Joe, Snow and Phô
So we had this snowstorm, right? You might have heard. Friday evening the storm knocked out our power. What we didn't realize was that our electricity somehow controls our house heat, which made for stupidly cold floors and an even colder day. But I didn't know any of...
Salsa Verde
So anybody who spends any time with me at all knows that I LOVE salsa verde. I make it at least a couple times a month and almost always have a batch on hand. I eat it on everything, but one of my favorite ways to eat it is as a salad dressing over really crisp,...
It happened. Today, it happened.
A couple days ago, I noted how I've been struggling with the "last foundational move" of my hooping repertoire. I learned how to do vertical reversals right around the first of January; by the 6th, I could do a barrel roll; by the 12th I could vertically chest hoop...
The Sun Shines Down On Me…
I'm walking down that empty road But it ain't empty now, Because I'm on it. - Daniel Johnston, "The Sun Shines Down On Me" I had almost completely forgotten about this song. Further, I had almost completely forgotten about this version of this song, which (admittedly...
01/31/13
I was feeling a little frustrated tonight (and on such an amazingly warm midwinter's day!) because I've been having such a hard time getting the vertical shoulder skill down. I can hoop vertically on the chest just fine, but once I get my arms in the hoop, it goes...
A Walk in the Woods
A couple weeks ago, Justin & I went for a walk down the East Bay Bike Path to find suitable hooping scenery, when Justin stumbled upon a geocache on the abandoned rail lines. It was a pill container stuffed in the arm of a train track. Justin thought it seemed...