https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhYO1RRZDek This was day number five in my effort to keep running in the mornings. It’s easier to stop than it is to keep going. I was thinking about this documentary as I plodded along….and since YouTube has a copy for … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2015
My wife’s family lives in a valley that’s surrounded by the San Juan mountains. It is so beautiful out where they live. This is a film not so much about running but about the people who support the runners. There’s … Continue reading
This was the “guard” outside a welding/art studio/antique shop we stopped at on our way back home after our Niagara Falls road trip this summer. The shop was closed….but it had Optimus Prime to guard it…..(Nate will correct me, “THAT’S … Continue reading
We watched this movie….or, I should say, I watched this movie… the other day. I think that my family watched some of it as they migrated through the room I was in. I guess the movie may not be for … Continue reading
Post #1001. Nate went to have his physical for kindergarten done yesterday. Part of it was getting another vaccine. Vaccines….that’s a whole kettle of fish. Try to talk to a doctor about the reasons (other than convenience) of piggy backing … Continue reading
One thousand. That’s a big number. One thousand blog posts without missing a day. My first blog post….when I was trying to figure out how you did a “blog post” (whatever that was…) had a picture of some land we … Continue reading
If you’re a “never tethered dog” who sits by his stake…..day after day…..out of “habit”, it sure does take the sting out of your choice of immobility if you remember that you could take off and go at any moment. … Continue reading
Maybe I’ll never run again. That might happen. But….maybe I’ll be like this guy….an appreciator and encourager. Worse things could happen than to be beloved by the people around you. I better get working on that…..sometimes it’s hard to make … Continue reading
OK….here’s the deal. I’m 55 years old and I haven’t run for a while….but if I worked up to it, I still believe that I could do this. I believe that I can do it….but I’m delusional in a lot … Continue reading
I haven’t been out running for a while. I’m stiff when I wake up in the morning….like somebody bashed me with the baseball bat that’s labeled “old”. I don’t feel like that when I’m running. But….I don’t want to run … Continue reading