tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post9186772413739230688..comments2024-03-21T03:56:28.972-06:00Comments on Jill Outside: Finding MarsJill Homerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-12383112623023569552015-05-04T01:36:06.755-06:002015-05-04T01:36:06.755-06:00I was skeptical about Kindle prices staying low so...I was skeptical about Kindle prices staying low so didn't buy one since I didn't really need the high density of an e-reader.<br /><br />I do buy a lot of Amazon used books. I prefer buying when Prime free shipping is available, but "Mars" doesn't have that right now. But there are some options for $6 including shipping.<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1602231222/ref=olp_tab_all?ie=UTF8&qid=1430691745&sr=8-1<br /><br />Not being an author, I'm not sure how "they" feel about used books, but it feels good from a cost and environmental standpoint.<br /><br />Tom<br />Fairbanks Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-61634499138103861932015-04-30T14:47:36.253-06:002015-04-30T14:47:36.253-06:00Glad to here you are considering the Tour Divide a...Glad to here you are considering the Tour Divide again! Maybe you should try it South to North this time for a different perspective!<br /><br />MarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-13002551758953383942015-04-30T02:23:07.278-06:002015-04-30T02:23:07.278-06:00I also want to go to such a beautiful places ...I also want to go to such a beautiful places ...Jijihttp://jiji.ng/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-52269599130875120072015-04-29T13:46:40.091-06:002015-04-29T13:46:40.091-06:00High, girly!
I gotta lotta thots and stories in ou...High, girly!<br />I gotta lotta thots and stories in our 22 blogs…<br />and I’m mmmore than happy to share<br />and give to you what God has granted me - a steward<br />in this finite existence, this lifelong demise.<br />And why not?<br />Aren’t we all in the same family made by God?<br />Faith, hope, and love -<br />the greatest of these is love:<br />jump into faith...<br />and you'll see with love.<br />Doesn’t matter if you don’t believe<br />(what I write);<br />God believes in you.<br />God. Bless. You.<br />Meet me Upstairs where the Son never goes down…-blessed holy socks, the non-perishable-zealothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241446130197185049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-75924362864650019122015-04-29T13:45:55.045-06:002015-04-29T13:45:55.045-06:00High, girly!
I gotta lotta thots and stories in ou...High, girly!<br />I gotta lotta thots and stories in our 22 blogs…<br />and I’m mmmore than happy to share<br />and give to you what God has granted me - a steward<br />in this finite existence, this lifelong demise.<br />And why not?<br />Aren’t we all in the same family made by God?<br />Faith, hope, and love -<br />the greatest of these is love:<br />jump into faith...<br />and you'll see with love.<br />Doesn’t matter if you don’t believe<br />(what I write);<br />God believes in you.<br />God. Bless. You.<br />Meet me Upstairs where the Son never goes down…-blessed holy socks, the non-perishable-zealothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241446130197185049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-65260053518971175712015-04-29T08:30:38.662-06:002015-04-29T08:30:38.662-06:00do La Ruta... www.adventurerace.com
definitely &q...do La Ruta... www.adventurerace.com<br /><br />definitely "Paring one's life down to bare necessities has a way of sharping perspective, giving us the ability to look beyond all the confusion and noise, and see ourselves and the world around us with renewed clarity. " <br /><br />as that race is one tough race... tests one's limitsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-15610707736915772692015-04-28T20:10:50.341-06:002015-04-28T20:10:50.341-06:00Liquid DAWN dish soap at full strength works the b...Liquid DAWN dish soap at full strength works the best for me. Although, sometimes I need a second application the next day.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00132238592109693670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-3551634422807204582015-04-28T11:12:44.565-06:002015-04-28T11:12:44.565-06:00I agree. I'm still learning the publisher game...I agree. I'm still learning the publisher game, but I can't figure out why publishers charge so much for eBooks. "Finding Mars" is a good read, and based on Amazon statistics, it seems like it never sold that well, at least outside local bookstores. I've been dealing more with traditional publishers recently, while trying to secure a book deal for my Ann Trason project. And truthfully, it just makes me all the more grateful to have chosen self-publishing initially. The Trason project needs a mass-market publisher, but I'm sticking to self-publishing for future efforts, unless I see compelling evidence that my eBooks aren't going to cost $18.99 and sell 30 copies a year. Jill Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-19648580345848454802015-04-28T09:39:07.965-06:002015-04-28T09:39:07.965-06:00Excited to hear that you have almost committed to ...Excited to hear that you have almost committed to the Tour Divide! Let me know what you and Beat figure out about bike lights. Been researching it ourselves.<br />Kenji is quite the character. I thought Ned did a great job in writing his story. We know his family so if you want to meet him the next time you are in town, let me know and I'll see what we can do!Corrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079166369675219383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-23042441601135792622015-04-28T09:15:06.442-06:002015-04-28T09:15:06.442-06:00Has it really been six years?? That means I've...Has it really been six years?? That means I've been living vicariously through you for a very long time, and I definitely wouldn't mind living vicariously again as you adventure your way down the Divide.Ingunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07673263715080884591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-71351815569671548342015-04-28T08:00:53.677-06:002015-04-28T08:00:53.677-06:00"Finding Mars" sounds like a good read, ..."Finding Mars" sounds like a good read, but a bit pricey on Kindle. I am tracking it on ereaderiq.com for a price drop. The Divide Ride sounds like another epic in the making. Good luck!