Spring is trying to establish itself as the main political actor in today’s quasi-seasonal race for domination. I hope that we can keep with the trends and have spring beat out winter…’cause there is climbing and barefoot fun to be had!
The climbing/bouldering around Morgantown is simply superb. Mo, Steve, and I (and Lilly pup) went out to Pioneer Rocks last week for a little adventure. Here's a nice sequence of Mo conquering the 5.14x named Super Killa…. Ha, 'twas not as difficult as it may seem.

After the day, an alien grapefruit appeared as a gesture of homage to we climbers...we gladly sacrificed it for more juice to get home.

Mo has a little forge set-up out at the rebel base (exact location disputed) in Canrain Valley. Upon first sight of Ben Nelson’s homemade veggie oil burner (literally a metal coffee can with oil inside that has a metal pipe coming off the side, where a hair dryer blows enough air to keep a nice flame going, go Ben!), I wondered if it would be hot enough to forge with…veggie oil is a lot less harmful to be around than the coal you see in these pictures below. We did get to multitask with maple syrup boiling and a little forging on the side…hey, if the flames are gonna blaze up, use’ em!

Last night Mo and I made some pizza….some lightly fried tempeh, ramp, onion, mozzarella, celery, and orange bell pepper pizza….out of this world! Mo has been known to Sriracha the hell outta most foods, the pizza was not exception. After dinner I began a seed project…which led to the eventual bashing of lower thoracic spine on metal sink…don’t ask. I almost passed out when trying to get up from the hit, and barely made it to the pad on the floor, where Mo put a frozen jar of bee pollen on the wound….nighty night I went…then awakened to finish that Maeve Leakey anthropology paper before the a.m.!

Enter saliva...

Freshly injured............spice up your life!

One more thing: breathe slowly.