An Exercise in Resolve, Month 10

October started off with perfect walking weather, bright and sunny but also cool and breezy much of the time! We hit every extreme after that, from a triple-digit heat index early in the month to driving rainstorms toward the end. Entries on the daily list below in quotes are taken from my pertinent personal Twitter posts and several of the italicized entries mid-month are for days when I know I walked but did not annotate the distance (and in retrospect it all runs together). 

October 1 (Thursday): Walked 0.6 miles with a light load. 

October 2 (Friday): Walked 1.2 miles with a light load. 

October 3 (Saturday): Walked two miles with a light load. 

October 4 (Sunday): No walk but mowed a section of the lawn. 

October 5 (Monday): Walked 0.6 miles. 

October 6 (Tuesday): "Walked 2.5 miles with a light load. Bright and sunny but not too hot here in Texas Hill Country and very pleasant for some outdoor exercise!" Also mowed the lawn for about 20 minutes and swept the upper patio and so ended up being pretty beat! 

October 7 (Wednesday):  No walk; was on the road to Wimberley to do a presentation at the library on my new San Antonio, Austin, and Texas Hill Country. 

October 8 (Thursday): Walked just 0.6 miles with a light load; got immersed in Skirmisher personnel issues and did not make it out until just before dinner. 

October 9 (Friday): Walked about 1.5 miles around downtown San Antonio, to and from our hotel to the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center, then dinner, and then drinks. 

October 10 (Saturday): Did not walk too much but loaded things into and then out of the convention center and made three trips between it and the parking lot.  

October 11 (Sunday): Walked 1.2 miles with a light load. 

October 12 (Monday): "2.2-mile mid-afternoon walk with a light load. Wondered why I was dragging until I learned we had a 100 degree heat index here in Texas Hill Country!" 

October 13 (Tuesday): No walk; was on the road and then passed out until after dark when I got back. 

October 14 (Wednesday): Walked between 0.6 and 2+ miles with a light load. 

October 15 (Thursday): Walked between 0.6 and 2+ miles with a light load. 

October 16 (Friday): Walked between 0.6 and 2+ miles with a light load. 

October 17 (Saturday): "Managed to get in a two-mile twilight walk with a light load. Has finally cooled down a bit here in Texas Hill Country!" 
October 18 (Sunday): Walked between 0.6 and 2+ miles with a light load. 

October 19 (Monday): Walked between 0.6 and 2+ miles with a light load. 

October 20 (Tuesday): Walked between 0.6 and 2+ miles with a light load. 

October 21 (Wednesday): Walked between 0.6 and 2+ miles with a light load. 

October 22 (Thursday): Walked between 0.6 and 2+ miles with a light load. 

October 23 (Friday): Walked between 0.6 and 2+ miles with a light load. 

October 24 (Saturday): Had to skip a planned hike to the Devil's Hollow with visiting Brendan Cass due to heavy rain, but managed to get in a c. 1.5 night hike together to the local haunted 19th century Bremer Cemetery during a lull in the weather. (A time lapse image by Brendan of me standing by an ominous tree in the graveyard appears below.)

October 25 (Sunday): Got in a quick 1.2-mile twilight walk with a light load. Cold and damp after yesterday's storm and feeling like fall here in Texas Hill Country!" 

October 26 (Monday): Walked between 0.6 and 2+ miles with a light load. 

October 27 (Tuesday): Walked between 0.6 and 2+ miles with a light load. 

October 28 (Wednesday): No walk, on account of spending first half of the day cleaning the house, picking up Diane at the airport in the afternoon, and stopping for dinner on the way home and not getting back until after dark. 
October 29 (Thursday): No walk, on account of being on the road, getting Hepatitis B and rabies vaccinations, and needing to get ready for my weekly "d-Infinity Live!" show. 
October 30 (Friday): Walked just 0.6 miles, to and from the mailbox, and did not go further on account of rain. 
October 31 (Saturday): Walked two miles with a light load. Wanted to end the month on a strong note! 

My Recent Events (October 2015)

Following are events I have recently participated in, and which I am listing here with links back to archived editions of radio shows and webcasts, blog posts about them, etc. 

October 29 (Thursday), 8 - 9 p.m.: "d-Infinity Live! Series 4, Episode 39: d-Infinity Plays: One Starry Night (Call of Cthulhu)" (webcast and role-playing game session). 

October 24 (Saturday), 7 - 9 p.m.: "The Paranormal View: Author Michael O. Varhola" (radio show). The Paranormal View is a very relaxed, round table style talk show that focuses on bringing together experts, enthusiasts, and listeners with varied viewpoints. Instead of focusing strictly on ghostly phenomena, hosts Henry Foister, Geoffrey Gould, Barbara Duncan, and Kat Klockow, strive to provide listeners with topics that cover all areas of the paranormal, including ghosts, UFOs, cryptozoology, psychic phenomena, and more. 

October 22 (Thursday), 8 - 9 p.m.: "d-Infinity Live! Series 4, Episode 38: We Are Werewolves!" (webcast). 

October 10 (Saturday), 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.: Fantom Fest, Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas. 

October 15 (Thursday), 8 - 9 p.m.: "d-Infinity Live! Series 4, Episode 37: Playtesting" (webcast). 

October 8 (Thursday), 8 - 9 p.m.: "d-Infinity Live! Series 4, Episode 36: Mars" (webcast). 

October 7 (Wednesday), noon - 1 p.m.: "Lunch & Learn: Ghosthunting in the Hill Country," Wimberley Village Library, Wimberley, Texas. 

TravelBlogue: 'An Excursion Into Egypt'

In October 2006, my wife Diane and I made a port of call in Alexandria, Egypt, while on a 12-day cruise aboard the Norwegian Jewel from Athens, Greece, to Istanbul, Turkey. Ours was the first cruise since the terrorist attacks in September 2001 that was allowed to make overnight excursions to Cairo and we made a whirlwind trip from Alexandria to Cairo and nearby Saqqara, Memphis, and Giza. Check out my new photo essay on "An Excursion Into Egypt" on my TravelBlogue!