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From My Mind to....

by JACE

Rated: GC · Book · Personal · #1503918

A blog of no uncertain musings. What goes on in my mind is often a source of wonder to me.

My mind and my life are wonderous things ... as are yours, I'm sure. I have more slips of paper and pages of notebooks with musings and thoughts than I really know what to do with. Someone, actually several someones, have suggested I start a blog ... or a journal as a means of focusing some of this mental energy.

To be honest, I don't even know what the difference between a 'journal' and 'blog' is--or if there even is a difference. Read on, my friends, and you can judge for yourself whether it even matters.

And so....

Me on top of Mount Desert Island, Acadia National Park, off the coast of Maine

I'm JACE. Yep ... that's me! And somewhere in all my writings my last name may be posted. But I'll just leave it at Jace for right now. I'm 70 years old and heading full tilt to 71. It's strange that while I'm going through some rather serious medical issues, I still consider myself to be in the prime of my life--pretty good shape physically AND mentally, though I don't run for competition anymore

. I love to ... dang, if I put this stuff here, I won't have anything for my blog.

Guess you just have to be patient until such stuff leaks out.

Perhaps 2025, having embraced my retirement, will see more participation in my journaling efforts.

Well, one can hope....

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StephBee

about 12 hours ago
In response to "Winter's Coming"

Aug and Sep tend to be the hottest months of the year here in SoCal, but so far, not so bad in August, temps are late 90's to 105 max, which is infinitely manageable. When I go walking at work, I usually walk laps around the parking lot. At the house I have a route which I modify depending on heat and errands. I know this - I gotta keep walking - it really does help keep the joints in good working order!

Stik to My Own Beat

a day ago
In response to "Winter's Coming"

Dunno. I appreciate the cool down, although admittedly my patience for heat got obliterated when I was in Indy a couple weeks ago. Thus, I await cooler weather happily.

ⱲєbⱲitϚћ WDC's 25

Aug 26, 2025 at 11:48am
In response to "Upgrade or Maintain?"

Are you kidding? My Ruby is 20 years old and I'm hanging on to her. I still get Volvo mail to buy a new one. Still coming for me after 20 years! They'll lose this campaign for sure. LOVE my Ruby! ...

StephBee

Aug 23, 2025 at 1:49pm
In response to "Upgrade or Maintain?"

My 2nd car was a 1985 Toyota Corolla. I drove all around Europe in it. Did the basic maint. at the local German dealership. I put over 400K on that car! That's the car that made me fall in love with Toyotas.

JACE

Aug 23, 2025 at 12:30pm
In response to "Upgrade or Maintain?"

{susStephBee

- I've always been partial to Toyota back to the early 80's when I bought a converted Toyota cargo van converted to personal use. And if I hadn't been such a procrastinator, I would have bought my Corolla five or six years earlier and put much less wear, tear and mileage on my Toyota Tacoma. I drove 75 miles per day to and from work in that truck putting almost 30K miles a year (total 305,000) on it before selling it when I retired. I don't dare do the math regarding the cost of gas I might have saved from 40 mpg in the Corolla to 18 mpg in the Tacoma.

bobaturn

- Again, welcome and thanks for stopping by. My wife is comfortable enough in my Corolla when on longer trips. But she bought a Mazda Miata convertible for her use. It's just too short for my longer legs to fit easily.

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bobaturn

Aug 23, 2025 at 11:46am
In response to "Upgrade or Maintain?"

Hey Jace, thanks for the welcome to a newbie. Dropped by to see what's up. I'm a 2014 Rav (basic model) owner, bought new. My wife wanted a comfy wide seat. I wanted something that wouldn't bottom out coming into our driveway. Funny what matters most to new car owners, right?

StephBee

Aug 22, 2025 at 10:58pm
In response to "Upgrade or Maintain?"

I'm a maintainer. Especially with Toyotas. I love my Toyotas. My favorite was my 2005 4Runner. It had over 240K miles but was pooping out. The check engine light came on so I took it to my guy who said the oxygen sensors were going bad. I had 8 and it would take 6K to replace - so we turned it in and bought a pre-owned. A Rav4 with a Turbo boost on it's 4 cylinder engine. I liked that car but we gave it to boy #1 Andy. Now I drive a 2019 Rav4. It's okay, it's just a 4 cylinder, no turbo boost. Sigh... Hubby got a preowned 2022 Tacoma with only 5K miles. It was a v6. Good call. Tacomas after that year are now 4 cylinders. How do you expect them to tow anything? I love Toyotas in that they are a good quality car, but I'm missing the V8/V6 engines - even the turbo boosts. I never get services at the dealer. They charge too much and take too long.

Soldier_Mike

Aug 22, 2025 at 10:42am
In response to "When You're Awake, Get Up"

On schooldays, my alarm goes off at 0615 and I'll typically hit the snooze button twice. That's all I can comfortably afford, if I don't want to be racing around myself while trying to corral my grandson and help get him ready for school. I'm sure it comes as no surprise to you that first graders have a nearly limitless store of morning energy, even if - like my grandson - it takes a few minutes for it to kick in.

Soldier_Mike

Aug 22, 2025 at 10:36am
In response to "Upgrade or Maintain?"

Number, email, address... Yep - disposing of all those come-ons can be pretty time-consuming.

SandraLynn

Aug 21, 2025 at 12:20pm
In response to "When You're Awake, Get Up"

I hear ya. The brain can be irritating. Once I'm awake, that's it. No use in fighting it.

August 26, 2025 at 9:48am

#1095957

Winter's Coming

C'mon, Missouri. This is still summer. It should not be 51 degrees ... yet. I had to put on a long-sleeve shirt for my morning walk.

I guess I've had it easy over the past four-plus months. I've been able to leave the house and walk on any of four or five routes, depending on how far I wanted to walk that day. The cooler temps this morning prompted some though about continuing my walks when the cold really hits.

Some years back before I injured my leg, I used to run every afternoon after work, especially in the heat of summer. Winter? Not so much. Growing up in Maine taught me when to come in out of the cold. Our local civic center has an indoor track that I used occasionally in the past. Looks like that will be my go-to place in colder weather. It'll be a bit inconvenient since I'll have to drive there and back.

I just hope my will to continue this exercise regimen I've built up these past months overcomes my strong tendency to procrastinate.

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