October Twenty-Twenty-Four

Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you

Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,

And you must treat it as a powerful stranger...

-David Wagoner, "Lost" 

When we endlessly ruminate over distant times, we miss extraordinary things in the present moment. These extraordinary things are, in actual fact, all we have: the here and now.  - Katherine May

Halloween 2024

Fall Confetti 

weekly rucking outing to Ravenna Park 

biking to work in Anna's dinosaur onesie 

(I tied up the tail so that it did not get caught in the spokes) 

my favorite guy at Trader Joe's - Bobby who gives out chocolate peanut butter cups 

to folks who bike to Trader Joe's who dressed up as Trader Joe's Brazilian Cheese Bread 

Minnie Mouse and Spider Man (a.k.a. Emily and Zeke) 

annual trick-or-treating at the Li's 

annual pix with Mary Margaret and Maggie 

with Madeleine Canlis 

at the Hutchinson's Halloween maze 

Two Decades Ago!

I have these pictures laminated in our bag that stores our Wheel of Candy that we will have out for Halloween visitors tomorrow evening, and I was a bit shocked to look at the label on the photos that say, "Wheel of Candy 2004." Some basic math of "2024 minus 2004" blew my mind with the realization that this was two decades ago. 

Dr. Dennison used this wheel in his class at Vanderbilt, but he would pull it out for Halloween and put these labels on here for a fun Halloween treat at their house. 

 

The VEGETABLE win! 

the grand prize... 

little Raggedy Anna holding on to her prize.. 

Met Market Annual Photo Shoot

 

Oh the things this bunny has to put up with....