Wednesday, April 30, 2025

In the past five weeks I finished listening to audiobooks of Dune by Frank Herbert, Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers, Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov, The Whole Art of Detection by Lyndsay Faye, and A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin.

I am currently listening to The Captive by Marcel Proust and Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. I spend about two hours a day walking the dogs, and I pass the time by listening to audiobooks. I track my audiobook listening with my Audiobooks tool on this website.

My running is going well if I don’t run more often than every other day. I am experimenting with Zone 2 running to increase my distance without tiring myself out. My average run is now six miles. One consequence of running is that I’m hungry all the time.

I cleaned my Trek Valencia bicycle and took it to Ace Wheelworks for its annual maintenance, and it rides nicely. I need to begin training for my bicycle tours this summer.

On May 2, depending on water temperature, Paddle Boston opens its kayaking sites. I have a season pass, and I hope to kayak maybe once a week this summer.

The other day I listened to Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre. I bought the record album when this came out in 1976. The tunes are revolving in my brain as I write this.