tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64769761888262822342011-07-07T17:20:26.368-07:00A journal of life in the Siskiyous.laurainshastahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987406579192542883noreply@blogger.comBlogger631100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6476976188826282234.post-16059826895926654582009-06-14T08:53:00.000-07:002009-06-14T08:58:27.915-07:00

I'm hoping that we have as uneventful crossing this year as we did back in 2001, when Hannah and I were Scott's only crew. That will be forever one of my favorite memories of time with my daughter. This was Scott's fastest crossing to date and one of the best times I've had with Hannah. After this picture was taken, we slept a few hours and then climbed Mount Whitney, singing songs from "The

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" such primitives as frontiersmen, Indians, and professional athletes, whose essential courage and honesty are implicitly contrasted with the brutality of civilized society." From the Oxford Companion to American Literature, in an article about Hemingway.

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Before I hurt myself, I had asked for three days off to do a 12 hour run in Oakland. This was to be symbolic of my return to health. However, this had to be put off, obviously. Instead, I have been reading short stories, walking the dogs with Scott (2 miles, very gingerly), and cooking. I made the most wonderful Southwestern yellow split pea soup, with lots of chili pepper, cumin, rotel, corn

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My ribs are starting to feel better. I am able to sleep lying down now, and am starting to look forward to getting outside again. Scott went on one of our favorite hikes the other day...Deadfall Meadows. It's always nice to get to the point in the year when you can drive to the trailhead without having to hike through the one last bit of snow on the road. We hope to camp at Deadfall Lake

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I finished my first shift in the ER after my unfortunate equestrian accident. It felt good to get back to real life again after a week of weird hours of sleeping in the recliner, getting up to pet the dogs or talk to Scott, then trying once again to get comfortable. I'm still not feeling great...I guess that these things take four to six weeks to heal completely, but I'm doing much, much better

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Well, my middle-aged horseriding career has come to a screeching halt. I was riding Buddy in the paddock yesterday, when the next thing I knew, I was in the ER. Two fractured ribs and a concussion have taught me that 50 year olds don't bounce when they land. And he was doing so well, too. The radiologist commented that I have the brain (on CT, I imagine) of a 20 year old, but a neck of a 50

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1) It's kind of weird to be getting older. I still haven't transitioned to being nocturnal, in spite of being back about a week. I think I'm getting closer, but still a bit on the draggy side. Work has been pretty chaotic, what with the Memorial Day drinking and excess testosterone. I wonder about my fatigue, but my partner in the ER related that sometimes he has to just come home, sit in the

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I can't believe it is already Memorial Day weekend. It seems like is was just snowing! In fact, I still have my snowtires on my Subaru. Regardless, people are camping and fishing and traveling. The ER was hopping on my first day back...I had an absolutely wonderful time visiting everybody in Arkansas. Hannah and Dylan were beautiful as they graduated...as was sweet Nadia. Benjamin took us

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Yesterday, I ran/walked 20 hilly miles on the Humbug Trail, which is an awesome route outside of Yreka. Mostly single track trail, with a difficult 4 mile climb straight off, lots of undulating ups and downs, and then a 4 mile descent on each ten mile loop...it takes me to the top of Humbug Peak at 4000 feet, where the weather was cold, rainy, windy...essentially running inside a cloud. Once I

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Appetizer: fresh asparagus steamed tender-crisp, lightly salted.Main course: Ragout of portabello mushrooms, eggplant, fire roasted tomatoes with freshly ground Italian seasoning served on a bed of quinoa.Dessert: Leftover applesauce-raisin-oatmeal muffin from breakfast.As Scott said, appreciatively, "It's real food!" And McDougall to the core.

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http://bigpicture.typepad.com/writing/2009/03/national-geogra.html

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Today, I planted kale, lettuce, peppers, tomatoes, basil, peppermint, and coriander. I'm starting them from seeds, so some of them are in the greenhouse and some of them are in the kitchen. Won't be long before I can scatter some poppy seeds on the front flowerbed and start preparing the soil for beans and other good stuff. I have to figure out how to deerproof my garden patch, since there are

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I tell you, when I get sick, I get sick for a couple of weeks. Not bad enough, usually, to take time off work, but bad enough to demoralize me and turn me into a slug. Two weeks ago, I caught the virus de jour, which caused enough malaise and respiratory sludge, as well as intractable coughing and laryngitis, to put me out of commission for five days. Luckily, only two of those were work days

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Ready the dog and I headed up to Yreka yesterday for our long run...15 miles on the Humbug Trail, which is a lot of climb (four miles up to the summit), then a very short level section, then a lot of descent. Then we turned around and came back. The weather was completely awesome. The sky was very dark and forboding (in Arkansas, I would be worried about tornadoes), but as the hours went by,

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That's my total mileage thus far for 2009. I've been consistent enough that Coach Weber is officially coaching me again. The first goal is a 12 hour run in June...we'll see how far I can get.So, this week, I'll be doing 35 miles, with 10 miles being the longest run. I LOVE being able to get outside...nothing like a near-death experience to restart your life. It's analagous to a patient being

