The new semester is well underway at this point and I am starting to get comfortable with my new classes. This looks to be a really great semester, with an awesome set of students. They are eager, participating and coming from a wide variety of places, ages and backgrounds. We have had some super discussions and I hope for more. they really energize me.

My running is slowly starting up again; not really taking off as that implies a great surge. This is rather a very slow incremental increase. The weather has improved so that I can get out most days in the morning. However, after a lot of internal discussion, Joan and I broke down and bought a treadmill. I really need something that I can use in bad weather, though I really prefer being outside. I guess that I am not as tough as I used to be. In any event I have only used it a few times so far. We'll how it goes; it is certainly a different experience than being on the road or trail. I have aches and creaks in different places.