The Adventures of Morley

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Krakow, Poland
I am currently living in the Pacific Northwest, spending my time working with students on Bainbridge Island in the Puget Sound in Washington state. I most recently returned from Krakow, Poland where I was working at an international school. I spent my youth (or much of it) in Europe: Belgium and then Hungary. I also lived in Bangladesh for a year, and Namibia for a summer. I love mountains and snow, but I am currently living in the land of heat, oceans, and jungles.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Last week in the body of Morley

Sunday March 8th: ~thirty minute run, approx three miles
Monday: 40 minute run, approx four miles
Tuesday: 1000 yd swim and three minutes of brick tread
Wednesday: Rest day
Thursday: 1000yd swim
Friday: Rest/Lazy day
Saturday: 20 minute run and lots of walking around the hockey arena
Sunday: 50 min run- about 5.3 miles

Monday, March 09, 2009

ze weather

Smile, you be livin' in TC

Winter Storm Watch for Hennepin County, MN

from 7 am CDT, Tue., Mar. 10, 2009 until 7 am CDT, Wed., Mar. 11, 2009

Issued by The National Weather Service
Minneapolis, MN
3:37 am CDT, Mon., Mar. 9, 2009

... WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. THE WATCH ALSO INCLUDES AREAS FROM ST. JAMES AND NEW ULM THROUGH LITCHFIELD AND MONTICELLO THEN THROUGH CAMBRIDGE TO AMERY... WISCONSIN. AFTER A PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION TYPES TUESDAY MORNING ACCUMULATING SNOWS ARE EXPECTED IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. SOME AREAS WILL LIKELY SEE SNOW TOTALS OF AT LEAST 6 INCHES... ESPECIALLY JUST NORTH AND WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TO AT LEAST 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF VERY LOW VISIBILITY ACROSS OPEN COUNTRY.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW... SLEET... OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

More Information

... A COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEGINNING TUESDAY...

.THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED EAST AND SOUTH TO NOW INCLUDE AREAS FROM ST. JAMES THROUGH THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN TWIN CITIES METRO TO AMERY... WISCONSIN. A BLIZZARD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THAT PORTION WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO BENSON TO GRANITE FALLS. HEAVY SNOW AND INCREASING WINDS WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA TUESDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL EXPAND EAST INTO THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOWS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER... NORTHWEST WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL PROBABLY BE WEST AND NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES IN SUCH COMMUNITIES AS WILLMAR... LITTLE FALLS..ST. CLOUD... GLENWOOD ... ALEXANDRIA... MORA AND MILACA.

THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS MAY CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION... RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN WESTERN MINNESOTA AND ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS TUESDAY NIGHT WILL FROM FROM 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.

ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SITUATION.


Sunday, March 08, 2009

Morley is.. running?!

Went for a run today and it actually felt pretty good. Legs are a little sore since I haven't been running in oh.. 9 months or so. But the river was beautiful with plenty of light at 6:00 just made it great. Feeling very good despite mid-term stress. Hope you are doing well
Love, Moo

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

mmmmindianfoodmmm


'Nuff said.. Jewel of India=mmmGOOD

Friday, February 20, 2009

CHRIS

I don't even have to log in anymore!!!

Saturday, February 07, 2009

Green


When the wind blows and the crystals tumble aimlessly from the sky there seems no end, you embrace.

You live in America’s refrigerator. They apologize for not even giving you freezer status, but don’t rebel. You can put on a winter jacket and shorts and you might get a few odd looks but mostly the twitching action that parks on their faces. Why a random stranger could look out of the window of their winterized convertible and smile at you, considering owning a winterized convertible in Minnesota is already a reason to self destruct a smile, nobody is quite sure.

The color of this land cannot be described simply by my words nor your eyes. The melting cherry dust that held as the background of a late afternoon Minneapolis is as near as charming as the piercing white that is the St. Joseph farmlands in the depths of an April blizzard. It is the brown muddy sidewalks in February that you detest not because of the dirt or the lack of order and shine that only bigcitiesouteast can provide, but rather because there should never be mud in February.

Seasonal Affective Disorder. In Duluth, Bimidji, or Ely, it’s not a disorder. It’s what you experience if you don’t live. You must dig for the green. Under those three and a half feet of snow with a top layer of shivering ice there surely is the fresh green grass of spring waiting for you, if only you could shovel. “UP NORTH”, you must live to survive. You must live by the words of Kermit.

When green is all there is to be, it can make you wonder why, but why wonder. I’m green and it’ll do fine, it’s beautiful, and I think it’s what I want to be.

The latest event of where I be: the green bud of the neighborhood tree