“Bye Felicia”: a 2016 retrospective
I know I probably have fans forming a metaphorical line around my virtual home, waiting for my take on the year that has just passed, and who am I to disappoint you? 2016 wasn’t really …
Year: 2016
Pere Marquette Trail Run
Once again, through the wonders of peer pressure, I found myself out in the cold, freezing my tuckus off, waiting for a race start. The Pere Marquette Trail Run — the race whose motto is …
Winter’s Coming
It gets dark just after 4pm now. By the time I’ve eaten dinner and done a little of this and that around the house, I feel like it’s bedtime. I look at the clock — …
Off the grid
So, yesterday I did my third trail race of 2016. The first was in February — it was a muddy, very long slog that was one of those awful/awesome experiences. I finished, but it took …
Come play with me
Jonathan Fields, author of The Good Life Project and the podcaster responsible for hundreds of interviews with fascinating and inspiring people, ends every podcast with this question for his guest: “so, what does it mean …
Story Time
If you spend any amount of time around these parts, you know that Brene Brown is one of my personal heroes. She was my gateway drug into the world of whole-hearted living and made me …
Shadow of Success
On and off. Black and white. Ying and yang. Success and shadow. What? It was something I hadn’t considered — that every success has its shadowy side, the underbelly that you don’t always talk about. …
Again with the starting again
I’ve been home from Utah for over a week now, I’ve posted my vacation porn, emptied out the suitcase (though, admittedly haven’t quite put everything away yet) and spent a week slipping back into my …
Utah Trip Report
So, my brief flirtation with Utah and Zion National Park in February has blossomed into a full blown love affair. After almost a week of hiking and exploring, I’m just about ready to up and …
Outer clutter, inner calm
As anyone who knows me, I’m not a big believer in neatness. This whole Marie Kondo fad of only keeping stuff that you’re in love with? I read the book, but couldn’t fathom why anyone …