Also, I’ve also been looking for an excuse to post a photo of the crock that has my college roommates hometown on it. I can remember visiting and hearing about his area as “pottery capital of Ohio” (see below) from him back in the late 1970s. This gave me an excuse to smile. 😊
This past weekend brought some extra extreme beach erosion … prior to the hopeful beach restoration in Delray Beach, Florida. We normally walk out onto at least “some” kind of beach but it is not a 10 foot drop-off when walking out our normal pathway. I suspect the city will close this due to a bit of a dangerous slide-in?
Also, saw a large older schooner northbound while walking along the beach. Curious what it might be? Nevertheless, it was well offshore and impressive.
The best part Super Bowl LX, that saw the Seattle Seahawks top the New England Patriots 29-13, was the “non-official” halftime show over on YouTube.
Turning Point USA did an outstanding job with a variety of musical artists from a strings duet to country to rock … Kid Rock to be precise. It was very well done including my favorite by Robert Ritchie (aka: Kid Rock)toward the end that Charlie Kirk would have appreciated (be sure to watch if from 1 hr 10 min to the end):
“There’s a book that’s sitting in your house somewhere that could use some dusting off. There’s a man who died for all our sins hanging from the cross. You can give your life to Jesus, and he’ll give you a second chance …”
Team USA defended its Olympic figure skating team event gold medal on Sunday after Ilia “Quad God” Malinin ushered the team to victory at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, attempting a total of five quad jumps.
The U.S. and Japan were tied at 59 points before the men’s free skate, the final event of the team competition. It came down to Malinin’s performance to decide the podium placement, and the 21-year-old two-time World champion didn’t disappoint. He earned a score of 200.03, topping Japan’s Shun Sato (194.86) who substituted for Yuma Kagiyama who outperformed Malinin on Saturday in the short program.
Spotted this simple jig for my router table that might be useful in the woodworkingworkshop … or at least looks simple enough to make – besides, I already have a couple bearing.
Who as a little kid playing with Tonka toy trucks and tractors didn’t pretend they were pushing sand around like the above … or previous? Some of us would likely pay to drive those big Caterpillar dozers … including my late father-in-law! 😊
As mentioned previously, we have had some very cold weather in Florida for a couple of weeks. It has warmed up a bit, but is still struggling to hit 70 degrees — but then again, it is February. Thankfully we’ve had some sunshine and we try to time our walks when the sun is out. When it is not, it can feel chilly even while walking fast on the beach. I laughed at Brenda wearing gloves … until my hand turned white and got numb!
Still we haven’t missed a day of walking 8 miles and I have noticed an improvement when checking my Apple Watch heart rate stats. Initially my walking pace was slower (over 20 minutes/mile) and my heart rate would regularly hold at over 130-140 beats per minute. After few weeks of walking, we’re up to 19+ minute miles and my heart rate rarely is rising above 130 … while Brenda’s continues to remain under 120, likely due to her dedication to daily “treadmill” walking at home. Lesson:Daily exercise is a must!
