Via About Last Night comes the unhappy news of John Updike’s passing. Teachout and I are nearly at opposite poles about Updike (the one book he liked I found tediously narcissistic), but we both regret his leaving us.
See also Christopher Lehmann-Haupt’s obit for the Times.
Fairfax Cross County Trail, 41 miles: completed 2 July 2010.
Pimmit Run Trail
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal towpath, 184.5 miles
Capital Crescent Trail, 11 miles: completed 10 June 2007
Four Mile Run Trail, 7.5 miles: completed 16 July 2006
Custis Trail, 4 miles: completed 30 March 2006
Mount Vernon Trail, 18 miles: completed 3 February 2006
Washington & Old Dominion Trail, 45 miles: completed 13 March 2005
