Author Archives: perlgurl

Don’t Panic

Posted on March 6, 2016 by perlgurl

External tera-station hard drive failure. Currently in freezer, will try to rescue data tomorrow. Will. Not. Panic. Hard drive contains ALL THE THINGS. WILL. NOT. PANIC

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Bug, the Cool Cat

Posted on March 2, 2016 by perlgurl

This is Bug the Cat. Sometimes he likes to show me that he is just a “Cool Cat.”

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Snowshoeing Chena Lakes & new photography skill using the heal tool

Posted on March 1, 2016 by perlgurl

I’ve been sick for the past week and haven’t even felt like working on photos. But I’m finally on the mend and just finished working on my photos from snowshoeing at Chena Lakes with my friend Susan nearly two weeks … Continue reading →

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11/23/63, a novel by Stephen King

Posted on February 24, 2016 by perlgurl

I just finished reading Stephen King’s novel “11/23/63” on my tablet It was long, potentially the longest book I’ve read in a very, very long time and the first full book I’ve read on my tablet. I enjoyed it very … Continue reading →

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cardio is hard

Posted on February 12, 2016 by perlgurl

Day two, elliptical.  Barely lasted 5 min. Whew. Four months until the Denali trip, need to get my legs and knees in shape for all the hiking I want to do there and all summer.

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elliptical torture

Posted on February 11, 2016 by perlgurl

After a mere five minutes on the elliptical I bought for myself yesterday, I’m recalling why I have not been on this kind of tortuous device since the early 90s.

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Bug the Lovebug the cat

Posted on February 9, 2016 by perlgurl

This is Bug the cat. Bug is short for Lovebug and most days he is more BUG than LOVE, but there are times like this that he really lives up to his name.

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Snow shoes with my first ever car lockout

Posted on February 9, 2016 by perlgurl

On Sunday afternoon I headed out to Chena Lakes to do some shoe showing with my friend Sarah. I nearly canceled since it was -10F earlier in the morning, but by the time we got out there it was just … Continue reading →

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Feb 2: Groundhog Day Aurora

Posted on February 3, 2016 by perlgurl

Last night there was a G1 with minor geomagnetic storming that started really early in the evening and was even seen at dusk around 6:30, so I waited and watched the aurora cam provided by R&M Photography (Ronn & Marketa … Continue reading →

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O-squats

Posted on January 28, 2016 by perlgurl

I added open/wide-legged squats to my new daily squat routine in preparation for the Denali hiking adventure this coming summer.  I note this on my log of exercise as O-squats. I’m fairly sure the “O” stands for OWIE and OUCHIE.

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