Low on energy
Energy. I’ve heard the word used several times this week in different contexts with different people, strange since I’ve been lacking my usual supply. There have been some financial surprises […]
I won’t quit my day job
Six of us from work made plans two months ago to get together this week for Paint Nite; it was Elaine’s birthday and we thought it would be fun to […]
On the wrong side of a locked door
After stopping at the corner Starbuck’s for Chai tea lattes I let Bill and myself into Jana’s NYC apartment on Saturday afternoon; she was letting us use it while we […]
Gardening is cheaper than therapy and you get tomatoes
We went out to dinner with Bill’s financial adviser, Richard, and his wife, Joan, two weekends ago. After grazing all day at a party celebrating Bill’s cousin’s daughter’s first communion […]
Keeping busy and running into runners
It’s been a busy few weeks. There’s been a birthday party, first communion celebration, memorial service, dinner with friends I’ve known for years and with people I’ve just met, a […]
Dirty work calms me down
Three nights this week I came home from work, quickly changed from dress clothes into yard work clothes – sweat pants, t-shirt and the pair of old sneakers that are […]
Synchronization
A few months ago I overheard a conversation between a young girl and older woman. The teenage girl’s hair was dyed a vibrant shade of emerald at the roots, teal at […]
Taking full advantage of the taper
I’m coming up on the final week before the marathon. My long run last weekend was twelve miles, this weekend will be eight. There have been four and five mile […]
Be Still
“You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you, to let your mind think.” Mortimer Adler I […]
Until next year, Mt Ascutney
We got up early and drank a quick cup of coffee on Easter Sunday, giving us enough time to hike to the top of Mt Ascutney before we were due to […]
where my feet are 