For the second time this summer, I donated blood.

From the 2016 collection: I’m certainly feeling a bit more patriotic this year than I have the last few… and yet there are A LOT of problems and issues.  I remain utterly baffled by the insurrectionists and the science-denier, hypocritical cult members who plague our democracy under the guise of “saving” the United States of […]

runDisney has surreptitiously posted an update on a soft-opening “return to in-person running.” With all kinds of caveats including a quite-right warning that EVERYTHING is subject to change, they have announced the official 2022 WDW Marathon weekend for the first part of January. And though we have learned much about our lives and what is […]

It’s such a fine line between stupid and clever. My body aches. In particular, my back, which shifted from a chronic, dull pain to a more random pain at varying times, is twitchy this morning. And I’m just tired. But I always seem to be tired. And I always seem to be struggling with some […]

So after meaning to go to lunch with my neighbor since I moved into this place, I finally had lunch with her! My brother even came along and thus it was a twofer! And she gave him a money tree! Which explains almost all the context of this photo… save for the notion that Louise […]

A friend of mine had to review the new Fast and Furious movie and invited me to tag along. It was my first time back inside a movie theater since March 2020.  What a surreal feeling – masks required but then we were told we could remove them once inside the socially distanced amphitheater. A […]

Ugh. I managed to get up and lace up. I managed to get out the door. I managed to jog… briefly. And then I managed to walk quite a bit longer. It wasn’t a good walk… and it definitely wasn’t a good run.  It was less than half the distance of what I hoped to […]

My lower back’s been hurting for over a month now… and a new pain hit my shoulder blades. I haven’t been running in 4 days. And I’m just exhausted. I don’t know if it’s payback for the time and distances endured. I’m middle aged and have been dealing with the creep of being out of […]

I’ve been struggling with a pain in my lower right back. It hurts to move, to sit, to run, to not move… doesn’t get any better or worse when I do or do not exercise. It’s just sorta… chronic. Last week I went to a franchised chiropractory (is that a word? Or should I call […]

I’m trying to cut social media out of my life. I find it too depressing… too overwhelming… too much to be honest. It’s an echo chamber and I don’t want to be part of it any more. If I were more courageous I’d delete all my accounts and wipe the slate clean. But I’m not. […]