Daily Reading Efforts - October 2023

10/31/2023 (45 pages)

Rising Above: How 11 Athletes Overcame Challenges in Their Youth to Become Stars (Pages 49-83) - 235pp

Serenity in the Storm:  Living Through Chaos By Leaning on Christ (Pages 214-223) - 250pp

10/30/2023 (31 pages)

But Don't All Religions Lead to God?: Navigating the Multi-Faith Maze (Pages 36-40) - 92pp

Jerusalem Countdown: Revised and Updated (Pages 10-35) - 244pp

10/29/2023 - Nothing

10/28/2023 (11 pages)

Serenity in the Storm:  Living Through Chaos By Leaning on Christ (Pages 203-213) - 250pp

10/27/2023 (17 pages)

Owning a Piece of the Minors (Pages 77-83) - 156pp

The Pittsburgh Crawfords:  The Lives & Times of Black Baseball's Most Exciting Team! (Pages 89-98) - 161pp

10/26/2023 (118 pages)

A Passion For Victory:  The Coaching Life of Texas Legend Joe Kerbel (Pages 171-205)

Instant Mom (Pages 248-258) - 282pp
Miracle in Shreveport: A Memoir of Baseball, Fatherhood, and the Stadium that Launched a Dream (Pages ix, 1-49) - 197pp

The Mayor and The Judge: The Inside Story of the War Against COVID (Pages 214-227)

The Pittsburgh Crawfords:  The Lives & Times of Black Baseball's Most Exciting Team! (Pages 81-88) - 161pp

10/25/2023 (47 pages)

A Passion For Victory:  The Coaching Life of Texas Legend Joe Kerbel (Pages 155-170) - 205pp

Instant Mom (Pages 238-247) - 282pp

The Mayor and The Judge: The Inside Story of the War Against COVID (Pages 193-213) - 227pp

10/24/2023 - Nothing

10/23/2023 (36 pages)

A Passion For Victory:  The Coaching Life of Texas Legend Joe Kerbel (Pages 135-154) - 205pp

The Mayor and The Judge: The Inside Story of the War Against COVID (Pages 177-192) - 227pp

10/22/2023 (80 pages)

Baseball and Black Gold: Tulsa's Love Affair with America's National Pastime (Pages 337-360 (4708); Kindle)

From Angels to Hellcats: Legendary Texas Women, 1836-1880 (Pages 110-125, 131, 149)

Instant Mom (Pages 233-237) - 282pp

Saddle Up, Charlie:  Charlie Wysocki's Journey From Gridiron Glory Into Mental Illness (Pages 223-245 (4461); Kindle)

The Mayor and The Judge: The Inside Story of the War Against COVID (Pages 166-176) - 227pp

10/21/2023 (78 pages)

Fluffing the Concrete: Making the Most of Foreign Prison - or Anything Else (Pages 22-52) - 171pp

From Angels to Hellcats: Legendary Texas Women, 1836-1880 (Pages 107-109) - 149pp
Owning a Piece of the Minors (Pages 47-76) - 156pp

The Mayor and The Judge: The Inside Story of the War Against COVID (Pages 152-165) - 227pp

10/20/2023 (72 pages)

From Angels to Hellcats: Legendary Texas Women, 1836-1880 (Pages 86-106) - 149pp

Saddle Up, Charlie:  Charlie Wysocki's Journey From Gridiron Glory Into Mental Illness (Pages 183-222 (4099); Kindle)

The Mayor and The Judge: The Inside Story of the War Against COVID (Pages 141-151) - 227pp

10/19/2023 (86 pages)

From Angels to Hellcats: Legendary Texas Women, 1836-1880 (Pages 69-85) - 149pp

Instant Mom (Pages 223-232) - 282pp

Saddle Up, Charlie:Charlie Wysocki's Journey From Gridiron Glory Into Mental Illness (Pages 141-182 (3378); Kindle)

