Few things exist in this world that fill my heart with more happiness than fall in Indiana. In the words of George Eliot, “my very soul is wedded to it.” I arrived after dark and so could not see much but wide open navy blue as my parents drove me home from … Continue reading
Poetry, music, forests, oceans, solitude – they were what developed enormous spiritual strength. I came to realize that spirit as much or more than physical conditioning, had to be stored up before a race. – Herb Elliot, Olympic champion and world record holder in the mile, trained barefoot, wrote poetry, and retired undefeated. Two weeks … Continue reading
As I began my longest distance that I would run prior to the marathon – 20 miles, I found myself behind a woman running and a man riding a bike along side her. They appeared to be around the same age – I’d guess mid 50s, and a couple. I decided to take their picture … Continue reading
It was May of last year 2013 when I received the news that would shatter my heart into a million pieces. The kind of news that makes your entire universe stop. Not only does it stop, but it is all completely changed and none of it – not one single aspect, makes any sense … Continue reading
I fell in love on a cold day in January, 2010. After having fallen out of love with my boyfriend that I had been living with on the Upper East Side. Because he was planning a move to L.A. to join the last guy that broke my heart, I had to find a new … Continue reading
A New Year’s resolution is a secular tradition, most common in the Western Hemisphere but also found in the Eastern Hemisphere, in which a person makes a promise to do an act of self-improvement or something slightly nice, such as opening doors for people beginning from New Year’s Day. – Wikipedia January 1, my birthday. … Continue reading
A Wandering Wino 