June 24 Run: meet at Strip District parking lot at Liberty Ave. and 21st St.

On Sunday we'll celebrate the 2nd Open Streets event this year by doing a Strip District run on the route, and meet at the parking lot at Liberty and 21st, at 7 per usual.  Coffee at La Prima or Smallman Galley - we'll vote! (Schenley Farms run is still on hold - stay tuned.)  Walkers please come too!

Last Sunday we returned to our old standby, 61C, and did a little exploration of Greenfield and the greenway that was Pocusset St.  The weather was perfect of course, and even though the view from the Greenfield Bridge was over the parkway, it still gave us a boost.

As did the usual far-ranging and stream-of-consciousness talk, with endorsements of course:

• The Seven Daily Habits Whole Life Challenge - according to the NY Daily News everyone was doing this in 2016, but hey, we're in Pittsburgh.  Be aware that it seems to mean you can't eat any of the shared scones at coffee.  But it may be worth it!
• Rita's Italian Ice and Custard - the ice or the custard?  You decide. 
• Audubon Society - join a group and get birdy.
• Even if you don't join, if you've seen a Blue Footed Booby, it's pretty exciting.
• Martin Sheen - anything he's in - but mainly because of that exquisite and heartbreaking alternate reality where he is our president... and OMG, could the West Wing be coming back?
• The Camino de Santiago - finding peace and solace on the medieval highway
• The clearly undercover PETA sympathizer (I almost said "mole") at Pittsburgh Animal Control who graphically described the awful consequences of trapping groundhogs.  He had a point. 
• Quote of the day:  "Everybody's got their varmint."  

This is not run-related, but may be of interest to many:  tonight (Wednesday) at 9 pm at the corner of Forbes and Murray there is a vigil to protest the separation of children from their parents at the border.  Bring your candle and your hope for a better world.