It's been an incredibly busy month (as the lack of blog posts show), filled with travel, work, photo shoots and hella good times. Saw a light at the end of the tunnel today and celebrated with some Glemorangie Quinta Ruban, a proper beard trim and hot shave at Cha Cha.
I'm going to have another dram, think snow and ponder why the cross-eyed dog will only make a left turn out of my driveway at night.

Have not been posting but have been running and it's been gnarly. When "they" came up with "dog days of summer" they probably imagined the cross-eyed dog in the photo below, melting onto the kitchen floor. It's been hot, muggy and the mosquitos are at plague levels. I don't think there is better motivation to keep moving than the swarm.

I did get a respite from the gnarly-ness in a little weekend jaunt to Door County to see the in-laws, it's fantastic there, take a trip if you haven't been. I got in on some epic fish-fry at The Shoreline (my in-laws own it and have been turning out great food, smiling and telling jokes there for the past 20 years) and spent at day at the "beach". They call it a beach, but it's on a lake, the lake is huge, but it's still a lake and to this Miami raised boy it's not a beach unless the water is salty.

Again attached is what got me through the runs. The song is from my friend Andy aka Time Since Western, he makes music, writes "damn good words" at Planet Propaganda and Loves Fly Fishing

The magic has been happening again.

Keep it Wack!

 

 

My dad always said use the right tools for the job and the will go better. Still learning lessons taught to me thirty years ago. The woodtype project is back and rolling, though my thumb isn't just yet.

Keep it Wack!

After yesterday's awesome "Meat Cruise" on a sailboat in Lake Mendota with the homies from Planet Propaganda todays run started with sea legs, rather than ones for running. They eventually switched and the run felt great even with the gnarly humidity.
The park must have been quiet today because I saw a bunch of wildlife, a cool Garter Snake, lots of rabbits, a hawk eating a rabbit and a massive frog.
This is what got me through the run today:

Nine hours of driving for an hour and half long meeting. Phew, rough day.

Got back to Madison, managed to ignore the siren's song of the bar at Sardine and went for a run instead. The run felt great, amazingly I had a nice rhythm going for most of it. That car ride feels so far away.

I've been doing most of the running in the Edna Taylor Conservation Park which is just a few blocks from my house. A little something that makes Madison great.

This is what got that rhythm going.

 

 

I grew up on my bike or in the water and never really figured the whole running thing out. I'm giving it a shot.
This is what got me through run #2.

This awesome video from The Muppets Studio reminds me of the cross-eyed dog and his blood lust for bunnies.

Last night I was carving some circles for the wood type project and ended up with a trip to the ER and 5 stitches. I think I am going to have to work my technique before things get really ugly.
No carving for a few days, in the meantime I'll be checking out the great wood type blog END GRAIN, and so should you.