What Played in Ed's Head -- 

Music listened to for the time-period March 1st through March 31st, 2025:

Trip to Captain Jack's with DL and TC, to celebrate their recent birthdays.

From the Marathon Archives...

100th Boston Marathon

April 15th, 1996 - Boston, Massachusetts

I was fortunate to run the 100th Boston Marathon today. 

It was my 10th marathon completed, in a time of 3:24:14.

Mile Markers as follow:

•   5.0 -Miles -    45:05
• 10.0 -Miles - 1:23:25
• 15.0 -Miles - 2:02:28
• 20.0 -Miles - 2:42:59
• 25.0 -Miles - 3:22:35
• 26.2 -Miles - 3:32:15

Blood Work for Annual Physical in early morning.

Shift at JMH.

Semi-Shift at TA.

Review with CWOps.

Covid Vaccine evening.

Beaver Pond Wildlife: Part 4 - Mid-Summer to Fall

Watched Part 4 today.  It is a wonderful video from RA at New England Forests.

According to the webstite, this film series spans a year's time at typical beaver ponds in New England. In this, Part 3, nesting season has wrapped up for most bird species near the pond, but there's plenty happening both above and below the pond's surface. 

PT early morning.

Yard Work on Patio with DL.

Condo Meeting during evening.

Visit with my Mom in Williamstown.

Visit with Pop in Adams. 

Couple of images from River Street in North Adams.

Guitar V

The Next Lesson Book I completed thoroughly was:

Mel Bay's Complete Modern Method for Modern Guitar, Book 1.

Had some spring snow today also:

DL's Birthday today!

Dentist check-up (all is well).

Park Ranger Sees Two Sasquatch: The Appalachian Bigfoot Files

From Savoy Mountain State Forest in 1992, at the Tannery Falls Parking Area.

My sister sent me this video link, which certainly appears truthful "Bigfoot at Tannery Falls".  

JMH and TA during the morning to early afternoon.

Follow up appointment at my Podiatry Doctor.  Shockwave Ultra-Sound to follow.

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for right achilles.

Bank meeting at M&T in afternoon.

Attended High School baseball with K2 at the Hartford Yard Goats stadium.  

Brutally cold for baseball.

JMH in the morning.

Guitar IV

The Next Lesson Book I completed thoroughly was:

Nicola Mandorino's 120 Aprpeggios for Fingerstyle Guitar.

Travel to north of Worcester, Massachusetts to meet with our nieces for lunch.

Stopped off at ICC to cement our Ireland Trip requirements, and  watched the end of Uconn Women's Basketball 2025 Championship game!

Rock and Roll Heaven announcement...

Blondie Drummer Clem Burke passed today.

Burke played with Blondie throughout their entire career...

Albums Recorded with Blondie:

Blondie (1976)

Plastic Letters (1977)

Parallel Lines (1978)

Eat to the Beat (1979)

Autoamerican (1980)

The Hunter (1982)

No Exit (1999)

The Curse of Blondie (2003)

Panic of Girls (2011)

Ghosts of Download (2014)

Pollinator (2017)

Visit with my Mom and Pop today.

Stopped off to shout "Hello" to Teeter, our old parrot.

Finished the trip with a bit of time with my sister, wishing her a Happy Birthday!

Beaver Pond Wildlife: Part 3 - Early to Mid Summer

Watched Part 3 today.  It is a wonderful video from RA at New England Forests.

According to the webstite, this film series spans a year's time at typical beaver ponds in New England. In this, Part 3, nesting season has wrapped up for most bird species near the pond, but there's plenty happening both above and below the pond's surface. 

Also, finalized our tax returns in West Hartford (great news for us).

Haircut in the 'Locks.

Guitar III

My on-going pathway of learning guitar...

The second Lesson Book I have completed thoroughly was:

Mel Bay's New Sounds for Electric Bass and Guitar by Roger Filberto.  

This was something I had learned long ago when I studied Bass Guitar during the summer I began High School.  

Originally completed from November 1977 through February 1978.  

Worked my way through this once again, but this time with the Guitar.

Shift at JMH & TA.

PT at LED late afternoon.

ArchaeoEd Podcast

Get ready to embark on a time-traveling adventure with the legendary archaeologist, Dr. Ed Barnhart!

Let's unearth the stories of the awe-inspiring civilizations of the Americas. These are the tales that only get a fleeting mention in western history books.

Episode 01 Nazca

The ancient Nazca in Peru were a lot more than just people who scratched huge geo-glyphs into the desert. This episode tells their wider story.

Watch and Enjoy NAZCA!