The ISH
The other day I went for a run. Well, a run(ish), as I like to call it. I worked hard to push through 3 miles of intervals — 2 minutes of running alternated with a minute …
Year: 2016
Things I Don’t Give a Crap About
The older I get, the more I find that the list of things that I couldn’t care less about grows faster than I can keep track of it: 1. How I look when I’m working …
Shame monsters
I didn’t intend to take a little summer hiatus, but I guess that’s what happened, regardless of intentions. If I’m being truthful, it wasn’t that I didn’t want to be here, but rather my words …
Overheard at Swallow Cliff
As I attempt to literally work my ass off at the Swallow Cliff stairs, the scene is always ripe with juicy conversations to overhear and interesting things to see. Note that anything in quotes is …
Past Lives
I see her in the girl that effortlessly breezes past me on the bike path as I painfully slog through my training run. She’s in the pictures on my wall. She’s in the stashed tubs of …
Onwards. Upwards.
Lawdy, folks. Where does the time go? It’s like the world has spun off its axis: both the Sox and the Cubs are atop their respective divisions. What’s next? Actual Spring weather in May (i.e. perhaps a …
Ice picks, chemistry, a doctor’s intervention and an opportunity
Ice Picks I sit on the couch, eyes barely opened, the TV just white noise in the background. There’s an ice pick stabbing me over my right eye and another one stabbing me up through …
No explanation needed
For the month of April, I’m participating in Susannah Conway’s #AprilLove2016 and writing a love letter to a different someone/thing every day. Today’s love letter is to Rest. Dear Rest, Yes, please and thank …
Not enough time in the world
For the month of April, I’m participating in Susannah Conway’s #AprilLove2016 and writing a love letter to a different someone/thing every day. Today’s love letter is to Books. Dear Books, You were the original …
Huh?
For the month of April, I’m participating in Susannah Conway’s #AprilLove2016 and writing a love letter to a different someone/thing every day. Today’s love letter is to Intuition. Dear Intuition, What? Huh?? Speak up …