28 Mar Spring Fever
After bemoaning the lack of a real winter here in Pennsylvania, I have now turned a corner. Last week we saw temps in the 70's and I liked it. It felt so good to go outside in the sunshine and soak up the warmth. This...
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24 Mar My attempt at decluttering with Simple Mom
Look to the right. No, not that far. Just to my sidebar where I have proudly displayed the logo of Project Simplify for the past three weeks and have not participated in any other way. Until this week. This week, Tsh Oxenreider of Simple Mom chose...
23 Mar Five Minute Friday: Loud
It's Friday again. Woot woot! Today I join The Gypsy Mama to write for five minutes on her weekly prompt. No editing or rewriting allowed. Click on the link to her site if you want to try it, too. The prompt this week is "Loud".GOLast night they were especially...
21 Mar The aforementioned post regarding my writing retreat (with some other side notes)
So, I didn’t write a running post on Monday.Yeah, I figured nobody noticed. It was actually the third Monday in a row that I didn’t write about training. A few weeks ago I was planning to post about it, but I had been working on...
16 Mar Five Minute Friday: Brave
It's Friday again. Glory be! Today I join The Gypsy Mama to write for five minutes on her weekly prompt. No editing or rewriting allowed. Click on the link to her site if you want to try it, too. The prompt this week is "Brave".GOI sit on the porch,...
07 Mar It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . .
Last night as I was falling asleep, I was thinking about the friend I mentioned in this post. She’s my oldest longest friend. We met when she was born. I was 13 months old. Last night, I was thinking about what she’s going through now—the...
02 Mar Five Minute Friday: Ache
It's Friday again. Woo hoo! Once again I join The Gypsy Mama to write for five minutes on her weekly prompt. No editing or rewriting allowed. Click on the link to her site if you want to try it, too. The prompt this week is "Ache".GOIt comes and goes--at...
29 Feb A Sad Story
I am writing a post complaining about the weather. I never thought it would come to this. I know there are really sad things going on in the world. I do. But humor me people, okay?See that photo in my header at the top of...
27 Feb Checking in rather late today
I am very pleased to report that I made it to the gym last Tuesday. Of course, I did not also run on Tuesday. I ran Wednesday instead. I ran four miles and at a faster pace than I have run that route in recent...
24 Feb Five Minute Friday: Grit
It's Friday again. Woo hoo! I know I completely skipped last week's Five Minute Friday, but once again today I join The Gypsy Mama to write for five minutes on her weekly prompt. No editing or rewriting allowed. Click on the link to her site if you want to...