This weekend we took the kids to a symphony. It’s good for all of us to see a concert once in a while that isn’t either (a) in a school gym, or (b) accented by strobe lights. We’d seen this orchestra before. Not world famous, but they fill a nearly thousand-seat auditorium. They sponsor an […]
Running is Stupid and Other True Things
The email came today, the one with the link to the race photos I will not be buying. Instead I’ll take the image I have in my head of me running. Thank you. There I am, all svelte and speedy, with my toned arms, and shorts that wouldn’t even think about bunching up in my […]
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If we’re lucky, there’ll also be bears
We’re going to be schlepping the family to Yellowstone this summer, and as you can probably guess, I’m just beside myself with ambivalence. It’s time, though. On average, about three out of four exchange students will ask to see Yellowstone, and we haven’t even taken our own kids to see this American family vacation icon. […]
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Musings and Mind Games: A Runner’s Race Day Countdown
Tomorrow is the Race to Robie Creek, the self-proclaimed toughest race in the northwest. It’s not so bad. We’ve done it. It’s actually quite a pleasant ascent through a rocky canyon, up a dirt road and over a mountain and back down to a little valley where nudists and tree-huggers and hillbillies live in harmony. True, […]
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Gwyneth and I have more in common than I thought
Last week, Hollywood icon and occasional social activist Gwyneth Paltrow took on Mario Batali’s #FoodBankNYCChallenge to live on a food stamp budget of $29 for one week. For me, this conjures an image of the statuesque starlet hauling her sustainably produced, fair trade, organic canvas shopping totes down to Whole Foods for nothing more than […]
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What was the thing with sports, again?
There have been times when the worry that I have screwed up one of my kids keeps me up at night. Then one of them will say or do something to make me realize (a) any mom guilt I carry around is probably unwarranted, because (b) everyone I’ve raised likely stopped paying attention to me […]
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They really only want us to be happy
A friend shared an article recently on the psychology of happiness; how experiences matter more to our long-term joy than material items. Good thing this wasn’t one of those list articles. You know: 17 ways I’d know happiness if it hit me like a city bus. Or a quiz to determine how much of a […]
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I clearly have shirt issues
As awesome as a well-organized run event can be, there’s one little thing that bums me out almost every time. I’ll give you one guess. No I won’t. It’s the damn t-shirt. A couple weeks ago, Mike and I ran in an event that was new to the area. We steeled ourselves to be patient. […]
