Adulting in the time of COVID19
some of this was scrapped from last week. Things I’m proud of so far, quite random and in no particular order and definitely about a 0.5 on a 0-10 of Covid19 preparedness: my apartment is finally...
View ArticleFinding Forward
This week was all over the place. I’m healthy and safe, as are my family and friends, so that’s where I’m going to leave the CV19 talk. I hope the same is true for you and your loved ones. I think many...
View ArticleTiptoe through the tulips
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” ~ John Muir Walking was the (planned) name of the game this week, and Mother Nature mostly came through. The knee/hip is feeling better,...
View ArticleIs this over yet?
Not a serious question. We all know it’s a long way from over, but I’m really beginning to feel this acutely. This was A WEEK. And it seemed universally so. I was on a working group call early Friday...
View ArticleA Very Productive Week
remember last week when I said I was going to move the AC so I could sit under my desk? Yeah, that turned into a completely rearranged room to create a living room and home office. Side effects: No...
View Articleit may or may not be May
did someone ask Mother Nature what month it was? As I think I mentioned here a few weeks ago, my neighbors are suing one another and the landlord suing them for one’s refusal to stop smoking cigarettes...
View Articlemeandering through May
9,647th blog “redesign” in the last six months. None intentional, but I think comments finally fully not broken. Whee! It was driving me bonkers not…
View Articleode to an IT Band
“There was an old man called Michael Finn-egan, Ran a race and tried to win again. Got so puffed that he had to go in…
View Articleis there summer in Quarantime?
Facebook memories were hard to look at last weekend and throughout the week. Staying home is the best way to control COVID 19 spread, but…
View ArticleJune? Really?
This is my fight song Take back my life song Prove I’m alright song I’ve always identified this song with distance running since it (and…
View Articlesettling into a routine
One of many many boarded up shops due to the COVID19 closures and recent looting fears. This one chose to make the best of it,…
View Articlesummer in the city
I really need to start a revelations on the run tag, because they’ve been happening a lot. This week’s? I love running. I’m so glad…
View ArticleI love to play outside
yeah, that about sums up this week. The routine of getting in a run or walk before work has been perfect, leaving evenings free to…
View ArticleC is for sushi
before I get to this week, rewinding to Sunday. As I mentioned briefly, my plan was to see if I could get a seat at…
View ArticleFourteen years
July 10 marked fourteen years that Dad is gone. Sometimes it feels like fourteen minutes because much of that day is so vivid. I was…
View ArticleWho says long runs have to be on the weekend?
A friend posted a challenge on Facebook to focus on the good instead of all the doom and gloom around Covid-19 and I loved that…
View ArticleReview: Daniel Silva’s The Order
aka the only series I ever review here anymore. That might change if I stop reading crap soon, but probably not. I like Goodreads for…
View Articlerecognizing burnout
if I ever got it together for runfessions, my number one would be that I have not missed racing one bit. I’ve been trying to…
View ArticleWorking from Home and Running
or maybe working from home and not being in pain and running… I realized earlier this week I was going to cross 70 miles. By…
View ArticleHot or Iced Coffee in August?
always all the pictures of a coffee the size of my head, but I never make it into the linkup. I am determined for August,…
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