The Mayor and The Judge: The Inside Story of the War Against COVID (Pages 124-140) - 227pp

10/18/2023 (140 pages)
Fluffing the Concrete: Making the Most of Foreign Prison - or Anything Else (Pages 1-21) - 171pp

From Angels to Hellcats: Legendary Texas Women, 1836-1880 (Pages 41-68) - 149pp

Saddle Up, Charlie:  Charlie Wysocki's Journey From Gridiron Glory Into Mental Illness (Pages 92-140 (2592); Kindle)

Texas Schoolboy Football:  Champions in Action (7-15) - 98pp

The Mayor and The Judge: The Inside Story of the War Against COVID (Pages 101-123) - 227pp

The Pittsburgh Crawfords:  The Lives & Times of Black Baseball's Most Exciting Team! (Pages 71-80) - 161pp

10/17/2023 (99 pages)

From Angels to Hellcats: Legendary Texas Women, 1836-1880 (Pages 24-40) - 149pp

Instant Mom (Pages 204-222) - 282pp

Saddle Up, Charlie:  Charlie Wysocki's Journey From Gridiron Glory Into Mental Illness (Pages 47-91 (1638); Kindle)

The Mayor and The Judge: The Inside Story of the War Against COVID (Pages 83-100) - 227pp

10/16/2023 (124 pages)

But Don't All Religions Lead to God?: Navigating the Multi-Faith Maze (Pages 16-35) - 92pp

Saddle Up, Charlie:  Charlie Wysocki's Journey From Gridiron Glory Into Mental Illness (Pages 1-46 (853); Kindle)

The Mayor and The Judge: The Inside Story of the War Against COVID (Pages 67-82) - 227pp

Texas Schoolboy Football:  Champions in Action (Pages a-f, 1-6) - 98pp

Titus, Trump and the Triumph of Israel; The Power of Faith Based Diplomacy (Pages 212-241)

10/15/2023 (150 pages)

Baseball and Black Gold: Tulsa's Love Affair with America's National Pastime (Pages 290-336 (4400); Kindle)

From Angels to Hellcats: Legendary Texas Women, 1836-1880 (Pages vii-xi, 1-23) - 149pp

Jerusalem Countdown: Revised and Updated (Pages 1-9) - 244pp

The Mayor and The Judge: The Inside Story of the War Against COVID (Pages 37-66) - 227pp

Titus, Trump and the Triumph of Israel; The Power of Faith Based Diplomacy (Pages 176-211) - 241pp

10/14/2023 (86 pages)
But Don't All Religions Lead to God?: Navigating the Multi-Faith Maze (Pages 7-15) - 92pp

Rising Above: How 11 Athletes Overcame Challenges in Their Youth to Become Stars (Pages 1-48) - 235pp

The Mayor and The Judge: The Inside Story of the War Against COVID (Pages 9-36) - 227pp

10/13/2023 (60 pages)

Baseball and Black Gold: Tulsa's Love Affair with America's National Pastime (Pages 238-289 (3781); Kindle)

Titus, Trump and the Triumph of Israel; The Power of Faith Based Diplomacy (Pages 168-175) - 241pp

10/12/2023 (63 pages)

Baseball and Black Gold: Tulsa's Love Affair with America's National Pastime (Pages 185-237 (3095); Kindle)

Titus, Trump and the Triumph of Israel; The Power of Faith Based Diplomacy (Pages 148-167) - 241pp

10/11/2023 (186 pages)

Baseball and Black Gold: Tulsa's Love Affair with America's National Pastime (Pages 140-184 (2399); Kindle)

Instant Mom (Pages 195-203) - 282pp

Molly's Game: From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boys Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker (Pages 174-262)

The Pittsburgh Crawfords:  The Lives & Times of Black Baseball's Most Exciting Team! (Pages 65-70) - 161pp
Titus, Trump and the Triumph of Israel; The Power of Faith Based Diplomacy (Pages 111-147) - 241pp

