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 […]
Glass blowing at the mill
We joined our friends for one last snow-filled trip north on Easter weekend. I worked until noon on Good Friday then squeezed in a sixteen mile run before meeting Tom […]
Never let them see you sweat
Last night I was interviewed via video for the first time in my life. I’m humbled and honored to be recognized, along with others, for my volunteer work with New Reach […]
Like money in the bank
Besides the longer miles I’ve been logging on the weekends I’ve been running shorter distances most days during the week. I’m following a training plan, loosely, trying to stick to […]
A Spring Hike
The calendar says Spring but the ground we hiked on today was almost entirely covered in snow and ice. We hiked here last Winter; Bill suggested we go back today. […]
Something Rotten
Back in November, a special preview price for tickets to the new Broadway play, Something Rotten, was being offered. The cost per ticket, $15.90, matched the year the show was […]
There’s a reason it’s called Motrin PM
My cell phone’s alarm jolted me awake Sunday morning at 5:30 am. For a second I forgot why I had set it to go off so early but quickly remembered I was meeting […]
Lordy, Lordy, Look who’s 40 plus 40
Snow fell Saturday morning, the first full day of Spring, covering the fresh white blanket that had fallen the night before. We picked up my brother, Pete, from the train station, […]
