Four Hours in the Park* Questions for Writing* Out of Breath*

Four Hours in the Park* 

While on vacation in Door County, HG and JG were went golfing a couple times.  18 holes.  4-5 hours.  that gave me a chunk of time.  This summer, like last, I put together a "set list" of things to do (ride from Egg Harbor to Bailey's Harbor on EE, then out to Toft's Point after checking out the yacht club and looking for orchids along the way).  Then do the Toft's Point hike, but go further than last year: try to make it to the end, then take a different route (E), stop at the EH library, then go to the pizza/beer place.

The next day we went to Peninsula SP.  I had another 4 hour time slot.  Get a map, start planning out the trip after talking to the ranger -- first ride up this road, lock bike by eagle tower, take the  trail suggested by ranger, head downhill to beach, then... etc.

It felt like cramming as much stuff in the duffle bag as possible.  

Questions for Writing* 

from 642 things to write about. By San Francisco writers grotto. On the shelf of Alice Good coffee

1. What can happen in a second
2. A houseplant is dying.  Tell it why it needs to live. 
3. You are an astronaut. Describe your perfect day. 
4. Something you had that was stolen. 
5. Describe yourself in the third person -/ your physical appearance and personality—as though you were a character in a book
6. Describe something you badly wanted but once you got it never used. 
7. The meanest thing anyone has ever said to you. 
8. Describe each person in your family with just one word. 
9. If you had one week to live…
10. The first death you remember. 
11. Write a short story in which you are the villain 
12. Would you rather win the Nobel prize or be a rock star. 
13. The moment you knew you were no longer a child
14. The menu for your last meal
15. What would you be doing if you weren’t doing this
16. Write, in ridiculous detail, directions on how to get to your house. 
17. List 5 cultural events that impacted you. Then write about one without mentioning yourself. 
18. The president's personal to do list
19. The you young most treasured. 
20. Three objects in your childhood bedroom
21. The next sound you hear and what caused it
22. Describe one of your bad habits and why you secretly get joy out of it
23. A newly invented product that will change your life
24. A tree from the point of view of one of its leaves
25. Your bedroom from the point of view of a stranger forced to occupy it for a week
26. Share that embarrassing story your relatives always tell about you
27. Write an ode to an onion
28. Closest experience you’ve ever had to having your life flash before your eyes
29. You are a pirate. Describe your perfect day
30. Jot a list of things that make you angry
31. Write about one thing on the list you wrote
32. 
    

Out of Breathe*

On my bike ride to bluffs (~ 12 miles) the hills made me suck oxygen hard. Lungs at capacity -- gasping? not exactly -- maxing -- inhaling and expelling .  I felt virtous at the time (but ended up in bed with a stomach ache (related?) immediately afterwards.  I felt "how often am I out of breath, especially SO out of breath thiat it takes me some time to return to normal elevated breathing?  (meaning: just because I got to the top of the hill, I was back in normal breathing mode).  It was probably last summer while doing mile repeats.  What are the beenfits of getting out of breath?  THAT out of breath?