Morning Walk: 3.39 miles (5.45 km) Rain and cool (47f/9c). Saw 5 dogs. Listened to an audiobook on Audible: Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli by Mark Seal

Afternoon Walk: 4.51 miles (7.25 km) Overcast and cool (45f/8c). Saw 11 dogs and 0 bears. Talked with a friend.

Week 19: I've lost a total of 5.1 pounds (down .5 pounds this week). My new habit change is to get in bed by 9:30pm on weeknights. I missed two walks this week due to the weather. The community gym is under construction, so there is no alternative until it reopens in June. #50by50journey

O, flatter me; for love delights in praises. Two Gentlemen of Verona #ShakespeareSunday

Today's #ShakespeareSunday theme: LOVE ❤️

Afternoon Walk: 3.93 miles (6.32 km) Rain and cool (48f/9c). Saw 3 dogs and 0 bears. Listened to an audiobook on Audible: Double Share (Golden Age of the Solar Clipper #4) by Nathan Lowell

Morning Walk: 3.25 miles (5.23 km) Overcast and cool (47f/8c). Saw 1 dog. Listened to a podcast on Spotify: Once We Were Spacemen

Morning Walk: 3.25 miles (5.23 km) Light fog and cool (44f/7c). Saw 6 dogs. Listened to an audiobook on Libby: Fourth Consort by Edward Ashton

Morning Walk: 3.28 miles (5.28 km) Light rain and cool (44f/7c). Saw 2 dogs. Listened to an audiobook on Libby: Fourth Consort by Edward Ashton. I've been down with the flu for the last week and finally back on schedule.

Month 4 of 50 by 50 Challenge: I've lost 4.7 pounds & lost .5" across chest, waist, hips. I've volunteered 50 hours & read 29 books. Better progress this month. Plus two shirts that previously didn't fit are now back in rotation. #50by50journey

Week 18: I've lost a total of 4.6 pounds (down 2 pounds this week). My new habit change is to limit coffee to twice a week. I've had the flu since Tuesday, so I haven't worked out or taken any walks since Monday. Finally feeling better. #50by50journey

“Noble heroes, my sword and yours are kin.” AWTEW A2S1 #ShakespeareSunday

Come sing me a bawdy song; make me merry. – Henry IV pt1 A3,S1 #ShakespeareSunday 🎭 Theme: Heroes

Why, saw you any thing more wonderful? – Julius Caesar A1,S3 #ShakespeareSunday 🎭 Theme: Heroes

The spirit that I have seen may be a devil; and the devil hath power t' assume a pleasing shape – Hamlet A2,S2 #ShakespeareSunday 🎭 Theme: Heroes

Why, then I see a very valiant rebel of the name. – Henry IV pt 1 – A5,S4 #ShakespeareSunday 🎭 Theme: Heroes

for there's no better sign of a brave mind than a hard hand. – Henry VI pt 2 A4,S2 #ShakespeareSunday 🎭 Theme: Heroes

Today's #ShakespeareSunday theme: HEROES

Afternoon Walk: 3.66 miles (5.89 km) Clear and cool (40f/4c). Saw 9 dogs. Listened to an audiobook on Libby: Fourth Consort by Edward Ashton

Week 17: I've lost a total of 2.6 pounds (up 2.5 pounds this week). My new habit change is to limit calories in drinks. I hate the bouncing up and down every week, but my muscle weight is up. Hopefully, this means I will have lost inches when I measure next week. #50by50journey

Do not you fear: upon mine honour, I will stand betwixt you and danger. – Winter’s Tale A4,S4 #ShakespeareSunday 🎭 Theme: Danger & Warnings

I am sure to be hanged at home: 'tis dangerous. – Pericles A1,S3 #ShakespeareSunday 🎭 Theme: Danger & Warnings

Stay with us. The ways are dangerous. – King Lear A4,S5 #ShakespeareSunday 🎭 Theme: Danger & Warnings

'Tis true that we are in great danger; The greater therefore should our courage be. – Henry V A4,S1 #ShakespeareSunday 🎭 Theme: Danger & Warnings

have I run into this danger. Yet who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken? – All’s Well That Ends Well A4,S3 #ShakespeareSunday 🎭 Theme: Danger & Warnings

