Marathon (and other) updates
Monday, March 8th, 2010 Posted in Language, My Life | No Comments »I won't be running in the Shamrock Marathon this month. I had some substantial problems with my left Achilles' tendon, and after some rest, a lot of physical therapy, a couple of shoe changes, and wearing an ankle brace, ...
Marathon(s) update
Friday, December 4th, 2009 Posted in My Life | 3 Comments »Well, the writing marathon, NaNoWriMo, is finally over. I and my friends Zach and Margreet all won, which is to say, we completed the challenge of writing a 50,000-word rough draft of a novel. Now, some friends have enquired about when ...
My Other Marathon
Saturday, October 31st, 2009 Posted in Books, My Life | 5 Comments »Besides the marathon I'll be running in March 21, I've signed up for another one of sorts as well. This one starts in just three-and-a-half hours. It's called National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short. I'm not ...
In Training
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 Posted in Books, My Life | 4 Comments »I’m in training. For a marathon! Yeah, you read that right, and it still sounds as unbelievable to me as it does to anyone reading this who knows me. Sure, I wrote earlier about starting a running program; I began ...
A few updates
Sunday, July 5th, 2009 Posted in My Life | 3 Comments »Sorry for my long absence. Really, I am. A lot has been going on: I lost Talbot in late April. He was hit by a car, and I felt so bad about his death, that I really couldn't write about it ...
Re-Centering
Sunday, April 5th, 2009 Posted in My Life | 5 Comments »A good friend of mine told me that my mother's death would change me. He was right. I've found that I'm re-prioritizing things in my life. I'm wanting to integrate into my life more of the things that I've neglected ...
Her Passing
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 Posted in Love, My Life | 10 Comments »My mom passed away Sunday evening. She had been hanging on, despite the fact that all of us had individually encouraged her to let go. However, when all three of us--my brother, father and myself--did so together, and assured her ...
My Mom
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 Posted in My Life | 11 Comments »My mother is dying. Although I try to be very personal and open on my blog, this is something I haven't wanted to put out there till now. She's been very sick for the better part of a year now, ...
Buddy
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 Posted in My Life, Poetry | 16 Comments »Last Monday, I lost Buddy. Apparently he was jumping from a tall wooden fence, caught his paw on a shorter, chain-link fence, lost his balance and broke his neck. I'm certain I found him only a few minutes after ...
Freedom!
Monday, December 1st, 2008 Posted in My Life | 4 Comments »After about 25 years of caffeine addiction (and the last 20 of those specifically Diet Pepsi addiction), I'm finally free. Free from caffeine, free from artificial sweeteners. Hallelujah! I've tried many times over the years to quit, but this time I succeeded. ...