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“Start out with the conviction that absolute truth is hard to reach in matters relating to our fellow creatures, healthy or diseased, that slips in observation are inevitable even with the best trained faculties, that errors in judgement must occur in the practice of an art which consists largely in the balancing of probabilities; - start, I say, with this attitude in mind, and mistakes will be

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Siskiyou County is breathing a sigh of relief. After weeks of no appreciable precipitation, we have been blanketed, smothered, inundated with, and clobbered by SNOW. So much that the ski park, which has been languishing, now is having problems with the power supply to their lifts. "Ski park shut down due to snow"...well, almost. The interstate has shut down a couple of days, people have

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Scott and I headed north to Yreka and did ten miles on the Humbug Trail, which goes forever. We saw just a little snow up at the higher elevations. I'm amazed that on a beautiful, sunny, albeit chilly Saturday, that we saw so few people out enjoying it. Nothing feels better than a hot shower after getting tired and sweaty.

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The Happiness Project : Monks Take a "Vow of Stability." Maybe You Should, Too.

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Scott and I did a ten mile loop on the Clickapudi trail on Lake Shasta yesterday. It was warm enough to take off my jacket after a mile or so. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.

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Tony R. contacted me last night on facebook. He and Bruce P. were best buds in high school. He hasn't contacted Bruce, but is friends with Bruce's sister. So, I contacted her today. We're official facebook friends, but haven't communicated directly. Isn't the internet strangely and wonderfully powerful? I might even find Julie Steinmasel....if I wanted to.

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Since I'm working exclusively graveyard shift, it makes no sense for me to switch back to days if I've just got a day or two off. So, what do I do on my nights off?Tonight, I made some split pea soup in the crockpot and have banana bread cooking in the oven for breakfast. I watched a lovely movie "Greenfingers", which I highly recommend about prisoners becoming gardeners. I read some cookbooks

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One of my favorite people died this week. He was very, very old. He and his wife had been married for over 70 years. For about 50 of these, she struggled with mental illness. He remained strong, happy, humorous. He cared for her through thick and thin. Even a couple of years ago, when I visited them in their home, he was busy rigging up a pulley that would help his wife ambulate if he

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to be an American.Thank God that Barack Obama will be our next president. Thank God that sanity has once again entered the White House. Thank God for hope, tact, wisdom, and acceptance.

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In the past couple of weeks, I have gotten emails from Elizabeth, Sherri, and Janet. The internet is amazing! EJ sent me pictures from Yellowstone and Hendrix freshman year. She and Hannah are now facebook friends. Sherri is talking to me from Jamaica. Janet and I are just beginning to get into touch with each other again. I found out the my old crush (unrequited, alas), Matt Evans, died in

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My favorite yarn place is Katsara Luxury Yarns (online), which hand dyes the yarn of your choice and mails it to you. I'm getting started on a baby blanket, which is a beautiful multicolored pastel...lots of coral, green, beige, aqua. I only have to have it done by the baby shower tomorrow...well, maybe it will be done before the baby turns one. (Well, I only got it this morning, but I do my

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Whoops! I guess I should give you the address...www.mcdougallingme.blogspot.com.On another note, I just finished a six mile run/walk on the treadmill. I was looking over my training log...two months ago, I started back, walking .25 miles in 30 minutes. It took me 1 hour and 21 minutes to do six miles tonight. Progress is a wonderful thing.

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I started a second blog on Christmas Day related to diet. It's called McDougalling. I have become very interested in the health issues related to animal proteins. So, check it out if you like.Happy New Year, everyone!

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I don't know about anybody else, but I, for one, will be glad tht 2008 is over. What a challenging, difficult year. Nevertheless, there were many wonderful things that happened.The most precious time that I have ever had with my family occurred surrounding dear Annie's bedside in April. The love, grace, faith, and patience that you all had is indelibly etched into my heart. Thank you for

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Thanks to the wonderful internet, I can still hear Father Alan's sermons. He has been a window to God for me for as long as I've known him. Just click on sermons and you can hear that beautiful brogue speak words of hope and peace.Merry Christmas!http://www.stjohnsky.com/home.php

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Iraq Shoe Tosser Guy: The Animated Gifs - Boing Boing

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For us nocturnal creatures, it still FEELS like December 17th.I hope that you had a lovely time, Papa.Did you sing some carols and decorate the tree with some gargoyles?Love,Laura

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They predicted a massive snowstorm for the weekend, but we didn't get snow here until last night. Here it is, fluffy and beautiful....and just a little bit. The juncos are hungry for their birdseed.

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http://www.thingsbearslove.com/

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifKKlhYF53w

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For the chemistry lovers out there:www.periodictable.comEnjoy!

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Remember this? Anybody else use this series?

