This is a particularly happy Friday for me! I did my last training run in preparation for the Boston Marathon on Monday. This training cycle was quite the journey, physically and emotionally. I’m so grateful for my health and for what I’ve learned about myself in this process. Off to Boston tomorrow! Quote of the — Read More
Tag: ways the world could end
Weekly Roundup: March 18, 2022
I consider these little weekly roundups a journal of sorts (though I also keep a journal). Maybe one day I’ll want to see what I was thinking about in a given week. Or not. I don’t think I’ve ever gone back and read an old journal. The writing is the point, isn’t it? Quote of — Read More
Weekly Roundup: March 11, 2022
The news continues to be utterly depressing and I’ve been thinking a lot about overwhelm, and how to reconcile my own relatively petty concerns with the much larger concerns of others in different parts of the world (or next door, for all I know). Basically, #empathproblems. Quote of the week:“If we don’t change, we don’t — Read More
Weekly Roundup: October 8, 2021
Quote of the week:“Out of these flat almost two-dimensional boxes of paper will spring mountains, lions, concerts, galaxies, heroes. You will meet people who have been all but destroyed, who have risen up and will bring you with them. Books and stories are medicine, plaster casts for broken lives and hearts, slings for weakened spirits. — Read More