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This is what I'm up to at the moment (updated September 27, 2026):

Fall is settling in.  The weather is cooler, the AC runs less (or not at all) and we've had a bunch of really nice blue-sky days.  School is back in session for the fall, so the kids are busy but also in a fairly structured routine.  

We all took a really nice trip to British Columbia at the beginning of September, for a family wedding.   We were in a small ski town (Apex Mountain) which reminded me a lot of Colorado.  Or more specifically, the good parts of Colorado.  It has a very casual, very outdoorsy, rugged vibe with beautiful vistas everywhere and very little commercialism. 

General health status: okay.  Diet = better.  Exercise = decent, and looking better.  I didn't run at all this year until two weeks ago.  I had a bit of a health panic this year, but I think I am just badly out of shape compared to last fall.  I ran two half marathons last year, and was feeling pretty fit.  But starting in October I stopped running and started eating, and lo! Christmas appeared and I could hardly run at all. :(  I have been to the doctor and had a couple of tests, with more on the way.  Overall the health outlook seems favorable and I am probably just overweight.  This is good news!

I had a great trip to Colorado and Wyoming this summer.  I got around to all my former neighborhoods and homes in both states and had a generally great time playing boomerang resident and tourist, and seeing friends.  I could spend another month there easily and still not get around to visiting everyone I'd like.  Guess I should start planning the next trip.   

Currently reading "Rising from the Plains" by John McPhee.  I recently finished the excellent "Beyond the Hundredth Meridian" (Wallace Stegner) biography of John Wesley Powell.  It really helped me piece together some very interesting history of Colorado and the west.  It adds color to so many things that were already somewhat familiar, and also renewed my interest in science at the federal level.  I also read "The Monkeywrench Gang" (Edward Abbey) for another take.

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