10/10/2023 (22 pages)

Molly's Game: From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boys Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker (Pages 152-173) - 262pp

10/09/2023 (211 pages)

Baseball and Black Gold: Tulsa's Love Affair with America's National Pastime (Pages 90-139 (1806); Kindle)

Instant Mom (Pages 185-194) - 282pp
Molly's Game: From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boys Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker (Pages 1-151) - 262pp

10/08/2023 (87 pages)

Baseball and Black Gold: Tulsa's Love Affair with America's National Pastime (Pages 43-89 (1147); Kindle)

Instant Mom (Pages 174-184) - 282pp
The Pittsburgh Crawfords:  The Lives & Times of Black Baseball's Most Exciting Team! (Pages 53-64) - 161pp
To The Churches:  For we are all one in Christ (Pages 53-69) - 195pp

10/07/2023 (74 pages)

A Passion For Victory:  The Coaching Life of Texas Legend Joe Kerbel (Pages 61-134) - 205pp

10/06/2023 (71 pages)

Instant Mom (Pages 156-173) - 282pp
The Pittsburgh Crawfords:  The Lives & Times of Black Baseball's Most Exciting Team! (Pages 48-52) - 161pp

Training a Tiger: A Father's Guide to Raising a Winner in Both Golf and Life (Pages 32-79) - 184pp

10/05/2023 (84 pages)
Baseball and Black Gold: Tulsa's Love Affair with America's National Pastime (Pages 4-42 (521); Kindle)

Instant Mom (Pages 143-155) - 282pp
Paradise Found:  A High School Football Team's Rise From The Ashes (Pages 249-257; Kindle)
Serenity in the Storm:  Living Through Chaos By Leaning on Christ (Pages 190-202) - 250pp

Training a Tiger: A Father's Guide to Raising a Winner in Both Golf and Life (Pages 22-31) - 184pp

10/04/2023 (103 pages)

Christian Extremism:  A Life Worth Dying For (Pages 47-63) - 171pp

Instant Mom (Pages 127-142) - 282pp
Paradise Found:  A High School Football Team's Rise From The Ashes (Pages 207-248; Kindle) - 258pp
To The Churches:  For we are all one in Christ (Pages 37-52) - 195pp
Training a Tiger: A Father's Guide to Raising a Winner in Both Golf and Life (Pages 10-21) - 184pp

10/03/2023 (86 pages)

Instant Mom (Pages 107-126) - 282pp

Kiss It Good-Bye:  The Mystery, the Mormon, and the Moral of the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates (Pages 155-160) - 359pp
Paradise Found:  A High School Football Team's Rise From The Ashes (Pages 163-206; Kindle) - 258pp
Serenity in the Storm:  Living Through Chaos By Leaning on Christ (Pages 174-189) - 250pp

10/02/2023 (116 pages)

Courtly Love:  A Profile of Coach Marsha Sharp (Pages 56-93) - 144pp
Instant Mom (Pages 86-106) - 282pp
Paradise Found:  A High School Football Team's Rise From The Ashes (Pages 121-162; Kindle) - 258pp
Serenity in the Storm:  Living Through Chaos By Leaning on Christ (Pages 159-173) - 250pp

10/01/2023 (49 pages)

Serenity in the Storm:  Living Through Chaos By Leaning on Christ (Pages 150-158) - 250pp
Sosa: An Autobiography (Pages 175-214)

Books Bought at Front Street Books on 7/3/23 - 2 (Finished 0)

"1934: The Chatham Coloured All-Stars' Barrier-Breaking Year" by Heidi LM Jacobs

"Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory" by Lydia Reeder

Books Bought at Corpus Christi Half-Price Books on 5/6/23 - 4 (Finished 2)

"Role Of A Lifetime:  Reflections on Faith, Family, and Significant Living" by James Brown with Nathan Whitaker

