Patricia Asheville, NC looking west toward Blue Ridge Mountains. My sister says I have the “wanderer-gene”. While there is some scientific evidence of such a gene, related perhaps to those who migrated great distances or populations with a history of travel, I can’t dispute the fact that, from afar, wandering from place to place seems one …
After touching our toes in the ocean, a run on the beach. “You have to embrace the porpoise to unleash your healthy inner greyhound.” I was puzzled by my friend’s note, after I’d informed him that my physical therapist said, “No running.” I’d torn my left hamstring. The injured area throbbed with sharp, shooting pain. …
Walden Ponds Wildlife Refuge, finding solace in local beauty. Mid-March to mid-June, we stayed at home, limited our outings to the most essential and basic of needs, fretted about availability of food and household supplies, gasped as the numbers of sick and dying increased, debated the wearing of face masks outdoors while exercising, read attentively …
Mission Bay, Auckland, New Zealand A collage of images floats through my mind: me as a ten-year-old, slightly-chubby girl, tent camping in the rustic wilderness (no toilet, no running water, no electricity), homemade gauze net in hand, waiting for the night’s dew to dry, breathlessly anticipating the flitting of yellow and blue butterflies, a growing …
Time is malleable, some days endless, appointments erased, the skies gray, the almost-budded tree branches icy from temperatures dropping overnight. I feel acutely the stay-at-home order, a tense hum like electric wires beneath my skin, the current book failing to hold my attention. Other days, the world seems as it was, a streaked sunrise, a …
Bittersweet: I resigned as board member at Boulder Voices for Children at the end of my second two-year-term this January. I’ve been involved with CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) programs for the past fifteen years: Child Advocates of Placer County (northern California), CASA of Travis County (Austin, TX), and Voices for Children CASA of Boulder County (Colorado). …
Grand Lake, Colorado, Library I measure the fleetingness of each year by a compendium of the books I’ve read during that twelve-month period: was there a trend in my reading choices? Did I focus on certain genres? Which books were “must reads” or “highly recommended” by friends and colleagues? Did I read any from “best …
Welcome to Georgetown! Another adventure in our lives officially started on Monday, October 21. Doug began a new job in the health care/technology field (his two passions). The company is based in Georgetown (yes, Washington, DC). We’ll split time between there and Boulder, our primary residence. We’ve rented a flat in an iconic 1880s’ renovated …
Oregon Convention Center: Saturday morning bib pick-up This past Sunday, October 6, I ran the Portland Half Marathon, exactly four years after I ran the “old course,” which happened to be the same weekend we moved to Boulder full-time. Since then, my running has been hot and cold. I am always striving to do this …
Family comes in so many configurations, sizes, shapes, personalities; friends with whom we’ve shared our deepest concerns, worries, and celebrations; people with whom we’ve had an immediate, instant bond; siblings with whom we’ve shared a lifetime of memories (although definitely not always the same memories of the seemingly same event); family who comes with spouses, …