Old Home Movies, 1967 or 1968...

7-Miles at Sodom Mountain.

Also, on this day in 2006, I completed a Metacomet Marathon with my dog Tippi;  it was just us.  By 2005, most of my running turned toward exploring and mapping routes through the forest of Western Massachusetts and North Central Connecticut, with an emphasis on picking out ways to connect big tracks of land, and turn them into runs of marathon length.

Tips taking a look toward the quarry in West Suffield, Connecticut.

This run began in Sunrise Park, Suffeld, Connecticut and flowed south through Penwood State Forest in Bloomfield and Simsbury, Connecticut.  We spent 6:27:00 completing a little over 28-miles or so.  This was my 31st marathon completed, and Tippi's 7th.
 

Hueblin Tower in the distance; we would be turning around just prior to it.

Notes:  A great day;  started out 50 degrees at the 9:45 A.M. start time.  I believe it reached 70 degrees during the day, with most of it in the mid to upper 60’s.  Sunny and blue sky entire time, with a bit of a nice breeze every once and a while.

Tippi taking a look back off a ledge.

Much of the route is a ridge trail, with weather beaten trees still standing.

Tippi at the finish, ready to eat and rest.

  

Rock and Roll Heaven...

Beverly Martyn passed at age 79 today, 2026.

Known to me from the two albums recorded with husband John Martyn (September 11, 1948 – January 29, 2009), Stormbringer! and The Road to Ruin.

Stormbringer!  February 1970

The Road to Ruin November 1970

Visit Pop in Adams, took care of five buckets of stones from field...  followed with a visit to Williamstown to visit Mom. 

7.9-Miles at Sodom Mountain.

3.3-Miles at Cowles Park.

3-Miles at Shenipsit/Soapstone.

Non-Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #09 for 2026...

"The Wanderers", by Richard Price, published in 1974.

3.2- Miles at Bear Hole Reservoir.

Dead Meadow at the Stone Church in Brattleboro, VT with J Evil.

3.2- Miles at Cowles Park.

Visit to visit the folks, Pop in Adams and Mom in Williamstown.

Rock and Roll Heaven added another member today, Dave Mason passed at age 79.

Had his start in Traffic, appearing on the albums:

• 1967: Mr. Fantasy (US, released as Heaven is in Your Mind)

• 1968: Traffic

• 1969: Last Exit two tracks on Side 1

• 1971: Welcome to the Canteen (live album)

After leaving Traffic, Mason participated in varied Session Work:

• Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland (September 1968), playing 12-string acoustic guitar on "All Along the Watchtower".
• He played the shehnai and bass drum on "Street Fighting Man" on the Rolling Stones' 1968 album Beggars Banquet.
• Mason appears on George Harrison's 1970 solo set All Things Must Pass. 
• Also in 1970, he played on early studio sessions for Derek and the Dominos, including the Phil Spector production of "Tell the Truth", which was released on Eric Clapton's 1988 box set Crossroads. 

Solo Records:

• 1970 Alone Together

• 1971 Dave Mason & Cass Elliot
• 1972 Headkeeper
• 1973 It's Like You Never Left
• 1974 Dave Mason
• 1975 Split Coconut
• 1977 Let It Flow

• 1978 Mariposa de Oro
• 1980 Old Crest on a New Wave
• 1987 Some Assembly Required
• 1987 Two Hearts
• 2008 26 Letters – 12 Notes
• 2014 Future's Past
• 2017 Pink Lipstick (EP)
• 2020 Alone Together, Again
• 2023 A Shade Of Blues

I am only familiar with his solo work up until 1978's Mariposa de Oro. 

6.4-Miles at Bear Hole Reservoir.

3.1-Miles at Shenipsit/Soapstone.

"High Points" along trails during March 2026... 

• Numerous hikes and jogs to the top of Sodom Mountain in Southwick, Massachusetts.

4.9-miles at Sodom Mountain.

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

4.2-Miles at Granville Reservoir.