Bach Inventions, coffee, and bird calls on the deck. Sunny and calm. Skull Creek glassy as you can see from the photo taken a minute ago from where I am sitting. Quite pleasant.
I have long thought that ‘Yes, but what have you done lately?’ is a good question. I am not sure exactly how ‘lately’ should be defined, but surely not longer than five years. I confess that I had to go to the logs page of my main site to find the day my sixth circumnavigation ended. From all my voyages I remember only two dates: November 2, 1974, when I first sailed for Cape Horn, and December 12, 1975, the date I first rounded the Horn, It was April 29, 2019. Also a Monday, five years and five weeks ago today, so I no longer have an acceptible answer to the question. However, on the plus side, twenty-three days ago, May 11, marked the halfway point of my five year plan and though at times becalmed and imperceptibly I am still moving forward with my personal definition of forward.
I have not yet heard if I will be repaired this coming Friday. I hope so. I do not normally workout on Sundays, but I have decided to work out every day until the surgery in the expectation that I will not be able to do so for a while afterwards. I seek to go to the 100 level—that is 100 pushups and crunches in the first set, 50 of each in the second and third—110 side leg raises each leg and a total of 300 knee bends, once a month. I have missed only one month in more than the past two years. April of last year when I had one of my skin cancer surgeries. I got June’s 100 level out of the way yesterday, in addition to taking a walk. I bike or walk every day. Aged bodies can still want to be used.
1 comment:
Hi Webb, …What have you done lately? Based on your many inspiring posts since 4/29/2019, you have done more than most! I hope you get your repair scheduled soon!
Sincerely,
Rich Pereira
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