And it was all yellow
One of my worst fears came true the other day. I was heading out on my bike to pick up Eli and decided to take a different route to shave off a couple of minutes. As I started out into…
Life Lessons
Worms and mindfulness
I’m writing this to remind myself that even when I think I’m being a bad parent, there are lessons & adventures aplenty. Yesterday was an interesting one on the bike path. After a day of rain, the precipitation had stopped…
Happy birthday to me!
It’s snowing, my son is sick and I’m wiping up snot like a champion. Just what I wanted for my birthday. Instead of wallowing in self-pity and hitting the bottle early or eating an entire box of Thin Mints, I…
Better late blooming than never at all.
[In regards to the title of this post: I totally made it up but it sounds like a real quote. Or like something you'd find printed on the little piece of paper hanging from your tea bag. You're welcome. Go...
I hate global warming as much as the next person…
but I do love the 60-degree weather that it brings in January. We’ve been taking advantage of the completely unnatural temperature rises warm tidings by heading out to a few of our favorite local trails. It’s been fun being back…
Feeling like a Fraud
“Some writers I have worked with explain that it took three or four books before they stopped feeling like an impostor, and felt they could actually call themselves writers.” The above quote comes from Betsy Lerner’s book about writing, The…
2012 by the numbers
I’ve already bragged about how much I read this year. But 2012 consisted of more than just books for me. There were bicycles & airplanes, road trips & new athletic PRs to celebrate as well. I like looking back because…
Edges
I read Richard Louv’s Last Child in the Woods a few months ago and it has stuck with me for many reasons. (True book review coming soon.) I especially appreciate what Louv has to say about edges. He points to an…
Reason #62 I love CrossFit Roots
Working out feels like play. As it should really. When working out feels like just another chore on your list of things to do, it becomes much easier to talk yourself out of doing it. But who doesn’t want to play?…
Reverb10: Letting go
December 5 – Let Go. What (or whom) did you let go of this year? Why? I spent most of the day letting this prompt marinate in the back of my head. There has been a lot of letting go…