"The Courage To Believe" by Craig Morton and Robert Burger 

"A Sense of Where You Are:  A Profile of William Warren Bradley" by John McPhee (Finished 5/19/23)

"Aaron" by Henry Aaron with Furman Bisher (Finished 7/9/23)

Books Bought at Published Page Bookshop on 7/22/23 - 3 (Finished 3)

"On the Line" by Norm Evans with Edwin Pope (Finished 8/30/23)

"Perfect, Once Removed: When Baseball Was All the World to Me" by Phillip Hoose (Finished 8/10/23)

"When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!: Inspiration and Wisdom from One of Baseball's Greatest Heroes" by Yogi Berra with Dave Kaplan (Finished 8/17/23)

Books Bought in El Paso on 8/12/23 - 5 (Finished 4)

"Glory Road: My Story of the 1966 NCAA Basketball Championship and How One Team Triumphed Against the Odds and Changed America Forever" by Don Haskins and Dan Wetzel

"Black Klansman: A Memoir" by Ron Stallworth (Barnes & Noble) - Finished 8/14/23

"I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It" by Charles Barkley and Michael Wilbon (Literarity Book Shop) - Finished 8/22/23

"She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs" by Sarah Smarsh (Barnes & Noble) - Finished 9/11/23

"Who Rules El Paso?: Private Gain, Public Policy, and the Community Interest" by Community First Coalition El Paso (Barnes & Noble) - Finished 8/23/23

Books Bought at Half Price Books Frisco on 6/3/23 - 5 (Finished 3)

"Led to Believe: Inspiring Words from Billy Graham & Personal Stories from Those Whose Lives He Touched With a Special Reflection from Anne Graham Lotz" by Billy Graham ($3)

"The U.S. Naval Institute on the Marine Corps at War" by Thomas J. Cutler ($3)

"American Contagions: Epidemics and the Law from Smallpox to COVID-19" by John Fabian Witt ($4; Finished 6/13/23)

"Strike IX: The Story of a Big East College Forced to Eliminate Its Baseball Program and the Team That Refused to Lose" by Paul Lonardo ($3; Finished 7/14/23)

"The Navajo Code Talkers" by Doris A. Paul ($3; Finished 9/17/23)

Miles and Miles - 9/25/23 to 10/24/23

September 25 - October 24 - 29.28 miles running - 41.262 miles walking - 67.948 miles walking (Apple Health) - 0 miles cycling (using 9 miles = 30 minutes) - 35,874 meters rowing - 726 minutes elliptical

September 25 (Monday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 371 calories; 5,610 strides) - 13:30 rowing for 2,450 meters (29 strokes/min.; 2:45/500m) - 4.19 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:06:59.08 / 15:59) - 1.41 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 26 (Tuesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 369 calories; 5,582 strides) - 21:31 rowing for 3,756 meters (28 strokes/min.; 2:50/500m) - 0.63 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 27 (Wednesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 363 calories; 5,474 strides) - 19:30 rowing for 3,429 meters (28 strokes/min.; 2:53/500m) - 4.176 miles walking at Knox Junior High (1:05:51/15:46) - 0.824 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 28 (Thursday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 368 calories; 5,558 strides) - 3.4 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 29 (Friday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 365 calories; 5,496 strides) - 2.7 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 30 (Saturday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 366 calories; 5,518 strides) - 4.7 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 1 (Sunday) - 3.1 miles running at Run The Pink 5K (31:40.55) - 2.7 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 2 (Monday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 359 calories; 5,386 strides) - 13:01 rowing for 2,325 meters (27 strokes/min.; 2:49/500m) - 4 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:02:16 / 15:34) - 1.2 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 3 (Tuesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 361 calories; 5,422 strides) - 12:30 rowing for 2,208 meters (28 strokes/min.; 2:48/500m) - 1.2 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 4 (Wednesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 363 calories; 5,464 strides) - 12:00 rowing for 2,214 meters (29 strokes/min.; 2:39/500m) - 2.61 miles walking at Knox Junior High (40:44.55/15:37) - 2.09 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 5 (Thursday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 362 calories; 5,452 strides) - 13:15 rowing for 2,350 meters (29 strokes/min.; 2:47/500m) - 0.68 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 6 (Friday) - 4 miles running on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (43:18.66 / 10:50) - 3 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 7 (Saturday) - 3.1 miles running in Terry Hershey parkrun 5K #173 (32:13.23) - 3.7 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 8 (Sunday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 359 calories; 5,386 strides) - 12:00 rowing for 2,227 meters (29 strokes/min.; 2:46/500m) - 3 miles running at Memorial Park with Waverly (34:19.48 / 11:26) - 2.6 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 9 (Monday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 366 calories; 5,526 strides) - 13:00 rowing for 2,410 meters (29 strokes/min.; 2:47/500m) - 2.5 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 10 (Tuesday) - 2.5 miles walking (Apple Health) 

