These days I’m eating, sleeping and breathing doctoral applications. Which are not necessarily all that interesting to talk about, although I’ve done my fair share of complaining via Twitter and Facebook. Not the least of which, might I add, included my saga of procuring my high school transcript. From Renton, Washington. And only using cash …
Category: Running
Best of 2009: Moment of Peace
December 8 Moment of peace. An hour or a day or a week of solitude. What was the quality of your breath? The state of your mind? How did you get there? Quite honestly, I’ve done a terrible job at cultivating peace in my life this year. Although working on a completely independent project — …
I Should Be Working
I got two books in the mail yesterday and it is all I can do to not rip into both of them right now — The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien and Prescription for a Healthy Nation by Tom Farley and Deborah Cohen. Fall weather — cold and dark Sunday afternoons — just beg you …
31 Things Update
Can you believe it is almost time for me to start making a 32 Things list? Neither can I! So here is my last update to 31 Things, and then next month I will give you all a year-end summary before I move on to my 32 Things. 1. Run a race here, either in …