Spec the Halls Newsletter 2008-4

Note from the editor

Who says you have to wait until after New Year to try something new? There's always a glut of new people at any gym or class after New Year--and nobody expects most of them to last. Get in now and be one of the "regulars" by the time all the latecomers show up. Whetheryour New Year's Resolution will be to finally submit your book to publishers or to start exercising regularly, why wait?
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Sword Practice in the Snow

Sword Practice in the Snow 1, originally uploaded by aswiebe.

The other day (you can tell it's the other day, not today, because there's only a little snow on the ground), I went out back to practice my swordwork. In Minnesota. In winter. While it was snowing. There I was, practicing while wearing snow boots and gloves. The exercise kept the rest of me warm enough that I didn't need a coat. It was both entertaining and awesome-feeling, though I mostly looked ridiculous*.

Then the UPS guy walked around the side of the house. I took the package, we exchanged pleasantries, and he walked off wearing the hugest grin. They usually leave packages in the front porch; he must have heard me and gotten curious enough to come around the side of the house to see what was going on.

Eventually, I managed to stop laughing and get back to practice.

Then my neighbor came home. We exchanged greetings, and he went inside...wearing the hugest grin.

I'm guessing that was one of the more entertaining random things that happened to them that day.

* I have no knack for self-photography. I did, however, discover the continuous shooting mode on my camera.

Details of the Day - No Tea for Me

• 13:25 Sigh--somehow I doubt I'll be able to lure Phil into the dangerous and snowy world out there for a tea tasting.

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