Tuesday, March 31, 2020

"High Points" along the trails I've visited in March 2020.
  • Pine Mountain, Tunxis Trail, Barkhamsted, CT
  • Indian Council Caves, Tunxis Trail, Barkhamsted, CT
  • East Barndoor Hills, McLean Reservation, Granby, CT
  • Hill 872', Whitiker Woods, Somers, CT
  • Gulf Brook Hill, Shenipsit State Forest, Somers, CT

Monday, March 30, 2020

Music 2020...

Effort #13,  "Knocking on Heaven's Door"...  recorded as part of the Dark Heart Duo's "End of Chemo" e.p. sessions, from August 2nd, 2019.  "S" once again on vocals.


Sunday, March 29, 2020

3-mile run along Main Street in a light rain, early evening.

Saturday, March 28, 2020

Run into work, 5.5-miles, and work on FEMA Mitigation Grant.

Friday, March 27, 2020

Great day weather-wise, longish day at work.  Ran home, 5.5-miles.

Thursday, March 26, 2020

Late run in McLean (4:45 - 6:00 p.m.), fifty or so degrees and sunny.  Managed a comfortable pace of 5 mph over 6-miles.


Wednesday, March 25, 2020

5.5-miles into work mid-day.

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #14 for 2020...  "The Grifters", a Jim Thompson classic that was made into a 1990 movie.  The novel was published in 1963.

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime Edition Cover


Current Edition Cover

RIP Jim Thomson

DVD Cover Image of 1990 Film

Stars of the Film

Old Edition Cover Art

Another Old Version

Monday, March 23, 2020

Music 2020...

Effort #12,  "Zombie (a capella)"...  recorded as part of the Dark Heart Duo's "End of Chemo" e.p. sessions, from August 2nd, 2019.  This was Evil's friend "S" on vocals.


Sunday, March 22, 2020

Sunny and right around 40 degrees, shorts and long sleeve tee weather.  Rambled through McLean Game Refuge for 8.6-miles.


Saturday, March 21, 2020

Ran into work today, to pick up my car, 5.5-miles.

Friday, March 20, 2020

Ran home from work today, 5.5-miles.

And...   Corona 19 Virus is presenting changes for us all.  I don't comment on "work" often, but as a wastewater operator, we are most likely (by accounts from CDC & WHO) being exposed a bit more than the average citizen to the virus.  

Last week, as we were informed by our governing body the WEF (Water Environment Federation) of the folliwng:

"...it was confirmed that the virus studies investigating persistence of coronavirus surrogates and SARS in wastewater highlight that in the absence of disinfection, the virus can survive in wastewater from hours to days."

Comparison chart between Coronavirus and SARS:

Etiology:                RNA virus from Coronaviridae family for Cononavirus and SARS

Source:                 Zoonotic                

Transmission:         Direct contact w/ infected person respiratory droplets.

Incubation period:   2 to 14 days for both.

Airborne:             Cononavirus:  Unknown SARS:  Yes

Detected in feces:   Cononavirus:  Yes SARS:  Yes

In wastewater:         Cononavirus:  Likely SARS:  Yes

We are going to do our best to be available over the next months.  We are taking precautions and splitting our staff up to minimize contact with each other.

Thursday, March 19, 2020

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #13 for 2020...  "The Way Some People Die", book three of Ross MacDonald's Archer series, published in 1951.

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime Edition Cover


 Original Edition

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

3-mile run along Main Street just prior to dark.

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Music 2020...

Effort #11,  "Johnny Reb"...  recorded just last year in the southeast (Georgia or Alabama), and brought to us from my old Road Warrior's for Christ partner, the Rev King.