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389458818431848912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-7117196695378199762015-04-28T05:37:47.615-06:002015-04-28T05:37:47.615-06:00Glad it's going well for you two. It sounds li...Glad it's going well for you two. It sounds like Mars and all the planets are aligning for the Tour Divide. I sure hope so for my own selfish sake!AucillaSinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02085072007329506260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-662810809362905162015-04-28T04:13:34.451-06:002015-04-28T04:13:34.451-06:00This thing you're trying to achieve? It's...This thing you're trying to achieve? It's easier than you think. Why ruin it with the distraction of competition? You could jump on the TransAmerica and by the fourth day, you'll slip into the mindfulness zone. Yes, there will still be some distractions, but making time won't really be one of them. <br />I've done it on bicycle, hiking (PCT or AT), motorcycling, he'll, even raking leaves, lol! <br />It's a good place to go to, and the more you do it the better you'll get at it and the better off you'll be. <br />Just sayin'. z-manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09572343329703287829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-13440411085561049232015-04-28T01:06:46.680-06:002015-04-28T01:06:46.680-06:00So excited to hear you considering the Tour Divide...So excited to hear you considering the Tour Divide again, I'll be happy to follow you from the proverbial armchair. Good luck in your (and Beat's!) training!Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525573205188866133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-76287848916206111492015-04-28T00:26:46.997-06:002015-04-28T00:26:46.997-06:00Great info indeed. I presume some isopropyl alcoho...Great info indeed. I presume some isopropyl alcohol and wetwipes would quickly remove the resin as well as tecnu - what do you think? Sure would be a lot cheaper ;)<br />Beathttp://www.beultra.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-47590133507654000002015-04-27T23:39:38.054-06:002015-04-27T23:39:38.054-06:00Thanks! Sounds like a solid route. We consider thi...Thanks! Sounds like a solid route. We consider this trail system our "backyard," as we live a couple of miles from Steven's Creek Reservoir, and vary most of our routes between Montebello Open Space, Steven's Creek Canyon, Skyline Ridge, Long Ridge, Saratoga Gap, sometimes Russian Ridge, and now Sanborn. Yours is a good way to hit a lot of the local singletrack, but I can't think of a single time I've climbed the Table Mountain Trail and thought, "I'm so glad to be climbing the Table Mountain Trail." Not my favorite. :P <br /><br />Not sure how much broadcasting I'd do during the Tour Divide. I'd like to think I'll keep all of my focus on riding and shut out a lot of that, but it might be hard to resist a Facebook update here and there. I'm not sure about call-ins. There will likely be 130+ people out there this year, and the traditional methods of reporting seem like they'd get really crowded. (I don't consider 130 starters to be an unreasonable crowd on this route, however. These are mostly forest roads, that can support vehicular traffic, and reasonably large towns. The UTMB has 2,500 starters for crying out loud, and the world doesn't fall apart.) But we shall see! I have no doubt much has changed since 2009. Jill Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-90382858290537777712015-04-27T23:26:34.510-06:002015-04-27T23:26:34.510-06:00Interesting. Good information! I get skin rashes f...Interesting. Good information! I get skin rashes frequently, and it's difficult if not impossible for me to determine the source. I'm strongly allergic to grass pollen — even being whipped by the stalks causes my skin to break out in hives — so I'm not a big fan of this time of year in general. I assume I'm allergic to poison oak, but haven't yet figured out if any rash was directly caused by poison oak. Once I fell while running in the late summer and scraped up my knee, and the wound became badly inflamed and itchy. I wondered if this may have been caused by dried poison oak leaves, which littered the trail. Jill Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-87619292796029166152015-04-27T21:30:21.604-06:002015-04-27T21:30:21.604-06:00I am allergic to poison oak, too. Four out of five...I am allergic to poison oak, too. Four out of five people are. My last one happened in March after crashing a demo bike straight into a juicy bush. It was really bad and lasted for four weeks. But the web is full of myths about PO. As a biologist with strong interest in molecular immunology, I researched it. The plant oil, actually, a resin, will became an allergen only after irreversibly binding to a human skin protein. This bond happens within minutes after exposure. After that, it is just a matter of how your immune system responds, some people get rash in 30 min, for me it takes 7 days. So the only semi effective remedy is to wash it off with an organic solvent, such as Tecnu, right when you know you touched it, or it touched you. Warm shower only helps the itching later and since the urushiol is not water soluble, unless you shower in gasoline, does not matter. So carry Tecnu on you. Funny thing is, I never get the rash by just brushing by it on the bike, it needs more solid contact with bare skin to get through the top layer of keratinocytes. Many people swear by their remedies, but we also know the placebo effect is real, actually genetically determined. So science aside, everyone should do what works for them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03059137901941493531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1489783636699240472015-04-27T21:03:01.663-06:002015-04-27T21:03:01.663-06:00Nice...LOVE the entire Saratoga Gap/BART trail net...Nice...LOVE the entire Saratoga Gap/BART trail network! One of my fav's is start at Hwy9/Saratoga Gap to Longview, descend down and take the left fork up to Grizzly Flats (cross Skyline here), down to Stevens Creek, go left and UP Bella Vista to the top of Black Mt, then return down Bella Vista, down Stevens Creek to Table Mt trail, which ends up bringing you back to Saratoga Gap. Maybe that's a few hours 'short' for you and Beat...but it's perfect for me. LOVE those redwoods! <br /><br />Anyway...I'm stoked that you are thinking about doing GDR again (I live vicariously through you and Beat these many years). I followed you day by day/hour by hour last time...are you going to do the call-in messages that we can listen to again? I loved those...not only was I able to follow you on the SPOT Track-Leader maps, but the daily phone-in's made the race all that more exciting! (and then your book was the icing on the cake). Stay healthy Jill (Beat too!) and enjoy your training!Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10517087265569164625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-3332123631732194822015-04-27T19:49:52.132-06:002015-04-27T19:49:52.132-06:00Aaargh! That poison oak! Made me itch to see that ...Aaargh! That poison oak! Made me itch to see that picture. You know to take a cold shower, not hot, right?;Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166776565191771729noreply@blogger.com