Today's #ShakespeareSunday theme: DANGER & WARNINGS! ⚠️

My blanket fort. No hoomans allowed. #CatsOfBluesky #caturday

Afternoon Walk: 3 miles (4.8 km) Clear and cold. (37f/3c). Saw 13 dogs, 1 heron, 0 bears. Listened to a podcast on Spotify: Once We Were Spacemen

Afternoon Walk: 3.25 miles (5.23 km) Some clouds and cold. (36f/2c). Saw 9 dogs. Listened to an audiobook on Audible: Night Watch (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams. Fantastic memoir about working in the foreign government sector of Facebook starting in 2011. Highly recommend. #BookSky #BookRecommendation

Afternoon Walk: 3.93 miles (6.32 km) Clear and cool. (40f/4c). Saw 9 dogs and 0 bears. Listened to an audiobook on Audible: Night Watch (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett

Afternoon Walk: 2.56 miles (4.11 km) Clear and cool (40f/4c). Saw 15 dogs and 0 bears. Listened to an audiobook on Audible: Night Watch (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. I'm glad I watched Yellowstone ahead of this. I think it helped my appreciation of the actual cowboy elements. There was a surprising amount of humor & an unsurprising amount of sexism. I'm glad I read it, but I won't read more of the series. #BookSky #BookReview

Afternoon Walk: 2.73 miles (4.39 km) Clear and cool (44f/6.6c) . Saw 10 dogs and 0 bears. Listened to an audiobook on Audible: Night Watch (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; Only love can do that." - Martin Luther King, Jr

So many grew up watching this. What happened to the world? In 1972, a young Jesse Jackson stood on the steps of 123 Sesame Street and got a bunch of SOMEBODY kids to chant “I Am — Somebody," a poem written by civil rights activist Rev. William Holmes Borders Sr. in the early 1940s.

Week 16: I've lost a total of 5.5 pounds (down 2.2 pounds this week). My new habit change is to choose the turkey option in restaurants. Turkey is better for my blood type than pig, cow, or chicken. If I can keep the same pace as the past 2wks, I can get back on track to make my goal. #50by50journey

Morning Walk: 3.86 miles (6.21 km) Clear and cold (32f/0c). Saw 5 dogs and 0 bears. Listened to Spotify Playlist: Music for the Apocalypse

Hark! I hear horses. Macbeth [III, 3] #ShakespeareSunday #MontyPythonandtheHolyGrail

I am here with thee and thy goats. AYLI 3.4 #ShakespeareSunday

“as loathsome as a toad” - Titus Andronicus (Act 4, Scene 2) #ShakespeareSunday #PrincessandtheFrog @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social

I never killed a mouse, nor hurt a fly. I trod upon a worm against my will, but I wept for 't. Pericles, 4:1 #ShakespeareSunday

Bear this, bear all. – As You Like It A4, S3 #ShakespeareSunday 🎭 Theme: Creatures Great & Small

his enter and exit shall be strangling a snake – Love’s Labour’s Lost A5,S1 #ShakespeareSunday 🎭 Theme: Creatures Great & Small

A wolf, nay, worse, a fellow all in buff – Comedy of Errors A4,S2 #ShakespeareSunday 🎭 Theme: Creatures Great & Small

Some, that are mad if they behold a cat – Merchant of Venice A4,S1 #ShakespeareSunday 🎭 Theme: Creatures Great & Small

Tomorrow's #ShakespeareSunday theme: CREATURES great and small!

From nose to toes, Hera is comfy. #CatsOfBluesky #caturday

Morning Walk: 3.26 miles (5.24 km) Clear and cold (32f/0c). Saw 6 dogs and 0 bears. Listened to Spotify Playlist: Music for the Apocalypse

Evening Walk: 3.93 miles (6.32 km) Clear and cool. Saw 13 dogs, 1 cat in a backpack and 0 bears. Listened to Spotify Playlist: Music for the Apocalypse (forgot to post this last night)