No, the bag is actually just sitting open on my bed. No, I am not “leaving on a jet plane” – that is way too iffy these days. I am, though, leaving for a few days. I will soon be heading into town to pick up a friend and then, we are heading to Boston… Continue reading My Bags Are Packed
This past weekend the weather cooperated to have a beautiful Sunday for running. Sunday was the date of my April race. Remember that goal I set to run a race a month? I am now into April and have run one in February, March and April. I ran my second half marathon on Sunday –… Continue reading My Second Half Marathon
No, I have not taken up reporting my taxes on a quarterly basis. I am, though, thinking it is time to review any of those goals, or if you use the term, or resolutions that were made back in January. Without accountability, goals and resolutions and aspirations are just words – but hopefully ones that… Continue reading A Quarter Ending
I knew, even though or maybe because I had taken the early start, that I was probably not going to be finishing the race in under two hours and 30 minutes. My goal in my mind was to finish and, hopefully, in under three hours. I was sure I could do it! I had talked… Continue reading Inside the Race
Going to apologize in advance as I cannot manage to get formatting done correctly today. I have decided I love runners! All runners!! Back in October, I wrote about the camaraderie of the running community. I have now experienced it again. Only, this time, I experienced it as I was running. I left Saturday afternoon… Continue reading More on My First
Last December I wrote about my first 5K. Last October about how I had gone from just running for myself to wanting to become a runner. As you read this, I will be getting to the start line of my first half marathon. I say first because it is and because I am already registered… Continue reading My First
I guess people were anticipating that I would have been nervous about posing naked for a sketching class last weekend. I have to say that I have always believed that the human body is a work of art. Sketches are portrayals of that art, through the eye of the artist. I don’t see a problem… Continue reading Nerves Starting
No, this is not one of my existential-like posts on how the lows make the highs seem better. Actually, I usually comment on those but haven’t written many. There are some coming, though. This is about actual, physical pain. Earlier this week, my left hip started to hurt just a little on a run. It… Continue reading Pain
I admit it has taken me a while to write about my second ever race – the Chilly Chili 5K in Cazenovia, New York. Cazenovia is a small village outside of Syracuse, New York. There is a small liberal arts college in town and a lake. On top of the Chilly Chili in February, there… Continue reading Chilly Chili 5K
Between Kelly Diels‘s Operation Secret Valentine, Momalom‘s Love It Up Challenge, a post on How to Write a Love List at Em and Lo‘s and Big Little Wolf‘s suggestions for celebrating V Day on a budget, I am again thinking about love and today about my life. So, here is my love list to my… Continue reading A Love List to My Life
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