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On Monday, I went to see Dr. Osbourne, who was very pleased with my foot. In fact, he told me that in a week, I could start to run again. WhoooHoo! I'm sauntering along on the treadmill about five days a week at this time, with my longest saunter being 2 miles. I'm still on the Coach Weber plan of increasing my mileage by 0.1 mile daily, which Dr. O thought was perfect. So, by January, I

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We had a lovely time at my friend Linda's house. She comes from a large Italian family. Her husband comes from a large Mexican family. She had family, neighbors, friends all together in her log house in Lake Shastina. The ages ranged from 2 to 80. There were artists, blueberry growers, Shasta Opal miners, Thai kickboxing coaches, psychiatric nurses, aspiring tornado chasers, and lots of

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Is your turkey in the oven yet?Scott and I are going to one of the ER nurse's house for dinner...she usually has about 30 guests, so it should be lively.I love you guys and miss you especially on this day.Eat some oyster dressing (extra sage, please) for me, would you?Annie has been on my mind a lot, lately. I feel her presence very strongly at times. Cody, too.We're all a little witchy,

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I always wanted to be a comedian or a writer. So I can tell you with confidence that seeing people in a medical setting is some of the best training a writer can have. They will tell you all of their secrets, all of their pain and all of their comedy for the price of a little kindness. I can’t imagine any better training in the human condition. Medicine teaches me that people can be

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I talked with Ben tonight. He's planning on doing the Arrowhead 135 mile race in International Falls, MN this February: check out www.arrowheadultra.com. He is totally excited and pumped about the whole thing. I got on their website and all I can say is WOW! Even Scott says he wouldn't have any idea how to prepare for the thing. That said, there must be no finer feeling than being a young

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http://adventurecorpsblog.blogspot.com/Yeah, he's hip and cool....

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I worked two nine hour shifts the past two nights, with my foot doing VERY well. Now, I get to re-acquaint myself with nights off. It is too disruptive to my sleep-wake schedule to flip flop from days to nights and back again, unless I'm off for several days in a row. So, after going to bed this morning, I should get up around 6 pm and plan on being up all night. This is my chance to watch

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I can see the candle and the photo album on the coffee table.I love you two.

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Tonight is my first night back on the graveyard shift, which is my favorite. It's almost 10 pm here at the house, all the dogs, cats, and men are asleep, and I'm sipping Earl Gray and blogging. In about ten minutes, I'll get ready for my shift.I DO love being up at night. The stuff that comes in the ER is either really bad, really weird, or really annoying. My job is to treat it them all with

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Joey Kitten has been in our family since Abby the dog and I picked him out at the Humane Society three summers ago. He was very much of an outside kitty while living in Dunsmuir. He would show up every day or so for some food (a couple of times in the winter, he was snowed in on his favorite attic space of a neighboring abandoned building for three days). Scott moved heaven and earth to get him

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Remember the farrier whose hand was sliced by Maggie? Well, Ralph is our farrier here...he is completely awesome! He is tiny, wiry, and aging, but commands those horses' respect. He doesn't put up with any funny stuff and very effectively and humanely puts an end to the di-dos. The horses pay attention and learn. It's wonderful to see. It's not that they're terrible...even I am comfortable

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I keep forgetting how lovely November is here. It doesn't get cold and snowy, generally, until the end of December. I worked my 4 hour shift (which ended up being 6 hours, after all was said and done), went to see Bella and Buddy and clean their stalls, and then did 1.6 miles on the treadmill, while watching Ironman videos. Now, my feet are tired and I can't wait to take off my honking steel-toed

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Abby the dog LOVES mud! Especially the goopy green kind. This is from our walk this morning along the lakebed (dry at the moment) of Lake Shastina. That's Ready Weber beside her.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAMxZulUMaU

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hk7_adBPxU

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I worked another shift this morning, which was much calmer than yesterday's chaos. You never know what awaits you...that is what makes it so durned interesting. The rain has gone, and the mountain was radiant. This picture was taken while waiting for the train to go through town. It's amazing to live right at the foot of this giant.The horses were good today...treated their feet with some nasty

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It's one of those Seattle days, overcast and drizzly. I find it strangely comforting; I know that we need the rain.I went to work this morning...it's amazing how draining one critically ill patient can be...exhausting the nurses, me, everybody. It was all I could do to NOT eat fast food on the way home. I was elated to see the horses and shovel some poop. They didn't care that today was hard.

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I've made several eating mistakes in the past week. I knew I was making them. I knew that they weren't unusual. But I DID write them down (usually). First mistake: fast food. I did go through the McDonald's drive-through yesterday after work. I haven't done that in over a year. It wasn't that great! It sure wasn't worth the 800 or so calories. It is certainly not going to be a big

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I went to work again for my four hours this morning. The drive was spectacular; Mount Shasta was radiant on the southern part and covered in clouds on the north. No frost on my windshield yet, but it's coming. The finches have been ravenous, the horses have a nice thick coat of fur, and the air has that tangy nip in it that says winter is almost here. It is so nice to see the mountain with snow

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Yesterday was awesome! I went to work from 8-noon, got out of there by 2 pm, which is pretty good, took Buddy and Bella for little walks, went to the grocery store, then came home to a very foggy, misty Lake Shastina...it was bright and sunny in Mount Shasta. As one of my partners and neighbors says, it's like another world.I remembered what drawer things were in, relocated my stethescope and

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I thought that this would be a good time to start a new blog. The old Shastalife blog was dominated by illness and recuperation. This blog is about what happens after things get back to normal....and hopefully better than normal...

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