KEEP IT MOVING

At 50 my car is filled with running shoes, bags, various gear, and jackets so at certain points of the day I can go for a spontaneous adventures. Today was a run and a hike. Not much has changed since I got my drivers license some 33 years ago.

Good run up and down my favorite hill (880′ feet or so up to the Appalachian Trail). Then a solid hike 3.5 mile hike around the lake. Dusty roads and lots of sun. Day 61 of moving at least 10 miles a day and feeling great.

CDS OUTSELLING VINYL

Look at that! “During the first half of 2026, CD sales surged 16% to 16.3 million units.”

“One explanation may be changing listening habits among younger fans. According to the report, 60% of Gen Z listeners now say they most often listen to music from the 1990s or earlier, a huge increase from 18% in 2021. Whether driven by nostalgia, discovery via streaming, or a wanting to own a tangible piece of an artist’s work, younger audiences appear to be embracing physical formats.”

Via Consequence

50 DAYS OF 10+ MILE DAYS

A few days after my 50th birthday (on May 26th) I set out to walk (and run) 10 miles total per day. Well, 50 days later I’ve covered 555 miles.

A total of 341 miles in the last 30 days, averaging 11.4 miles per day. I hit 12 miles per day the last four days, too (with some 3 and 4 mile runs sprinkled in).

I’ve walked in the rain, and a few heat waves (in the middle of one right now), and I’m tearing through shoes. Whew.

My longest streak is 60 days, but I don’t wanna get too ahead of myself.

HELLO AND GOODBYE

“A honey bee flew into the house. My dad let it roam the halls, following along, watching as it flitted through sunlit rooms and played among the curtains, before finally slipping out through the front door. He insisted that it was you, visiting, telling us you were okay, that you had moved on. Hello and goodbye.”

From “the saturdays we have left,” by e.

PROMOTE THE THINGS WE LOVE

Every post we make about the bad thing is one less post about the good thing.

For every post about how bad Spotify is, that’s one less post about a tiny indepednet musician.

For every post I make about Gmail, that’s one less post about Fastmail.

There’s a time and a place for calling out the bad things, but we could really make some more time to promote the things we love.

A FLOATING STORE ON LAKE ONTARIO

From “This Floating Store on Lake Ontario Challenges How We Think About Convenience” via My Modern Met (via SEMI RAD)

“In most cities, convenience stores are never too far away, but have you ever seen one floating on water? Moored in the Harbour Square Park Basin on Toronto’s Lake Ontario, a fully stocked shop called Global Convenience is turning the familiar bodega into something far less accessible, and that’s exactly the point. It invites visitors to think about daily rituals, accessibility, and the ways we interact with the urban environment.”

WALKING 11 MILES PER DAY FOR A MONTH

Since May 26, 2026 I’ve been walking at least 10 miles per day. I started this because I’m 50 now and it’s never going to get any easier to “lose weight.” But also because I hate that it’s so easy for my phone SCREEN TIME to creep up to three hours per day, so I thought – maybe I can just walk three hours a day.

It’s not all at once, and some days it takes me till 8pm to get all my miles in, but I love it. Up and out of bed for a three mile walk to start the day, and any time I’m grumpy sitting at my computer, I just get up and go for a walk.

NO STORM IS COMING

When it’d get “too quiet” during the week I used to default to “oh no, what’d I miss? What’d I forget?! WHEN IS THE OTHER SHOE GONNA DROP!?”

Then a wise friend suggested, “maybe it’s so quite because you remembered everything.”

DISCOVERY WITHOUT SOCIAL MEDIA

From Bear Blog Discover → a blog post titled “More Than Email” → Tuta (Secure Email: Private, Green & Ad-free) → CryptPad (CryptPad is a collaborative office suite that is end-to-end encrypted and open-source.)

“BuT How will i FIND nEw CoOL sTUFF WiThOUt SoCiAL MediA?!?”

By clicking around Bear Blog’s Discover and Bubbles you can find some interesting blog posts, which lead you down rabbit holes to other interesting blogs or products or services.

It’s not served to you on a silver platter like an algorithm, but that’s the point.