I’ve been searching a lot lately. Part of that search has included not writing here very much. What have I been searching for? I’ve been searching for my direction. I always said as soon as my youngest graduated from high school I was out of here. I never thought I would live my life about… Continue reading Searching
I’ve spent the last two weeks lost in the past while staring at the present. Does that ever happen to you? The past – basically – two weeks have been the 2014 Winter Olympics. Living where I deal with snow every winter and having lived where the snow can be even more than it is… Continue reading Memories
… try to find old friends? When I went to Richmond to run the marathon in November, I looked up one of my dearest friends from my childhood. The last time we had seen each other was when her father had died. She had come up to get some belongings. She had her daughter with… Continue reading Do You Ever…
I live in Upstate NY. Most people would say there is little, if anything, to do around here but they are wrong. This year I have been doing some freelancing for a local client, as opposed to my many out of the area clients. In doing so, I have been exposed to many different events… Continue reading What to do in Winter?
Last week was a total bust as far as my half marathon training goes. I know that the inaugural Asheville Half Marathon at Biltmore Estate will be fine. I pushed out 8 miles today so I know that I will be able to run a half in a month. Most of my movement of late… Continue reading Movement
I cannot believe that the first month of 2014 has already gone flying past. I do not know where the month went. My sights for the year are set high and the only bar I am moving closer to with great strides seems to be reading. I ran no races in the month of January.… Continue reading A Month Gone By
I have been thinking about many things lately and so here they all are. And, to indicate that I may be battling a winter cold – I have felt like I am battling such for about a week now – I actually did not stay up and watch, listen to the State of the Union… Continue reading This and That
Social media! There are many more platforms than those three in my title but all I can say is oh my! My latest catch is odd hashtags – odd as in innuendo-based – for corporate accounts. I opened Twitter this morning to see the hashtag #itsOKtoswallow on a company’s tweet. While I understand the use… Continue reading Twitter & Facebook & Pinterest…Oh my!
I read Anne Lamott’s newest book, Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair, back in October of last year. The book hit shelves the end of October. My reading was prior to its release date thanks to Penguin’s First to Read program. Do you know how to sew? Do you care? What happens when… Continue reading Stitches – A Book Review
This week is the beginning of the SITS Girl’s building a tribe. I signed up to do this blog building exercise for two reason. First, it is only a week which will keep my attention. When I sign up for month long blogging events, I tend to lose interest or clump things together on a… Continue reading Spreading the Word
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