October 11 (Wednesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 319 calories; 5,418 strides) - 14:00 rowing for 2,572 meters (29 strokes/min.; 2:42/500m) - 4.176 miles walking at Knox Junior High (1:05:13/15:37) - 3.324 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 12 (Thursday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 369 calories; 5586 strides) - 4.46 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:08:16 / 15:18) - 0.74 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 13 (Friday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 370 calories; 5,604 strides) - 3.7 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 14 (Saturday) - 3.1 miles running in the Annual Turkey Trot 5K in Cuero (31:03.73) - 3.5 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 15 (Sunday) - 3.1 miles running in 4th Annual Día De Las Fresas Run/Walk 5K in Poteet (31:38) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 358 calories; 5,388 strides) - 1.9 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 16 (Monday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 369 calories; 5,596 strides) - 13:00 rowing for 2,427 meters (28 strokes/min.; 2:37/500m) - 0.88 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 17 (Tuesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 373 calories; 5,648 strides) - 12:16 rowing for 2,323 meters (29 strokes/min.; 2:40/500m) - 3.5 miles running on Spring Creek Greenway Trail with Waverly (37:21.55 / 10:41) - 1 mile walking (Apple Health)

October 18 (Wednesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 369 calories; 5,588 strides) - 14:30 rowing for 2,766 meters (29 strokes/min.; 2:32/500m) - 4.46 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:08:06 / 15:16) - 1.04 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 19 (Thursday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 377 calories; 5,722 strides) - 12:45 rowing for 2,417 meters (30 strokes/min.; 2:36/500m) - 3.21 miles running on The Woodlands Waterway (34:58.38 / 10:54) - 1.19 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 20 (Friday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 380 calories; 5,780 strides) - 4.5 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:08:09/15:09) - 0.8 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 21 (Saturday) - 3.17 miles running in 5th annual Cruisin' Crusaders 5K (Tomball, TX) - 31:31.58 minus 20.14 = 31:11.44 - 3.63 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 22 (Sunday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 372 calories; 5,634 strides) - 2.4 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 23 (Monday) - 4.19 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:04:42.69 / 15:27) - 4.61 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 24 (Tuesday) - 4.5 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:09:51/15:31) - 3.4 miles walking (Apple Health)

Books Bought at Half Price Books Lewisville on 7/16/23 - 5 (Finished 5)

"Breakout: From Prison to the Big Leagues" by Ron LeFlore with Jim Hawkins ($3; Finished 7/29/23)

"Earl Campbell: Houston Oiler Superstar" by Betty Lou Phillips ($2; Finished 7/28/23)

"Grace, Gold, and Glory:  My Leap of Faith" by Gabrielle Douglas and Michelle Burford ($3; Finished 7/28/23) 

"Sosa: An Autobiography" by Sammy Sosa with Marcos Breton ($2; Finished 10/1/23)
"Titus, Trump and the Triumph of Israel; The Power of Faith Based Diplomacy" by Josh Reinstein ($4; Finished 10/16/23)