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~4.7mi @ ~14.1 min/mi 'I dreamt that the barista wouldn't make a Zombie Ranger venti coffee for you,' Roadkill tells K2, 'because it was too early in the day for Starbucks to serve alcohol!' Dawn Patrol cruises a short route today to get back in time for early meetings.

K-Rex tells of her son's creative-sweet Valentine for his sister, made entirely of Legos. Temperatures are in the 50s but winds make it feel cooler. We discuss the importance of learning Systems Thinking at all levels of an organization. As the sky brightens school bus drivers check their vehicles in the George C Marshall HS parking lot.

() - Sunday, March 10, 2019 at 10:17:17 (EDT) Archaisms are such fun! Although 'inst.' Meaning 'this month' is still sometimes seen, its siblings 'ult.'

Seem to be extinct or almost so. From on Alison Kilpatrick's site: • Instant, the current month: as On the 10th Inst. Dannie dlya shadow fight 2 akt 2 tajnij putj. • Ultimo, the month just past: as On the 10th ult.

• Proximo, the next month: as On the 10th prox. 'Instant,' for instante mense, in the current month; 'Proximo,' for proximo mense, in the next month; 'Utlimo,' for ultimo mense, in the last month (Latin). Source: Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham.

Etymology and Pronouncing Dictionary of Difficult Words. London: Ward, Lock, & Co.; New York; 1882. (cf (2004-03-02), (2004-11-04).) - Saturday, March 09, 2019 at 04:29:06 (EST) ~5.8 mi @ ~14.8 min/mi 'Hound of the Baskervilles?' Two glowing eyes peer at us from the far end of the wooden bridge. Then they begin to shift hue, until one shines blood red and the other glows green. An ominous figure stands above them - who at our approach turns into the owner of a pair of friendly dogs, each with a light dangling from its collar.

'Good morning!' Dawn Patrol dodges puddles en route to Starbucks. In Bryn Mawr Park agile K2 avoids a swampy zone by leapfrogging across via slippery tree stumps; K-Rex and Roadkill take the muddy low road.

A vacant 0.2 acre lot at the corner of Great Falls and Hunting is on sale, asking price $525,000. We discuss upcoming changes, new jobs, skillful ways to handle delicate relationship issues, and the happiness that comes from having friends to share life with. () - Friday, March 08, 2019 at 05:09:43 (EST) ~8.7 mi @ ~14.1 min/mi 'Draft Snake — or maybe Mouse Magnet?'

Slow-twitch describes a craft project, a cloth tube filled with rice to block air flow under a door. A draft snake apparently can also become a feeding station for a cute rodent, one of whom is now BFF with her cat and dog. Early Sunday morning we converge on Fletchers Boathouse and ramble downstream along the C&O Canal. Ducks dabble in the water where it's not yet frozen.

A bald eagle soars above the Potomac. 'You're both wearing Clem Caps!' K2 and Jaybird have identical headgear, named for a fellow runner whom Slow-twitch lent hers to during a super-cold ultra last year. Today with temps in the 20s Crabby, K2, Slow-twitch, and Roadkill trot together toward Georgetown, with Jaybird speedwalking behind as he recovers from injury. Alas, while four are in Starbucks one zips past and belatedly texts from the Lincoln Memorial, wondering where we have gone. 'There's nothing quite like it!'

Crabby reminisces about rowing, crew, and scull — new interests of Slow-twitch's daughter. K2 describes a blizzard adventure, and near the waterfront we spy an abandoned copy of Ken Follett's novel Whiteout.

Other jetsam includes tasty tater tots (yes, someone eats them) and a rainbow-unicorn party napkin. Roadkill's wizard hat (TY, Danger Man!) garners kudos from passers-by, including Mike Edwards who is shepherding a training run this morning. () - Thursday, March 07, 2019 at 05:48:07 (EST) Be Meta — mind all emptiness Attentive and awake, aware, Watching without a watcher to Transcend this time, and be. Be Open — soft and flexible Accepting all and not attached, Fluid, possible, changing, Maybe not, perhaps, may be.