🏊‍♂️ The lake was like glass for this afternoon’s swim

A calm lake reflecting trees under a clear sky accompanies a health app recording an afternoon swim of 1,742 meters completed in 32 minutes at an average pace of 1 minute 50 seconds per 100 meters.

My daughter captured me in full cottage vacation mode: a beer in one hand and book in the other

A man is relaxing shirtless on a beach chair by a lake, wearing sunglasses and holding a cup and a tablet, surrounded by trees and outdoor gear.

🎶 After hearing my son and nephew rehearsing Is What It Is by Chance Peña, I’ve been a bit obsessed with it. They were practicing for an upcoming campfire concert at their summer camp, where there was recently a tragedy. Watching the campers comfort each other through the tragedy seemed resonant with the song’s lyrics

Finished reading: The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan is a compelling story about justice and the law. A great start to the series 📚

Finished reading: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis is a fun and zany time-travel mystery. Although I enjoyed the story, it does get a bit frenetic 📚

🏃‍♂️ Misty morning run

Foggy marsh run in Minden: 19.68 km, 2 hr, 6'07''/km pace with route outline.

Another good day at the cottage

A glass with a golden liquid is placed on a wooden surface with sunlight reflecting off a body of water in the background.

Pizza on the BBQ

A homemade pizza topped with cheese and fresh basil leaves is baking on a pizza stone inside an oven.

Lined that up surprisingly well, if accidentally

A scatter plot shows data points with blue circles representing heart, lungs, temperature, and oxygen levels from high to typical, and a pink circle representing sleep quality in the low range.

🏊‍♂️ Swimming in a Haliburton lake is so much nicer than a Toronto pool

A serene lake surrounded by forest under a partly cloudy sky is shown with details of an afternoon swim including distance, time, and average pace.

Finished reading: Surprising no one, Alias Grace A Novel by Margaret Atwood is very well written📚

Getting dinner ready with my sous chef

🎵 Song of the week for my daughter — Midnight Rider by The Allman Brothers Band from Idlewild South (Deluxe Edition). An easy-going song about freedom and resilience

After experimenting with many different apps and approaches, I’m back to integrating everything into Reeder. I like the clean, consistent aesthetic, easy gestures for actions, and ease of integrating diverse sources.

🏃‍♂️ I’m glad to have finished this run before the big thunderstorm rolled through

A calm, overcast scene shows a large body of water surrounded by dense green trees, with running statistics from a HealthFit app overlaying the image.

Turned into a nice day

A calm lake at sunset reflects the sky with soft clouds, surrounded by trees, and features a small dock and a floating platform.

Finished reading: Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway is a fun noir detective mystery📚

Finished reading: The Casino Shift by Brian Goldman is a rather sobering look at the poor state of emergency medicine in Canada. Seems like a disaster waiting to happen through neglect, partly motivated by ERs’ amazing ability to adapt and get by with less, until they can’t anymore 📚

Finished reading: The Will of the Many by James Islington was a fun read: think Roman senators in Hunger Games at Hogwarts 📚

George is delighted to be back in a lake