There was an obituary in the newspaper about her and I saw the date of her death was August 28, 2005. Mary Carroll was one of coolest people I ever met. I wrote a song about her back in the 1990's with the verses recalling the person I knew and chorus asking her how she was doing. I did hope to see her again. Years later, I found out she died. I like to play that song live. I feel like she's right there with me on stage.