walk the hills

OK….here’s the deal. I don’t run fast and I don’t run far. I get up in the morning….run 1.8 miles to the end of the road….turn around and run the flats and walk the hills on my way back to … Continue reading

out there in the darkness

I don’t know about what I can’t see. It’s dark when I run in the morning. It’s a faith-run. I suppose that the universe, with all its potential and promise, is not set up to harm me….and I run into … Continue reading

out “there”

This is what the good part of running is all about….just getting out someplace beautiful….running through the world. This is a short documentary about a Scottish distance runner, Fiona Rennie, and her ultrarunning efforts. It’s also about carrying on after having … Continue reading

safe running

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

hard rock

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

guard

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

Cliffy

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

somewhere before I get to this….

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. (oh, oh, oh.) !

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

the road

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