Yesterday was the kickoff to the NFL season and my son came over for dinner and the games.  We have two tv’s, one in the kitchen and one in the living room, so all day, from the pre-game shows until late, I heard football “in


Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday I do a yoga tape, practicing the first two sequences in Ashtanga yoga, Suriyanamaskar A and B.  (Sun Salutations).  Yoga is supposed to be the perfect compliment to a runner.  (We tend to be tight, and I don’t mean regarding


Next door lives a woman who is 103 years old.  Born in 1910, when William Taft was president, the Boy Scouts of America was founded, and Mark Twain died. When she was able to communicate, which she did quite well up until a few months


People tell their life story in a variety of ways these days, most of it out on the internet for all of us to gawk at, comment on, or shake our heads over.  But is it the truth?  Are we really the shiny, happy people


Today, this is dedicated to Kiwi.   I’ll be back to blogging about writing in the next post. We watched you change, almost overnight.  We thought you missed your sister, the little one we’d just let go two weeks before.  We noticed how you, our outdoor


19
Aug

Is This You?

You love… Solitude.  The time to focus.   Incredible moments of clarity.  Inspiration from others.   A great idea.   Stories of success.   Good advice.  Following blogs to learn more from others on the same path.  Writing partner/s.  Being compared.  Beta readers.  Followers.  A completed


If you follow agent blogs, you may already know about Janet Reid.  http://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/ If you’re not familiar with her, she not only does the blog thing, she also provides help with query letters via the infamous Query Shark.  The Query Shark in of itself is


No one’s had to call 9-1-1 yet on my behalf, but I’ve had a few close calls lately that could have ended badly.  I’ve vowed to myself, no, make that sworn, crossed my heart, pinkie promised with my right hand to my left, to be


7
Aug

On The Edge

We’ve all seen them.  People who perform those death defying stunts with ease, with the nonchalant attitude of someone taking a stroll in their friendly neighborhood, or laying about in a chaise lounge sipping lemonade. You’d think the idea of walking across a high wire


My next post will be about writing, but today, I’m dedicating this post to Bella.  It’s been 365 days. In the beginning, when it was all so fresh, so raw, I tried to look ahead.  I tried to put myself into this place where I


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