Rome: Intro to the Tourist Game
Looking back at a trip, there are the highlights punctuated by reflections on the “big” events as...
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Category: Running
Running with 2020 Hindsight
Soon the calendar will flip. Here’s the part where I should say something pithy to wrap this all up, to give 2020 some meaning or some take away that makes it okay, or look hopefully into the future.
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Running Beyond Empty
The Pilot Pointed Northwest in the early morning hours, I had failed miserably the night before at...
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The Illusive First Day of School
An open paddle in which the teacher ponders the direction of the first day of school.
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Act IV: Finding the Spirit Within
Nic wakes me around 7:30. We have about four hours before we have to leave, and she wants to go...
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Metaphorical (?) Thunderstorms
Entanglements and sloth conspired to stymie my aspirations to be get in a run/paddle this evening,...
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Nurture through Nature: The Summer Maintenance Project
About a week after tromping through the muddy woods, I find myself back in an urban oasis, where...
Read MoreIt’s not a hill: It’s just one step. Then another.
Race day finally came, and with it the last month and a half of “disciplined” training that I’ve...
Read MoreI swear, Doc, it only hurts when I'm not using.
Non-runners can be pretty harsh on runners. They’d only run if they were being chased by zombies. Which makes me laugh. Because when the zombies come, People who don’t Cardio will be eaten first. Rule #2 of the...
Read MoreWater, Pregnant with Meaning
The creek is bloated and swollen this morning. After the gluttonous revelries of food and fireworks found their way to bed, a storm blew in through the night, layering a blanket of thick moisture on the earth. With the exception...
Read MoreNew Trails, New Thoughts
I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood… I found my morning peace running the trails with Juno at Reedy Creek Nature Preserve this morning. I’ve been in...
Read MoreGratitude–The Cardinal Virtue
It’s the week of Thanksgiving. In earlier days, it would be pro forma for teachers to make students identify something for which they are thankful. But I teach high school, and that is so beneath us. So admittedly, I was caught...
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