Philip Brewer

@philipbrewer.net

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Writer. Dog-walker. Sword fighter. Someone who spends way too much time thinking about exercise, fitness, sleeping well, etc.

A map of today's run
A fencing mask painted to look like a sloth's face
Screen grab of current weather from the National Weather Service, showing a current temp of -1℉ with more than a day of Cold Weather Advisory overlapping with a two more days of Winter Storm Warning
Lunleviĝo super parko
A dog sitting on the grass in a park, with the sign for the park visible behind it.
A selfie taken from a high angle so it could include the dog I'm walking
A poster with info for an upcoming longsword class offered by Tempered Mettle Historical Fencing starting June 11th, with a QR code and the website temperedmettlehistoricalfencing.com
Front screen of my phone, showing folders of the apps I use
Fall colors in Winfield Village, with multiple trees all in different colors
Detail of a raincoat with an
Ashley with her head tipped back on mouth in a little circle, howling along with the emergency sirens
A green and brown praying mantis standing on the edge of the roadway
A swollen creek, overflowing its banks enough to reach nearby trees
A mostly black, rather lean and muscly, dog lying on the bed
Me in fencing jacket and mask with a longsword
Me with my new Sigi rapier (and a dog)
A dog with her dog blanket over one of her paws, with some chew toys nearby
A dog standing on a picnic table
My upper right arm with a bandaid over the injection site of my pnumonia immunization
Jackie across from a table set with two servings of salmon, rice, and sauteed vegetables
A woman in bed with a big mug of coffee and a kindle, with a dog sprawled across the bed in the foreground
A tree trunk silhouetted against the sky with a barely risen sun
Three pictures of Ashley, with her head turned left, forward, and right.
Folly at New England Botantic Garden
Me and my brother, sitting on a bench in a pollinator garden
Steven sitting beyond my laptop, turned to show the many stickers on it
A branch covered with mostly blue and some green lichen on the sidewalk
My hand holding a sticker for The Woolery up in front of a computer screen with a draft of this post
A loaf of bread on a cooling rack
A selfie of me sitting on a park bench with a black dog standing on the bench next to me
A piece of baklava on a plate
A single lily flower, with water droplets on its lower petals
Me in fencing gear, with a rapier in my hand
A black dog standing in a grassy field
My hand holding a copy of Robert G. Rutherfoord's The Art & Practice of 16th Century German Fencing in front of my laptop
A white pine on the other side of a wooden fence, with the top of the tree lit by the sun
A rice and chicken dish on a plate, with a bottle of soy sauce nearby
A shallot on a cutting board with a knife
A flower garden jam packed with blooming lilies
A dog standing in front of day lilies
A picture of Jackie with her and my beer in front of her
Lilies outside my front door. 17 of them.
A graph of heart rate data, with a distinct break at the mid-point
Picture of Jackie with both our cocktails in the foreground
lilies outside my door. 10 of them!
Cover of Michael Chidester's
A Wildman Athletica adjust-able weight kettlebell
Me in the distance with a scrub jay eating out of my hand
A rapier held in a gloved hand
A dog with its snout over the top of a closed laptop