We parted with fist bumps and smiles, Kip and I and GNB ready to cross the whole of Minnesota and North Dakota on the morrow. It was nine hours of driving time, but we got an early start, and after fighting construction traffic in Minneapolis, the driving flowed. At the instant we cr...
diversion, recreation - an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" house - play in which children take the ...
Valton’s MWA camp commissioned Hupeden first to do a battle scene above their stage, reportedly paying him in room and board. They then had him paint a giant floor to ceiling panoramic story that covers the whole of the interior, which he finished in 1901. What Hupeden painted is a rem...
Then again that slippery downhill sprint did inflame my nerve issues, so I’ve been dealing with that literal pain in the ass (and down my whole leg) in the weeks since Giant Acorn, which hobbles my drive to get back to real racing next year. After more than three years of chronic,...
(too much news, and immediately regret it). I scan social media, pour another cup, play a few words on WWF, maybe do the Times Mini Crossword. I mean to write more, every day (you’ve got all this time now, finish that damn novel!), but thus far, the muse remains fickle and ...
They almost ran the whole marathon distance. They almost caught the bus. They almost won the lottery. They almost completed the crossword. They almost got the grades for university admission. They almost bought the best mobile phone. You could say there’s almost no end to a list of ...
Used of the yards of a square-rigged ship. 7. Approximately rectangular and equilateral in cross section: a square house. 8. Characterized by blocklike solidity or sturdiness. 9. Honest; direct: a square answer. 10. Just; equitable: a square deal. 11. Having all accounts settled; even: ...
July we bathed in the frigid waters of a babbling brook, our skulls numbed senseless by the cold. Our music came courtesy of birds and insects, our entertainment from read-aloud stories by lantern light, homemade crossword puzzles, and imagination. Formerly housebound cats found freedom to ...
It was John who was the chess player, although I’d guess the whole family played socially. He and his wife, another Hannah, had a large family, three of whom played competitive chess. Harry, the Yorkshire Morphy, was his oldest son, born 16th December 1863. We’ll return to him later...
We only had them on February 29th… Leap years. A girl could ask a man to the dance, and she’d go pick him up and the whole nine yards. They were lots of fun! And they worked, too, you know… there’s more old maids married during Leap years than any other. Or there used ...